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Agricultural Emissions, 2006

2006, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 2006 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 869,236.8; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 7,922.7. Against 2005, 185 values changed (96 up, 89 down), 2 countries joined.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 2006

HighestChina

869,236.8

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, 2006, 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 196 countries · select a heading to sort

Agricultural Emissions, 2006: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia869,236.814,422.03441,141.6393
2IndiaINDSouthern Asia823,324.219,179.5441632.7889
3United StatesUSANorthern America516,049.48,019.8742592.7163
4BrazilBRASouth America502,450.012,901.1052465.9554
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia351,414.33,405.3482151.8429
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand189,842.73,963.1459255.7678
7RussiaRUSEastern Europe186,354.12,298.7400145.8409
8ArgentinaARGSouth America156,310.33,648.2166145.1254
9PakistanPAKSouthern Asia145,694.33,705.2021144.3589
10CanadaCANNorthern America117,017.11,169.0964104.9343
11MexicoMEXCentral America102,350.72,182.3524111.1280
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe99,602.61,362.8888101.9080
13BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia99,013.52,194.030764.4352
14FranceFRAWestern Europe98,593.71,782.2883116.4223
15MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia86,400.02,159.653543.3309
16ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia85,005.82,118.804554.5849
17United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe83,951.91,164.338081.3551
18EthiopiaETHEastern Africa83,168.41,844.400796.4492
19PolandPOLEastern Europe79,611.9631.491667.1894
20VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia76,581.71,984.229356.5159
21BelarusBLREastern Europe70,400.4356.496051.6135
22IranIRNSouthern Asia68,848.5961.615377.2021
23ColombiaCOLSouth America67,360.11,769.712059.1488
24PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia61,376.41,841.537432.1211
25NigeriaNGAWestern Africa60,469.91,405.979479.4999

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1China869,236.8
  2. 2India823,324.2
  3. 3United States516,049.4
  4. 4Brazil502,450.0
  5. 5Indonesia351,414.3

Lowest

  1. 191San Marinoshared0.0
  2. 191Marshall Islandsshared0.0
  3. 191Monacoshared0.0
  4. 191Liechtensteinshared0.0
  5. 191Channel Islandsshared0.0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 7,922.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia19,179.5441

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 122.6678

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina1,141.6393

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 8.0756

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 185values changed, of 194 in both
  • 96 · 89rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Brazil511,354.0 → 502,450.0−8,904.0
  • Russia190,037.1 → 186,354.1−3,683.0
  • Tanzania50,774.2 → 47,814.5−2,959.7
  • Jamaica4,273.5 → 1,358.2−2,915.3
  • Angola36,142.9 → 33,332.6−2,810.3
+ Montenegro+ Serbia

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 2006.

  • 191 distinct values among 196

    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 196 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) (2006). Agricultural Emissions, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions/2006

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07Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 2006?

China, at 869,236.8, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 2006 cover?

196.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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