Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (N2O) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
197
Highest
650.61 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Niue
Median
1.08 kt
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
14,396

What the numbers show

Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 650.61 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.08 kt, and the mean is 20.06 kt.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 2,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Kiribati (down 100.0%).

Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 650.61 kt 2050 volatile
2 China, mainland 646.18 kt 2050 volatile
3 OECD 612.66 kt 2050 rising
4 India 576.47 kt 2050 volatile
5 Brazil 177.81 kt 2050 volatile
6 USSR 161.95 kt 1991 down 7.2% volatile
7 Pakistan 131.54 kt 2050 volatile
8 Indonesia 77.73 kt 2050 volatile
9 Canada 47.22 kt 2050 volatile
10 France 46.53 kt 2050 rising
11 Bangladesh 42.66 kt 2050 volatile
12 Mexico 41.25 kt 2050 rising
13 Egypt 38.07 kt 2050 rising
14 Argentina 37.11 kt 2050 volatile
15 Germany 35.47 kt 2050 falling
16 Russian Federation 33.4 kt 2050 rising
17 Thailand 32.9 kt 2050 volatile
18 Australia and New Zealand 29.38 kt 2050 volatile
19 Australia 27.02 kt 2050 volatile
20 Philippines 25.59 kt 2050 volatile
21 Poland 21.83 kt 2050 rising
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 20.99 kt 2050 rising
23 Uzbekistan 20.28 kt 2050 rising
24 Spain 19.67 kt 2050 rising
25 Italy 16.48 kt 2050 flat
26 South Africa 14.93 kt 2050 rising
27 Ukraine 14.31 kt 2050 volatile
28 Iraq 14 kt 2050 volatile
29 Belarus 13.42 kt 2050 rising
30 Morocco 13.12 kt 2050 volatile
31 Malaysia 12.95 kt 2050 volatile
32 Nigeria 12.67 kt 2050 volatile
33 Colombia 12.05 kt 2050 volatile
34 Ethiopia 9.74 kt 2050 volatile
35 Malawi 8.64 kt 2050 volatile
36 Serbia 8.45 kt 2050 rising
37 Turkmenistan 8.35 kt 2050 volatile
38 Peru 8.27 kt 2050 volatile
39 Japan 7.03 kt 2050 falling
40 Sri Lanka 6.81 kt 2050 volatile
41 Ireland 6.67 kt 2050 rising
42 Chile 6.37 kt 2050 volatile
43 Zambia 6.31 kt 2050 volatile
44 Yugoslav SFR 6 kt 1991 down 39.6% rising
45 Hungary 5.94 kt 2050 falling
46 Republic of Korea 5.91 kt 2050 falling
47 Uruguay 5.88 kt 2050 volatile
48 Czechoslovakia 5.83 kt 1992 down 55.8% rising
49 Serbia and Montenegro 5.77 kt 2005 up 114.7% rising
50 Kenya 5.75 kt 2050 volatile
51 Romania 5.58 kt 2050 volatile
52 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 5.52 kt 2050 falling
53 Croatia 5.32 kt 2050 rising
54 Guatemala 5.17 kt 2050 volatile
55 Tunisia 5.03 kt 2050 volatile
56 Czechia 4.62 kt 2050 rising
57 Greece 4.58 kt 2050 falling
58 Ecuador 4.55 kt 2050 volatile
59 China, Taiwan Province of 4.4 kt 2050 falling
60 Mali 4.36 kt 2050 volatile
61 Paraguay 4.07 kt 2050 volatile
62 Denmark 3.84 kt 2050 falling
63 Zimbabwe 3.72 kt 2050 rising
64 Bulgaria 3.67 kt 2050 falling
65 Belgium-Luxembourg 3.56 kt 1999 down 10.0% rising
66 Sweden 3.34 kt 2050 falling
67 El Salvador 3.24 kt 2050 rising
68 Myanmar 3.14 kt 2050 volatile
69 Norway 3.07 kt 2050 rising
70 Finland 3.05 kt 2050 flat
71 Belgium 2.99 kt 2050 falling
72 Saudi Arabia 2.8 kt 2050 volatile
73 Honduras 2.52 kt 2050 volatile
74 Lithuania 2.51 kt 2050 rising
75 Sudan 2.51 kt 2023 up 163.9% volatile
76 Burkina Faso 2.47 kt 2050 volatile
77 New Zealand 2.36 kt 2050 volatile
78 Costa Rica 2.25 kt 2050 rising
79 Austria 2.09 kt 2050 falling
80 Dominican Republic 2.08 kt 2050 volatile
81 Portugal 1.94 kt 2050 falling
82 Cameroon 1.87 kt 2050 volatile
83 Sudan (former) 1.82 kt 2011 up 25.1% rising
84 Slovakia 1.74 kt 2050 rising
85 Mozambique 1.7 kt 2050 volatile
86 Afghanistan 1.65 kt 2050 volatile
87 Somalia 1.6 kt 2050 volatile
88 Algeria 1.59 kt 2050 rising
89 Libya 1.59 kt 2050 volatile
90 Switzerland 1.51 kt 2050 rising
91 Cuba 1.46 kt 2050 volatile
92 Yemen 1.34 kt 2050 volatile
93 Ghana 1.33 kt 2050 volatile
94 Cambodia 1.3 kt 2050 volatile
95 Nicaragua 1.23 kt 2023 up 62.4% volatile
96 Armenia 1.2 kt 2050 volatile
97 Israel 1.12 kt 2050 rising
98 Senegal 1.1 kt 2050 volatile
99 Kazakhstan 1.08 kt 2050 volatile
100 Kyrgyzstan 1.04 kt 2050 rising
101 Albania 0.997 kt 2050 volatile
102 Niger 0.9565 kt 2050 volatile
