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Agricultural Emissions, 2022

2022, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 2022 covers 198 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 1,037,551.81; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 8,704.48. Against 2021, 191 values changed (92 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 2022

HighestIndia

1,037,551.81

Lowest5 countries share it

0.00

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia1,037,551.8121,155.4025822.6536
2ChinaCHNEastern Asia949,638.3014,478.75801,129.0259
3BrazilBRASouth America604,245.3914,505.0735647.3811
4United StatesUSANorthern America502,827.007,830.2729582.8796
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia397,394.143,534.7305209.0446
6PakistanPAKSouthern Asia226,985.845,906.6090219.6340
7RussiaRUSEastern Europe192,143.521,985.4299186.7240
8ArgentinaARGSouth America157,001.863,356.4478171.2654
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand144,528.342,832.9683202.4691
10EthiopiaETHEastern Africa134,135.903,039.2101162.1289
11CanadaCANNorthern America122,752.03979.9614132.6825
12MexicoMEXCentral America118,894.422,505.7975123.3773
13BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia113,358.272,450.412584.0178
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe93,137.461,170.596382.0845
15ChadTCDMiddle Africa90,300.432,272.6328100.6291
16IranIRNSouthern Asia88,569.90917.523868.1378
17FranceFRAWestern Europe87,045.431,528.025399.5732
18ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia87,035.332,173.418268.4158
19NigeriaNGAWestern Africa85,449.982,056.4260105.1147
20VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia82,716.541,910.182476.3404
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe82,539.611,096.491577.7564
22TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa80,469.561,843.176791.4582
23MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia77,910.061,891.234139.7550
24SudanSDNNorthern Africa75,999.361,828.726289.9538
25ColombiaCOLSouth America75,416.361,994.431970.2349

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India1,037,551.81
  2. 2China949,638.30
  3. 3Brazil604,245.39
  4. 4United States502,827.00
  5. 5Indonesia397,394.14

Lowest

  1. 194San Marinoshared0.00
  2. 194Marshall Islandsshared0.00
  3. 194Monacoshared0.00
  4. 194Channel Islandsshared0.00
  5. 194Andorrashared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8,704.48. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia21,155.4025

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 143.1724

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina1,129.0259

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 9.6472

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 191values changed, of 198 in both
  • 92 · 99rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

Rose most

  • India1,015,756.44 → 1,037,551.81+21,795.37
  • Brazil583,386.26 → 604,245.39+20,859.13
  • China931,795.67 → 949,638.30+17,842.63
  • Chad85,629.89 → 90,300.43+4,670.54
  • Australia141,238.13 → 144,528.34+3,290.21

Fell most

  • Ukraine57,098.02 → 49,750.09−7,347.93
  • Kenya54,885.07 → 48,999.15−5,885.93
  • Vietnam88,098.61 → 82,716.54−5,382.07
  • Spain53,161.72 → 49,683.46−3,478.26
  • Netherlands38,500.50 → 35,057.53−3,442.97

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 2022.

  • 194 distinct values among 198

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 5 countries share 0.00. 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) (2022). Agricultural Emissions, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions/2022

0634 held

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07Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 2022?

India, at 1,037,551.81, of the 198 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 2022 cover?

198.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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