Sorghum — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O) by country

Name: Sorghum — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at...

Countries reporting

113

Highest

0.8111 kt

OECD

Lowest

0 kt

Czechoslovakia

Median

0.0055 kt

Years covered

1961–2050

Data points

8,807

What the numbers show

Sorghum — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O) is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 0.8111 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Czechoslovakia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0055 kt, and the mean is 0.0475 kt.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 266.7%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 100.0%).

Sorghum — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	OECD	0.8111 kt	2050	—	falling
2	Nigeria	0.7431 kt	2050	—	rising
3	India	0.6425 kt	2050	—	falling
4	Sudan (former)	0.3764 kt	2011	up 18.9%	rising
4	United Republic of Tanzania	0.0611 kt	2050	—	rising
5	Mexico	0.3108 kt	2050	—	rising
5	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.0248 kt	2050	—	volatile
6	Sudan	0.2919 kt	2023	down 20.7%	flat
6	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.0202 kt	2050	—	volatile
7	Ethiopia	0.232 kt	2050	—	rising
8	Burkina Faso	0.1869 kt	2050	—	rising
8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.0027 kt	2050	—	volatile
9	Niger	0.1739 kt	2050	—	volatile
9	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	0.0017 kt	2050	—	rising
10	Argentina	0.1626 kt	2050	—	volatile
10	Syrian Arab Republic	0.0005 kt	2050	—	volatile
11	Mali	0.0921 kt	2050	—	volatile
11	Melanesia	0.0002 kt	2050	—	volatile
12	Australia	0.0902 kt	2050	—	rising
12	Australia and New Zealand	0.0902 kt	2050	—	rising
12	Republic of Moldova	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
14	China	0.0733 kt	2050	—	volatile
15	China, mainland	0.0731 kt	2050	—	volatile
16	Chad	0.0711 kt	2050	—	rising
17	Cameroon	0.07 kt	2050	—	rising
18	Brazil	0.0651 kt	2050	—	volatile
19	South Sudan	0.0535 kt	2023	up 10.8%	flat
20	Mozambique	0.0495 kt	2050	—	rising
21	Yemen	0.0486 kt	2050	—	falling
22	Egypt	0.0421 kt	2050	—	rising
23	Uganda	0.0386 kt	2050	—	rising
24	Ethiopia PDR	0.0307 kt	1992	down 49.3%	falling
25	Togo	0.03 kt	2050	—	rising
26	Eritrea	0.0293 kt	2050	—	rising
26	Caribbean	0.012 kt	2050	—	falling
27	Somalia	0.0276 kt	2050	—	falling
28	Ghana	0.0243 kt	2050	—	rising
29	Senegal	0.021 kt	2050	—	rising
30	Rwanda	0.0207 kt	2050	—	rising
30	Côte d'Ivoire	0.0057 kt	2050	—	rising
31	South Africa	0.019 kt	2050	—	volatile
32	Benin	0.0168 kt	2050	—	rising
33	Zimbabwe	0.0154 kt	2050	—	rising
34	Kenya	0.0135 kt	2050	—	flat
35	Myanmar	0.0128 kt	2050	—	falling
36	Saudi Arabia	0.0125 kt	2050	—	falling
36	El Salvador	0.0125 kt	2050	—	falling
38	Haiti	0.0119 kt	2050	—	falling
39	Pakistan	0.0103 kt	2050	—	falling
40	Burundi	0.0097 kt	2050	—	volatile
41	France	0.0094 kt	2050	—	rising
41	Mauritania	0.0094 kt	2050	—	rising
43	Malawi	0.009 kt	2050	—	rising
44	Angola	0.0081 kt	2050	—	rising
45	Uruguay	0.0077 kt	2050	—	volatile
46	Botswana	0.007 kt	2050	—	volatile
47	Italy	0.0065 kt	2050	—	volatile
48	Colombia	0.0062 kt	2050	—	volatile
48	Honduras	0.0062 kt	2050	—	flat
50	Central African Republic	0.006 kt	2050	—	flat
51	Thailand	0.0059 kt	2050	—	volatile
52	USSR	0.0055 kt	1991	down 9.8%	rising
53	Nicaragua	0.0054 kt	2050	—	rising
54	Guinea	0.0034 kt	2050	—	rising
54	Ukraine	0.0034 kt	2050	—	volatile
56	Sierra Leone	0.0031 kt	2050	—	volatile
57	Gambia	0.0029 kt	2050	—	volatile
