Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in New Zealand

New Zealand: Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC was 5.2 kt in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
5.2 kt
Change on year
up 8.3%
World rank
18th
of 43 countries
All-time high
5.2 kt
in 2020
All-time low
0.7599 kt
in 1991
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in New Zealand, 1990–2020

123451990200520201990: 0.773 kt1991: 0.76 kt1992: 0.895 kt1993: 1.4 kt1994: 1.6 kt1995: 1.8 kt1996: 1.8 kt1997: 1.7 kt1998: 1.8 kt1999: 1.7 kt2000: 2 kt2001: 2.7 kt2002: 2.8 kt2003: 3.3 kt2004: 3.6 kt2005: 3.7 kt2006: 3.2 kt2007: 3.1 kt2008: 3.4 kt2009: 3.2 kt2010: 3.5 kt2011: 3.8 kt2012: 3.7 kt2013: 3.7 kt2014: 4.3 kt2015: 4.3 kt2016: 4.5 kt2017: 4.6 kt2018: 4.7 kt2019: 4.8 kt2020: 5.2 kt

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

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 5.2 kt for synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in 2020. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 46.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in New Zealand peaked at 5.2 kt in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.7599 kt, in 1991.

New Zealand ranks 18th of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in New Zealand, 1990 to 2020.
Year kt Change
1990 0.7729 kt
1991 0.7599 kt -1.7%
1992 0.8953 kt +17.8%
1993 1.35 kt +50.9%
1994 1.58 kt +17.0%
1995 1.82 kt +15.4%
1996 1.84 kt +1.0%
1997 1.74 kt -5.9%
1998 1.78 kt +2.6%
1999 1.73 kt -3.1%
2000 2.05 kt +18.7%
2001 2.69 kt +31.3%
2002 2.81 kt +4.4%
2003 3.32 kt +18.3%
2004 3.63 kt +9.3%
2005 3.73 kt +2.9%
2006 3.16 kt -15.2%
2007 3.06 kt -3.4%
2008 3.37 kt +10.3%
2009 3.16 kt -6.5%
2010 3.54 kt +12.2%
2011 3.76 kt +6.1%
2012 3.71 kt -1.4%
2013 3.71 kt +0.1%
2014 4.3 kt +15.8%
2015 4.28 kt -0.4%
2016 4.47 kt +4.3%
2017 4.58 kt +2.6%
2018 4.74 kt +3.4%
2019 4.8 kt +1.2%
2020 5.2 kt +8.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.43 kt 0.7599 kt 1.84 kt 10
2000s 3.1 kt 2.05 kt 3.73 kt 10
2010s 4.19 kt 3.54 kt 4.8 kt 10
2020s 5.2 kt 5.2 kt 5.2 kt 1

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 15 Belarus 6.79 kt compare
  2. 16 Colombia 6.08 kt compare
  3. 17 Bulgaria 5.73 kt compare
  4. 19 Czechia 4.49 kt compare
  5. 20 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4.04 kt compare
  6. 21 Denmark 3.96 kt compare

See the full ranking of 49 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in New Zealand?
Synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in New Zealand was 5.2 kt in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 5.2 kt in 2020.
What is the lowest synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7599 kt in 1991.
How does New Zealand rank for synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc?
New Zealand ranks 18th out of 43 countries with data for 2020.
Is synthetic fertilizers — emissions (n2o) — unfccc rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this New Zealand 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