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Agricultural Emissions, 2019

2019, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 2019 covers 198 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 991,417.7; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 8,717.9. Against 2018, 190 values changed (120 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 2019

HighestIndia

991,417.7

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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia991,417.720,316.5750776.3592
2ChinaCHNEastern Asia882,874.513,328.28621,117.8128
3BrazilBRASouth America554,766.013,454.1126575.9532
4United StatesUSANorthern America515,174.98,085.9048593.4191
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia395,847.53,539.7747210.2842
6PakistanPAKSouthern Asia209,455.15,423.0381201.2498
7RussiaRUSEastern Europe185,985.92,087.8932173.9529
8ArgentinaARGSouth America156,351.63,431.9282161.8701
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand142,420.22,886.7654191.0071
10EthiopiaETHEastern Africa132,036.12,987.6952159.0848
11CanadaCANNorthern America121,997.7986.2768128.4366
12MexicoMEXCentral America118,147.82,444.2630127.6259
13BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia110,051.62,406.288278.0096
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe98,132.21,262.759992.3827
15FranceFRAWestern Europe92,522.81,641.3452110.8873
16VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia86,833.11,935.010671.9108
17United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe84,008.21,103.714581.9737
18NigeriaNGAWestern Africa81,983.11,928.8029105.5200
19MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia80,821.81,814.305144.0697
20ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia80,296.81,964.172655.4732
21SudanSDNNorthern Africa79,195.11,904.373293.1794
22PolandPOLEastern Europe78,016.8606.883667.4471
23ChadTCDMiddle Africa76,897.91,930.925186.1584
24IranIRNSouthern Asia74,176.1826.005859.7247
25TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa71,159.61,608.026481.0936

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India991,417.7
  2. 2China882,874.5
  3. 3Brazil554,766.0
  4. 4United States515,174.9
  5. 5Indonesia395,847.5

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 8,717.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia20,316.5750

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 128.2956

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina1,117.8128

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 9.0254

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 190values changed, of 198 in both
  • 120 · 70rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

Rose most

  • India963,540.6 → 991,417.7+27,877.1
  • Brazil542,390.9 → 554,766.0+12,375.1
  • Ethiopia122,693.3 → 132,036.1+9,342.8
  • Kenya46,078.4 → 53,438.4+7,360.0
  • United States508,042.7 → 515,174.9+7,132.1

Fell most

  • Australia176,587.5 → 142,420.2−34,167.3
  • China900,628.3 → 882,874.5−17,753.8
  • South Sudan61,987.6 → 53,022.9−8,964.6
  • Egypt34,523.2 → 28,749.7−5,773.5
  • Thailand84,780.1 → 80,296.8−4,483.3

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 2019.

  • 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) (2019). Agricultural Emissions, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions/2019

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07Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 2019?

India, at 991,417.7, of the 198 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 2019 cover?

198.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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