Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Annex I countries

Annex I countries: Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC was 537.99 kt in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
537.99 kt
Change on year
up 1.9%
Rank
2nd
of 5 groups
All-time high
537.99 kt
in 2020
All-time low
405.99 kt
in 1991
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Annex I countries, 1990–2020

02004006001990200520201990: 437.3 kt1991: 406 kt1992: 496.8 kt1993: 482.7 kt1994: 476.1 kt1995: 443.2 kt1996: 469 kt1997: 462.4 kt1998: 452.6 kt1999: 460.2 kt2000: 457.5 kt2001: 449 kt2002: 454.5 kt2003: 454.3 kt2004: 459.5 kt2005: 448.3 kt2006: 442.2 kt2007: 467.8 kt2008: 454.2 kt2009: 437 kt2010: 446.9 kt2011: 469.4 kt2012: 482.9 kt2013: 501.2 kt2014: 505.1 kt2015: 492.3 kt2016: 517.7 kt2017: 521 kt2018: 526.3 kt2019: 527.8 kt2020: 538 kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

The most recent figure for synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Annex I countries is 537.99 kt, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Annex I countries peaked at 537.99 kt in 2020 and was at its lowest, 405.99 kt, in 1991.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 458.63 kt 405.99 kt 496.84 kt 10
2000s 452.43 kt 436.96 kt 467.82 kt 10
2010s 499.07 kt 446.91 kt 527.83 kt 10
2020s 537.99 kt 537.99 kt 537.99 kt 1

Countries ranked near Annex I countries

  1. 1 Russian Federation 41.24 kt compare
  2. 2 France 32.09 kt compare
  3. 3 Canada 32.07 kt compare
  4. 4 Ukraine 30.56 kt compare
  5. 5 Bangladesh 17.62 kt compare

See the full ranking of 49 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Annex I countries?
Synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Annex I countries was 537.99 kt in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in Annex I countries?
The highest recorded value was 537.99 kt in 2020.
What is the lowest synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in Annex I countries?
The lowest recorded value was 405.99 kt in 1991.
How does Annex I countries rank for synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc?
Annex I countries ranks 2nd out of 5 groups with data for 2020.
Is synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc rising or falling in Annex I countries?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Annex I countries data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
49 places, 1,438 data points, 1990–2020
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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