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Agricultural Emissions, 2008

2008, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 2008 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 866,632.8; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 7,937.1. Against 2007, 190 values changed (111 up, 79 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 2008

HighestChina

866,632.8

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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia866,632.814,286.51611,166.1938
2IndiaINDSouthern Asia844,290.519,751.4474660.6347
3BrazilBRASouth America506,126.012,753.3380483.2724
4United StatesUSANorthern America503,988.18,100.3006569.7212
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia363,351.13,441.3388161.2130
6RussiaRUSEastern Europe193,686.22,362.8094165.0744
7ArgentinaARGSouth America159,210.63,624.0109149.0746
8PakistanPAKSouthern Asia155,486.63,972.7450151.1652
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand147,511.13,107.6468186.5593
10CanadaCANNorthern America117,712.21,082.4573115.4244
11MexicoMEXCentral America103,714.22,223.6327111.1505
12BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia103,514.22,284.848570.7856
13GermanyDEUWestern Europe100,655.51,388.4823102.9479
14FranceFRAWestern Europe99,292.71,809.9271116.4995
15EthiopiaETHEastern Africa95,865.52,154.9372111.3753
16ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia89,824.72,232.435259.1068
17MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia89,331.52,243.850645.5845
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe82,140.31,115.380980.5178
19PolandPOLEastern Europe79,109.2624.904867.8583
20VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia75,550.81,988.606551.9114
21BelarusBLREastern Europe70,804.6353.410052.9762
22ColombiaCOLSouth America70,656.11,822.035062.4965
23IranIRNSouthern Asia69,345.3865.788170.0776
24PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia64,179.51,943.758031.3377
25NigeriaNGAWestern Africa59,732.71,385.142078.9319

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1China866,632.8
  2. 2India844,290.5
  3. 3Brazil506,126.0
  4. 4United States503,988.1
  5. 5Indonesia363,351.1

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 7,937.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia19,751.4474

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 125.7575

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina1,166.1938

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 8.1431

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 190values changed, of 196 in both
  • 111 · 79rose · fell
  • 6unchanged

Rose most

  • India824,313.9 → 844,290.5+19,976.5
  • Botswana6,985.6 → 16,236.9+9,251.3
  • China857,908.3 → 866,632.8+8,724.5
  • Iran61,549.5 → 69,345.3+7,795.8
  • Pakistan148,628.6 → 155,486.6+6,858.0

Fell most

  • Australia180,764.6 → 147,511.1−33,253.5
  • United States511,390.5 → 503,988.1−7,402.4
  • Brazil512,236.2 → 506,126.0−6,110.3
  • Spain54,352.2 → 49,508.2−4,844.1
  • Japan50,224.1 → 46,424.8−3,799.3

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 2008.

  • 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) (2008). Agricultural Emissions, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions/2008

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07Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 2008?

China, at 866,632.8, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 2008 cover?

196.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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