Skip to content
Nations Inquiry — home

Dataset · FAO

Agricultural Emissions

34 years, 1990–2023 · 198 countries · 3 measures

This is the greenhouse gas released by farming itself — livestock digestion, manure, rice paddies, fertiliser on fields — measured at the farm gate, before anything is processed or transported. Agriculture is the world's largest source of both methane and nitrous oxide.

This site holds every year from 1990 to 2023, read from FAO’s own data and stored exactly as published.

Open Agricultural Emissions, 2023Download all 34 · CSVSee it charted by country →
Share

Share this page

Agricultural Emissions · the file

Newest
Agricultural Emissions, 2023
Held
34 years · 6,583 rows
Licence
CC BY 4.0

0134 years

Every year

Every year comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. Each opens the full table for that year; each downloads as a CSV.

1990bar height: countries covered, up to 1982023
Every year of Agricultural Emissions held on this site, newest first, with its download files.
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Agricultural Emissions, 2023Newest198±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2022198±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2021198±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2020198±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2019198±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2018198±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2017198±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2016198±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2015198±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2014198±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2013198±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2012198+2September 11, 2026CSV
Show all 34 years
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Agricultural Emissions, 2011196±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2010196±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2009196±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2008196±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2007196±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2006196+2September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2005194±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2004194±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2003194±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2002194±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2001194±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 2000194+2September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 1999192±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 1998192±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 1997192±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 1996192±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 1995192±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 1994192±0September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 1993192+4September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 1992188+19September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 1991169+3September 11, 2026CSV
Agricultural Emissions, 1990166—September 11, 2026CSV

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: agricultural-emissions-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

025 columns

What’s in the file

Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.

Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq)is built fromMethane (kt CH₄)Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

Every column in the newest file of Agricultural Emissions: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.
ColumnWhat it holdsStored asRange, 2023DistinctEmptySpread
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifierThe ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.Text · 3 letters—1980
CountrycountryNameThe country’s name, as this file spells it.Text—1980
Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq)agricultural_emissionsHeadlineThe headline figure: Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq).Number · up to 4 decimals0.06 share it1,044,507.6Indiamiddle 8,635.11930
Methane (kt CH₄)methanePart of the headlineMethane emitted by agricultural production at the farm gate, largely from livestock, manure and rice, in kilotonnes of CH₄.Number · up to 4 decimals0.00007 share it21,295.2899Indiamiddle 145.04691920
Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)nitrous_oxidePart of the headlineNitrous oxide emitted by agricultural production at the farm gate, largely from fertiliser and manure on soils, in kilotonnes of N₂O.Number · up to 4 decimals0.00006 share it1,134.2607Chinamiddle 10.13741930

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

03198 countries across every year

Who is covered

How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.

All regions
Countries in each year of Agricultural Emissions, by continent.
201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Africa545454545454545454545454
Americas353535353535353535353535
Asia505050505050505050505050
Europe444444444444444444444444
Oceania151515151515151515151515
All198198198198198198198198198198198198

The newest 12 of 34 years.

Who joined and who left

  • 2012
    + Sudan+ South Sudan
  • 2006
    + Montenegro+ Serbia
  • 2000
    + Belgium+ Luxembourg
  • 1993
    + Czechia+ Eritrea+ Ethiopia+ Slovakia
  • 1992
    + Armenia+ Azerbaijan+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Belarus+ Estonia+ Georgia+ Croatia+ Kazakhstan+ Kyrgyzstan+ Lithuania+ Latvia+ Moldova+ North Macedonia+ Russia+ Slovenia+ Tajikistan+ Turkmenistan+ Ukraine+ Uzbekistan
  • 1991
    + Micronesia+ Marshall Islands+ Palau

Not in this dataset · 27 places this site covers

FAO gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

AnguillaArubaBermudaBritish Virgin IslandsCayman IslandsCook IslandsCuraçaoFaroe IslandsFrench PolynesiaGibraltarGreenlandGuamIsle of ManKosovoMontserratNew CaledoniaNiueNorthern CyprusNorthern Mariana IslandsPalestinePuerto RicoSaint MartinSint MaartenSomalilandTurks and Caicos IslandsUnited States Virgin IslandsVatican City

04Provenance

Where it comes from

The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.

The site’s method

  1. 1 · Publisher

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

    fao.org

  2. 2 · Their file

    Agricultural Emissions 2023

    Emissions_Totals_E_All_Data_(Normalized).zip

  3. 3 · Read by this site

    September 11, 2026

    Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

  4. 4 · Stored as

    34 files, one per year

    Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as agricultural-emissions-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

  5. 5 · Used on

    Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

    /statistics/agricultural-emissions

Precision

The headline is stored to 4 decimals, as published.

Rounded by this site

Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.

Changed by this site

Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

FAOSTAT's Emissions Totals domain, read from the FAO's own bulk download rather than a redistributor.

05Reuse

Licence and credit

What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.

Every publisher’s terms

Licence · checked September 11, 2026

CC BY 4.0

  • Share and redistribute it
  • Adapt it and build on it
  • Use it commercially
  • Credit the publisher
  • Say what you changed

Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

A credit line

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Agricultural Emissions, via Nations Inquiry.

Cite this dataset

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Agricultural Emissions, 1990–2023 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions

The publisher’s own citation: FAO. FAOSTAT. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.

06Questions

Agricultural Emissions: questions and answers

What is the Agricultural Emissions?

This is the greenhouse gas released by farming itself — livestock digestion, manure, rice paddies, fertiliser on fields — measured at the farm gate, before anything is processed or transported. Agriculture is the world's largest source of both methane and nitrous oxide.

Which years of the Agricultural Emissions can I download?

All 34, from 1990 to 2023, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.

Does FAO rank countries on it?

No. FAO publishes values only. The positions shown on this site are derived by ordering the published values, and are labelled as ours.

Can I use it commercially?

Yes, under CC BY 4.0, with credit to FAO. The licence text is linked on this page.

Feedback

Feedback

How are we doing?

Two answers are required — a rating and your email. The rest is up to you.