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Agricultural Emissions, 2016

2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 2016 covers 198 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 938,047.6; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 7,827.8. Against 2015, 189 values changed (121 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 2016

HighestIndia

938,047.6

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia938,047.620,016.7240718.6919
2ChinaCHNEastern Asia918,111.313,980.48061,216.6906
3BrazilBRASouth America543,971.713,622.8084538.0544
4United StatesUSANorthern America501,148.67,902.1713604.3110
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia383,374.03,426.8041185.5113
6PakistanPAKSouthern Asia190,523.04,931.1898183.2963
7RussiaRUSEastern Europe182,754.82,120.3347165.7197
8ArgentinaARGSouth America149,601.33,314.8082149.2550
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand135,123.32,725.2749177.5516
10CanadaCANNorthern America119,294.1969.8711124.5867
11EthiopiaETHEastern Africa119,168.82,679.5199143.0520
12MexicoMEXCentral America115,087.82,350.4378128.2387
13BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia106,260.82,332.218073.1241
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe103,496.21,360.4032103.7121
15MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia98,234.32,393.393559.6605
16FranceFRAWestern Europe95,276.51,724.1858113.0937
17ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia85,845.22,111.733261.0492
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe84,471.51,123.341981.2983
19VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia83,261.52,016.610469.4095
20SudanSDNNorthern Africa78,573.61,880.497194.8672
21NigeriaNGAWestern Africa78,146.31,855.390898.8022
22PolandPOLEastern Europe77,209.3584.223168.3497
23BelarusBLREastern Europe69,379.5373.928849.3650
24IranIRNSouthern Asia68,180.2761.644955.2846
25ChadTCDMiddle Africa66,925.41,665.987876.5196

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India938,047.6
  2. 2China918,111.3
  3. 3Brazil543,971.7
  4. 4United States501,148.6
  5. 5Indonesia383,374.0

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 7,827.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia20,016.7240

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 134.9574

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina1,216.6906

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 9.4018

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 189values changed, of 198 in both
  • 121 · 68rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

Rose most

  • India914,181.4 → 938,047.6+23,866.2
  • United States490,900.5 → 501,148.6+10,248.1
  • China910,520.3 → 918,111.3+7,591.0
  • Pakistan184,962.0 → 190,523.0+5,561.0
  • Chad62,570.8 → 66,925.4+4,354.5

Fell most

  • Australia166,877.0 → 135,123.3−31,753.7
  • France97,328.4 → 95,276.5−2,051.9
  • Kazakhstan28,963.6 → 27,203.9−1,759.8
  • Brazil545,698.2 → 543,971.7−1,726.5
  • Zimbabwe12,788.3 → 11,233.6−1,554.7

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 2016.

  • 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) (2016). Agricultural Emissions, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions/2016

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07Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 2016?

India, at 938,047.6, of the 198 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 2016 cover?

198.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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