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Agricultural Emissions, 1996

1996, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 1996 covers 192 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 884,405.9; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 6,963.5. Against 1995, 183 values changed (107 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 1996

HighestChina

884,405.9

Lowest8 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, 1996, 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 192 countries · select a heading to sort

Agricultural Emissions, 1996: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia884,405.915,698.9681,115.0763
2IndiaINDSouthern Asia730,815.018,161.965520.7257
3United StatesUSANorthern America481,356.18,230.562577.9549
4BrazilBRASouth America390,409.710,081.239349.8173
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia328,574.13,442.653139.6696
6RussiaRUSEastern Europe276,313.33,985.057187.6281
7AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand169,496.13,657.225219.7247
8ArgentinaARGSouth America135,506.23,225.039119.5845
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe110,204.91,632.587111.1681
10PakistanPAKSouthern Asia110,125.12,790.879106.4906
11CanadaCANNorthern America106,924.81,076.646108.4298
12FranceFRAWestern Europe104,698.71,889.932126.9377
13MexicoMEXCentral America98,197.22,122.668109.5811
14UkraineUKREastern Europe97,565.11,619.45771.5387
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe96,823.01,379.25699.0229
16BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia94,662.52,106.49560.2009
17PolandPOLEastern Europe94,459.1781.60068.4332
18ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia77,129.12,059.54448.9459
19BelarusBLREastern Europe72,746.5453.55649.0124
20MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia69,184.31,621.87734.6933
21ColombiaCOLSouth America65,835.11,757.94555.1828
22VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia65,822.81,723.60146.8122
23EthiopiaETHEastern Africa61,562.41,327.75870.7582
24IranIRNSouthern Asia57,185.8962.05156.4938
25PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia56,965.61,704.55429.3368

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1China884,405.9
  2. 2India730,815.0
  3. 3United States481,356.1
  4. 4Brazil390,409.7
  5. 5Indonesia328,574.1

Lowest

  1. 185San Marinoshared0.0
  2. 185Palaushared0.0
  3. 185Marshall Islandsshared0.0
  4. 185Maldivesshared0.0
  5. 185Monacoshared0.0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,963.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia18,161.965

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 117.347

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina1,115.0763

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 6.6851

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 183values changed, of 192 in both
  • 107 · 76rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Russia300,086.8 → 276,313.3−23,773.5
  • Brazil408,612.9 → 390,409.7−18,203.2
  • Ukraine110,748.9 → 97,565.1−13,183.8
  • Australia178,630.1 → 169,496.1−9,134.0
  • Kazakhstan40,750.9 → 34,937.9−5,813.0

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 1996.

  • 185 distinct values among 192

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 8 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 192 countries has every column.

05The 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) (1996). Agricultural Emissions, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions/1996

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07Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 1996?

China, at 884,405.9, of the 192 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 1996 cover?

192.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 1996?

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, 1996 the newest?

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

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