58	Zambia	0.0028 kt	2050	—	falling
58	Russian Federation	0.0028 kt	2050	—	volatile
60	Guatemala	0.0026 kt	2050	—	falling
61	Paraguay	0.0023 kt	2050	—	volatile
62	Guinea-Bissau	0.002 kt	2050	—	volatile
63	Lesotho	0.0018 kt	2050	—	volatile
64	Morocco	0.0015 kt	2050	—	volatile
65	Austria	0.0011 kt	2023	up 266.7%	volatile
65	Namibia	0.0011 kt	2050	—	rising
67	Albania	0.001 kt	1992	down 41.2%	rising
67	Ecuador	0.001 kt	2050	—	volatile
69	Iraq	0.0009 kt	2050	—	volatile
70	Spain	0.0008 kt	2050	—	volatile
71	Israel	0.0006 kt	2050	—	volatile
72	Hungary	0.0005 kt	2050	—	volatile
72	Panama	0.0005 kt	2050	—	volatile
72	Uzbekistan	0.0005 kt	2050	—	falling
75	Belize	0.0004 kt	2050	—	volatile
75	Oman	0.0004 kt	2050	—	volatile
75	Serbia and Montenegro	0.0004 kt	2005	up 100.0%	rising
78	Serbia	0.0003 kt	2050	—	flat
78	Yugoslav SFR	0.0003 kt	1991	down 40.0%	falling
80	Papua New Guinea	0.0002 kt	2050	—	volatile
80	Tunisia	0.0002 kt	2050	—	volatile
80	China, Taiwan Province of	0.0002 kt	2050	—	volatile
83	Bulgaria	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
83	Cuba	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
83	Dominican Republic	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
83	Algeria	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
83	Jordan	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
83	Madagascar	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
83	Romania	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
83	Slovakia	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
83	Republic of Korea	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
92	Bangladesh	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
92	Costa Rica	0 kt	1991	down 100.0%	volatile
92	Greece	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
92	Japan	0 kt	1968	down 100.0%	volatile
92	Kazakhstan	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
92	Lebanon	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
92	Sri Lanka	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
92	New Caledonia	0 kt	2018	—	volatile
92	Peru	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
92	Philippines	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
92	Eswatini	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
92	Czechoslovakia	0 kt	1992	—	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 4.01 kt
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.18 kt
Non-Annex I countries 3.51 kt
Asia 0.811 kt
Africa 2.05 kt
Middle Africa 0.158 kt
Sub-Saharan Africa 2.01 kt
Western Africa 1.31 kt
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.31 kt
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.27 kt
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 0.0146 kt
Americas 1.03 kt
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.8947 kt
Southern Asia 0.6529 kt
Latin America and the Caribbean 0.6401 kt
Eastern Africa 0.5092 kt
Annex I countries 0.506 kt
Northern America 0.3919 kt
United States of America 0.3919 kt
Central America 0.3383 kt
South America 0.2898 kt
Oceania 0.0904 kt
Eastern Asia 0.0751 kt
Western Asia 0.0638 kt
Northern Africa 0.0438 kt
Southern Africa 0.029 kt
Europe 0.0242 kt
South-eastern Asia 0.0187 kt
European Union (27) 0.0176 kt
Western Europe 0.0094 kt
Southern Europe 0.0077 kt
Eastern Europe 0.007 kt
Central Asia 0.0006 kt

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About this data

Indicator: Sorghum — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 158 places, 8,807 data points, 1961–2050
Last refreshed: 13 August 2026