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Agricultural Emissions, 2015

2015, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 2015 covers 198 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 914,181.4; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 8,178.9. Against 2014, 189 values changed (128 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 2015

HighestIndia

914,181.4

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, 2015, 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 198 countries · select a heading to sort

Agricultural Emissions, 2015: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia914,181.419,827.5184725.6450
2ChinaCHNEastern Asia910,520.313,954.88881,221.4071
3BrazilBRASouth America545,698.213,542.9666540.1860
4United StatesUSANorthern America490,900.57,651.7951590.6779
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia381,813.23,590.8072182.4914
6PakistanPAKSouthern Asia184,962.04,795.1777177.7505
7RussiaRUSEastern Europe181,857.92,151.9260158.2263
8AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand166,877.03,411.3730225.9712
9ArgentinaARGSouth America145,270.53,242.6763139.2610
10CanadaCANNorthern America119,924.3979.5786127.0502
11EthiopiaETHEastern Africa115,654.22,606.9910137.6673
12MexicoMEXCentral America111,008.32,325.2866118.3130
13BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia106,966.12,361.308976.1422
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe104,661.81,377.6296105.8168
15FranceFRAWestern Europe97,328.41,731.9338118.4829
16MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia96,237.62,352.275757.8509
17United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe83,624.31,109.507081.7553
18ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia82,796.51,942.856956.3562
19VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia82,001.22,016.675572.1515
20SudanSDNNorthern Africa76,971.21,871.305390.4191
21PolandPOLEastern Europe75,928.8593.244165.7409
22NigeriaNGAWestern Africa74,441.71,783.768192.3902
23BelarusBLREastern Europe70,562.8379.170051.9652
24IranIRNSouthern Asia68,427.5723.482554.4259
25PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia65,815.01,973.084133.3153

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India914,181.4
  2. 2China910,520.3
  3. 3Brazil545,698.2
  4. 4United States490,900.5
  5. 5Indonesia381,813.2

Lowest

  1. 193San Marinoshared0.0
  2. 193Marshall Islandsshared0.0
  3. 193Monacoshared0.0
  4. 193Liechtensteinshared0.0
  5. 193Channel Islandsshared0.0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8,178.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia19,827.5184

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 131.5512

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina1,221.4071

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 9.2181

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 189values changed, of 198 in both
  • 128 · 61rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

Rose most

  • China898,546.1 → 910,520.3+11,974.2
  • United States484,361.1 → 490,900.5+6,539.4
  • Chad57,861.4 → 62,570.8+4,709.4
  • Pakistan180,679.8 → 184,962.0+4,282.2
  • Brazil542,541.1 → 545,698.2+3,157.1

Fell most

  • India937,327.4 → 914,181.4−23,146.0
  • Australia175,369.9 → 166,877.0−8,492.9
  • Thailand89,334.5 → 82,796.5−6,538.0
  • Russia186,846.9 → 181,857.9−4,989.0
  • Colombia60,399.0 → 57,972.6−2,426.4

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 2015.

  • 193 distinct values among 198

    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 198 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) (2015). Agricultural Emissions, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions/2015

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07Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 2015?

India, at 914,181.4, of the 198 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 2015 cover?

198.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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