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Agricultural Emissions, 1990

1990, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 1990 covers 166 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 730,868.2; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 7,373.4.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 1990

HighestChina

730,868.2

Lowest6 countries share it

0.0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Agricultural Emissions, 1990, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 166 countries · select a heading to sort

Agricultural Emissions, 1990: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia730,868.213,674.943863.9355
2IndiaINDSouthern Asia652,106.417,417.888443.5118
3United StatesUSANorthern America460,498.07,888.210547.7339
4BrazilBRASouth America370,149.79,685.781331.6356
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia309,635.33,124.189117.3972
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand187,977.14,083.773247.0273
7ArgentinaARGSouth America135,537.93,384.838114.4421
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe118,989.52,082.526121.2988
9FranceFRAWestern Europe107,726.22,019.003126.8631
10MexicoMEXCentral America101,289.42,224.905113.7080
11PolandPOLEastern Europe100,639.81,067.77970.8664
12United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe98,854.71,416.334100.8845
13CanadaCANNorthern America96,947.5967.43992.4403
14PakistanPAKSouthern Asia93,475.22,427.06085.1081
15BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia87,521.62,013.84245.4514
16ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia75,590.62,035.13244.1103
17ColombiaCOLSouth America62,614.01,672.43454.6367
18MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia61,459.51,401.57729.8056
19ItalyITASouthern Europe57,456.91,115.34255.0285
20JapanJPNEastern Asia57,181.1764.86140.9131
21VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia54,653.51,482.97030.2245
22IranIRNSouthern Asia51,520.5861.07850.0275
23TürkiyeTURWestern Asia51,019.2844.14679.6027
24PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia48,466.51,451.24025.2685
25New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand48,067.11,120.60148.8872

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1China730,868.2
  2. 2India652,106.4
  3. 3United States460,498.0
  4. 4Brazil370,149.7
  5. 5Indonesia309,635.3

Lowest

  1. 161San Marinoshared0.0
  2. 161Maldivesshared0.0
  3. 161Monacoshared0.0
  4. 161Liechtensteinshared0.0
  5. 161Channel Islandsshared0.0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 7,373.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia17,417.888

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 151.163

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina863.9355

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 7.2431

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.

  • 161 distinct values among 166

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 6 countries share 0.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: 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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

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

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06Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 1990?

China, at 730,868.2, of the 166 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 1990 cover?

166.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 1990?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Agricultural Emissions, 1990 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Agricultural Emissions, 2023.

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