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Agricultural Emissions, 2005

2005, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 2005 covers 194 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 859,278.81; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 7,762.27. Against 2004, 186 values changed (114 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 2005

HighestChina

859,278.81

Lowest6 countries share it

0.00

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, 2005, 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 194 countries · select a heading to sort

Agricultural Emissions, 2005: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia859,278.8114,476.30951,128.1091
2IndiaINDSouthern Asia773,810.9018,909.7585595.1750
3BrazilBRASouth America511,354.0013,145.1301474.6221
4United StatesUSANorthern America507,464.268,015.5684572.3031
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia345,736.413,376.2885148.0276
6RussiaRUSEastern Europe190,037.132,395.9931146.7669
7ArgentinaARGSouth America157,363.203,569.3401142.3803
8AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand153,883.443,261.3887192.7461
9PakistanPAKSouthern Asia136,684.243,448.3872139.0198
10CanadaCANNorthern America119,681.291,180.7500113.8498
11MexicoMEXCentral America102,861.382,179.7713114.0223
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe101,805.231,394.0563106.9516
13FranceFRAWestern Europe99,410.371,787.0451117.2880
14BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia97,791.872,178.967861.7206
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe85,068.481,181.685183.2256
16ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia84,256.732,112.430653.6597
17MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia82,264.512,029.426541.3843
18PolandPOLEastern Europe80,680.19617.479167.0563
19EthiopiaETHEastern Africa78,691.581,730.912591.6799
20VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia75,754.241,943.291957.5689
21BelarusBLREastern Europe69,795.41356.108649.9922
22ColombiaCOLSouth America67,538.501,780.104059.1709
23IranIRNSouthern Asia65,151.54955.240770.8526
24PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia60,850.031,814.912533.8022
25NigeriaNGAWestern Africa60,118.711,388.586580.0244

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1China859,278.81
  2. 2India773,810.90
  3. 3Brazil511,354.00
  4. 4United States507,464.26
  5. 5Indonesia345,736.41

Lowest

  1. 189San Marinoshared0.00
  2. 189Marshall Islandsshared0.00
  3. 189Monacoshared0.00
  4. 189Liechtensteinshared0.00
  5. 189Channel Islandsshared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 7,762.27. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia18,909.7585

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 124.0173

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina1,128.1091

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 8.0766

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 186values changed, of 194 in both
  • 114 · 72rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

Rose most

  • China841,303.40 → 859,278.81+17,975.41
  • India761,791.96 → 773,810.90+12,018.94
  • Canada109,353.44 → 119,681.29+10,327.85
  • Brazil506,061.92 → 511,354.00+5,292.08
  • Pakistan131,973.30 → 136,684.24+4,710.94

Fell most

  • Australia195,582.56 → 153,883.44−41,699.12
  • Ukraine62,079.40 → 59,410.03−2,669.36
  • Spain56,518.60 → 53,961.56−2,557.03
  • France101,120.54 → 99,410.37−1,710.17
  • Philippines62,493.72 → 60,850.03−1,643.69

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 2005.

  • 189 distinct values among 194

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 6 countries share 0.00. 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 194 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) (2005). Agricultural Emissions, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions/2005

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07Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 2005?

China, at 859,278.81, of the 194 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 2005 cover?

194.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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