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Agricultural Emissions, 2009

2009, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 2009 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 872,179.07; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 8,227.64. Against 2008, 187 values changed (98 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 2009

HighestChina

872,179.07

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia872,179.0714,220.61311,178.1991
2IndiaINDSouthern Asia845,641.4519,388.0972671.9089
3BrazilBRASouth America505,071.5512,860.2964472.0568
4United StatesUSANorthern America500,124.847,990.5548582.0095
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia361,801.923,502.5788168.6024
6RussiaRUSEastern Europe182,975.472,270.2665155.6678
7PakistanPAKSouthern Asia162,511.324,074.0046165.3442
8AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand154,985.283,247.6597200.5401
9ArgentinaARGSouth America148,192.153,426.3540130.4704
10CanadaCANNorthern America111,919.131,031.4959111.2936
11MexicoMEXCentral America106,168.892,256.5017113.4127
12BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia103,516.052,303.339168.6061
13GermanyDEUWestern Europe100,676.941,385.1811103.1760
14EthiopiaETHEastern Africa100,075.482,253.9735116.6076
15FranceFRAWestern Europe97,605.591,787.1416111.7944
16ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia93,611.192,301.683365.6992
17MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia90,632.592,275.476647.3823
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe80,538.671,091.174977.9507
19VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia80,171.491,989.321669.1620
20PolandPOLEastern Europe77,856.27608.797266.0340
21ColombiaCOLSouth America71,267.011,811.933961.7783
22BelarusBLREastern Europe70,539.91361.512553.4728
23IranIRNSouthern Asia70,249.81880.179869.8244
24PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia65,594.151,973.375832.0497
25NigeriaNGAWestern Africa57,608.741,333.744276.3957

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1China872,179.07
  2. 2India845,641.45
  3. 3Brazil505,071.55
  4. 4United States500,124.84
  5. 5Indonesia361,801.92

Lowest

  1. 191San Marinoshared0.00
  2. 191Marshall Islandsshared0.00
  3. 191Monacoshared0.00
  4. 191Liechtensteinshared0.00
  5. 191Channel Islandsshared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8,227.64. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia19,388.0972

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 121.6268

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina1,178.1991

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 8.1723

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 187values changed, of 196 in both
  • 98 · 89rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

Rose most

  • Australia147,511.10 → 154,985.28+7,474.18
  • Pakistan155,486.61 → 162,511.32+7,024.71
  • China866,632.81 → 872,179.07+5,546.26
  • Vietnam75,550.76 → 80,171.49+4,620.73
  • Ethiopia95,865.50 → 100,075.48+4,209.98

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 2009.

  • 191 distinct values among 196

    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 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) (2009). Agricultural Emissions, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions/2009

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07Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 2009?

China, at 872,179.07, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 2009 cover?

196.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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