103 Latvia 0.8973 kt 2050 rising
104 Angola 0.8832 kt 2050 volatile
105 Georgia 0.8084 kt 2050 falling
106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8011 kt 2050 volatile
107 Panama 0.7673 kt 2050 rising
108 Madagascar 0.767 kt 2050 volatile
109 Azerbaijan 0.6914 kt 2050 volatile
110 Ethiopia PDR 0.6267 kt 1992 up 110.5% volatile
111 Slovenia 0.6014 kt 2050 falling
112 North Macedonia 0.5443 kt 2050 rising
113 Chad 0.5167 kt 2050 volatile
114 Uganda 0.4743 kt 2050 volatile
115 Estonia 0.4623 kt 2050 rising
116 United Arab Emirates 0.4257 kt 2050 volatile
117 Lebanon 0.4111 kt 2050 rising
118 Papua New Guinea 0.3949 kt 2050 volatile
119 Guinea 0.3709 kt 2050 volatile
120 Botswana 0.3654 kt 2023 down 20.2% volatile
121 Iceland 0.3499 kt 2050 falling
122 Tajikistan 0.3257 kt 2050 volatile
123 Liberia 0.3213 kt 2050 volatile
124 Jordan 0.3158 kt 2050 volatile
125 Nepal 0.3109 kt 2050 volatile
126 Rwanda 0.3037 kt 2050 volatile
127 Guyana 0.2893 kt 2050 rising
128 Luxembourg 0.284 kt 2050 falling
129 Eswatini 0.2164 kt 2050 rising
130 Mongolia 0.2041 kt 2050 volatile
131 Palestine, State of 0.1963 kt 2050 falling
132 Mauritius 0.1897 kt 2050 falling
133 Suriname 0.1759 kt 2050 volatile
134 Burundi 0.1649 kt 2050 volatile
135 Haiti 0.1637 kt 2050 volatile
136 Fiji 0.1569 kt 2050 falling
137 Gambia 0.1519 kt 2050 volatile
138 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1471 kt 2050 falling
139 Cyprus 0.138 kt 2050 falling
140 Lesotho 0.1363 kt 2050 volatile
141 Jamaica 0.131 kt 2050 falling
142 Belize 0.1206 kt 2050 volatile
143 Namibia 0.1175 kt 2050 volatile
144 Oman 0.1061 kt 2050 volatile
145 Mauritania 0.1051 kt 2050 volatile
146 Sierra Leone 0.0759 kt 2050 volatile
147 Bhutan 0.0562 kt 2050 volatile
148 Guinea-Bissau 0.056 kt 2023 down 1.8% volatile
149 Puerto Rico 0.0521 kt 2050 rising
150 Montenegro 0.0472 kt 2050 rising
151 Eritrea 0.0438 kt 2050 volatile
152 Gabon 0.0315 kt 2050 volatile
153 Barbados 0.0296 kt 2050 volatile
154 Benin 0.0278 kt 2050 volatile
155 Central African Republic 0.0249 kt 2050 volatile
156 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.0247 kt 2050 falling
157 New Caledonia 0.0233 kt 2050 volatile
158 French Guiana 0.0221 kt 2023 up 30.0% volatile
159 Bahrain 0.0205 kt 2050 volatile
160 Togo 0.0164 kt 2050 volatile
161 Kuwait 0.0133 kt 2050 volatile
161 Qatar 0.0133 kt 2050 volatile
163 Malta 0.0127 kt 2050 rising
164 French Polynesia 0.01 kt 2050 volatile
165 Dominica 0.0098 kt 2050 volatile
165 Martinique 0.0098 kt 2050 volatile
167 Bahamas 0.0094 kt 2021 down 35.2% volatile
168 Faroe Islands 0.0087 kt 2050 volatile
169 Réunion 0.0081 kt 2023 up 2.5% volatile
170 Saint Lucia 0.0065 kt 2023 up 51.2% volatile
171 Equatorial Guinea 0.0063 kt 2050 volatile
172 Brunei Darussalam 0.0054 kt 2050 volatile
173 Congo 0.0047 kt 2050 volatile
174 Maldives 0.0043 kt 2050 volatile
175 Greenland 0.0031 kt 2050 volatile
176 Grenada 0.0029 kt 2023 up 3.6% volatile
177 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0028 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
178 Comoros 0.0022 kt 2023 up 2,100.0% volatile
179 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.002 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
180 Seychelles 0.0019 kt 2050 volatile
181 Djibouti 0.0011 kt 2023 up 83.3% volatile
182 Singapore 0.0009 kt 2050 volatile
183 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0008 kt 2050 volatile
184 Palau 0.0007 kt 2050 volatile
185 Cook Islands 0.0005 kt 2050 volatile
186 Samoa 0.0004 kt 2050 volatile
187 Bermuda 0.0003 kt 2023 down 72.7% volatile
188 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0002 kt 2050 volatile
189 Aruba 0 kt 2023 volatile
189 Kiribati 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
189 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
189 South Sudan 0 kt 2050 volatile
189 Tonga 0 kt 2050 volatile
189 Tuvalu 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
189 Vanuatu 0 kt 2023 volatile
189 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2023 volatile
189 Niue 0 kt 2023 volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
251 places, 14,396 data points, 1961–2050
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf