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Agricultural Emissions, 2017

2017, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 2017 covers 198 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 951,046.8; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 7,894.0. Against 2016, 190 values changed (106 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 2017

HighestIndia

951,046.8

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia951,046.820,106.9355729.4840
2ChinaCHNEastern Asia914,428.613,757.65121,191.5289
3BrazilBRASouth America552,511.813,471.6804568.4039
4United StatesUSANorthern America502,676.27,935.1939596.2654
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia391,394.23,546.5531204.7387
6PakistanPAKSouthern Asia197,667.95,100.2323191.9904
7RussiaRUSEastern Europe183,499.32,069.8736167.8418
8AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand178,631.13,568.4605251.4887
9ArgentinaARGSouth America156,274.33,462.6346157.7132
10EthiopiaETHEastern Africa121,347.22,730.6743145.8293
11CanadaCANNorthern America120,833.9983.8488126.3269
12MexicoMEXCentral America116,721.12,388.3685129.2566
13BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia108,740.32,402.040675.7261
14MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia102,180.92,485.884965.7130
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe101,803.41,348.6088100.1301
16FranceFRAWestern Europe95,904.11,696.0066118.5136
17ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia86,007.92,110.133965.7441
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe85,057.71,130.423082.3118
19VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia83,385.72,011.825869.9746
20PolandPOLEastern Europe79,207.2601.140070.2902
21NigeriaNGAWestern Africa78,758.51,845.5632102.1493
22SudanSDNNorthern Africa78,325.51,888.032493.5016
23BelarusBLREastern Europe70,052.2377.963650.8138
24IranIRNSouthern Asia69,543.7732.990454.1974
25ChadTCDMiddle Africa69,458.31,738.328078.4344

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India951,046.8
  2. 2China914,428.6
  3. 3Brazil552,511.8
  4. 4United States502,676.2
  5. 5Indonesia391,394.2

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 7,894.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia20,106.9355

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 134.1393

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina1,191.5289

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 9.4246

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 190values changed, of 198 in both
  • 106 · 84rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

Rose most

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 2017.

  • 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) (2017). Agricultural Emissions, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions/2017

0634 held

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07Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 2017?

India, at 951,046.8, of the 198 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 2017 cover?

198.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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