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Agricultural Emissions, 1999

1999, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 1999 covers 192 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 862,657.914; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 7,295.734. Against 1998, 182 values changed (106 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 1999

HighestChina

862,657.914

Lowest7 countries share it

0.000

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia862,657.91415,181.08881,075.044
2IndiaINDSouthern Asia749,504.29418,418.7935554.372
3United StatesUSANorthern America468,396.4148,084.2351570.188
4BrazilBRASouth America413,192.04210,570.8340379.400
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia330,111.1723,434.8113128.806
6RussiaRUSEastern Europe221,365.4792,909.2924152.682
7AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand207,489.3054,340.9671288.579
8ArgentinaARGSouth America133,730.5153,170.2136119.882
9PakistanPAKSouthern Asia118,250.7933,011.0131115.169
10GermanyDEUWestern Europe108,917.2691,555.1903115.354
11CanadaCANNorthern America108,238.9261,073.4432108.774
12FranceFRAWestern Europe103,669.5771,843.4352127.377
13MexicoMEXCentral America99,959.2452,115.9348111.779
14BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia98,255.4612,207.070463.033
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe93,646.3771,348.101993.970
16PolandPOLEastern Europe90,431.145721.172066.325
17ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia77,499.5832,019.826450.360
18UkraineUKREastern Europe75,398.8251,121.520357.830
19MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia72,929.0691,734.164036.721
20VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia71,953.5751,866.273153.901
21BelarusBLREastern Europe71,516.097421.070748.749
22EthiopiaETHEastern Africa68,255.5391,486.432678.820
23ColombiaCOLSouth America62,319.3761,672.915753.571
24IranIRNSouthern Asia58,908.094972.817760.046
25PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia58,685.7071,753.294630.465

02In 1999

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1China862,657.914
  2. 2India749,504.294
  3. 3United States468,396.414
  4. 4Brazil413,192.042
  5. 5Indonesia330,111.172

Lowest

  1. 186San Marinoshared0.000
  2. 186Palaushared0.000
  3. 186Marshall Islandsshared0.000
  4. 186Monacoshared0.000
  5. 186Liechtensteinshared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 7,295.734. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia18,418.7935

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 116.3492

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina1,075.044

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 6.713

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 182values changed, of 192 in both
  • 106 · 76rose · fell
  • 10unchanged

Rose most

  • Australia175,822.371 → 207,489.305+31,666.934
  • China841,582.082 → 862,657.914+21,075.832
  • Philippines50,228.716 → 58,685.707+8,456.990
  • Myanmar68,777.046 → 72,929.069+4,152.023
  • Brazil409,796.227 → 413,192.042+3,395.816

Fell most

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 1999.

  • 186 distinct values among 192

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 7 countries share 0.000. 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) (1999). Agricultural Emissions, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions/1999

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07Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 1999?

China, at 862,657.914, of the 192 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 1999 cover?

192.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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