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Agricultural Emissions, 2010

2010, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 2010 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 876,262.5; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 8,235.0. Against 2009, 188 values changed (119 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 2010

HighestChina

876,262.5

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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia876,262.514,142.27851,189.7188
2IndiaINDSouthern Asia863,181.219,523.6973695.5151
3BrazilBRASouth America537,086.913,442.0019526.7753
4United StatesUSANorthern America502,915.18,004.1323590.4935
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia365,935.33,545.2116166.2918
6RussiaRUSEastern Europe181,429.02,271.8910148.8956
7PakistanPAKSouthern Asia159,903.24,032.9644162.4071
8ArgentinaARGSouth America138,264.13,107.5106133.0409
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand130,386.92,734.9679161.7958
10CanadaCANNorthern America114,863.31,026.7102114.3463
11MexicoMEXCentral America106,572.22,269.4333114.8700
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe104,810.81,375.6121106.0821
13EthiopiaETHEastern Africa104,568.82,361.9188122.0927
14BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia104,530.22,330.378369.9849
15ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia97,717.32,417.253168.7178
16FranceFRAWestern Europe97,122.31,766.0358113.6408
17MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia92,480.42,311.768448.9878
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe81,550.61,093.593479.2734
19PolandPOLEastern Europe79,291.0616.157867.8984
20VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia77,882.61,983.185661.5325
21ColombiaCOLSouth America73,208.71,852.095664.1035
22IranIRNSouthern Asia71,866.4893.872268.3145
23BelarusBLREastern Europe70,457.1363.501952.9551
24PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia64,147.91,907.939035.1260
25NigeriaNGAWestern Africa62,092.01,431.077282.9815

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1China876,262.5
  2. 2India863,181.2
  3. 3Brazil537,086.9
  4. 4United States502,915.1
  5. 5Indonesia365,935.3

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 8,235.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia19,523.6973

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 119.7194

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina1,189.7188

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 8.4148

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 188values changed, of 196 in both
  • 119 · 69rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

Rose most

  • Brazil505,071.6 → 537,086.9+32,015.4
  • India845,641.4 → 863,181.2+17,539.7
  • Botswana6,500.6 → 19,197.3+12,696.7
  • Malaysia39,673.9 → 44,822.4+5,148.6
  • Ethiopia100,075.5 → 104,568.8+4,493.3

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 2010.

  • 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) (2010). Agricultural Emissions, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions/2010

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07Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 2010?

China, at 876,262.5, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 2010 cover?

196.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 2010?

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, 2010 the newest?

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

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