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Agricultural Emissions, 2023

2023, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions, 2023 covers 198 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 1,044,507.6; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 8,635.1. Against 2022, 190 values changed (101 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Emissions · Data for 2023

HighestIndia

1,044,507.6

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia1,044,507.621,295.2899834.1212
2ChinaCHNEastern Asia951,491.614,495.40401,134.2607
3BrazilBRASouth America612,992.614,732.5928653.3039
4United StatesUSANorthern America501,630.87,772.7310584.4454
5IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia397,368.13,499.6030212.6579
6PakistanPAKSouthern Asia236,939.56,174.5523228.8841
7AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand226,906.44,477.8905339.5267
8RussiaRUSEastern Europe192,291.82,006.3311185.0752
9ArgentinaARGSouth America150,931.33,371.1236150.4918
10EthiopiaETHEastern Africa142,260.13,217.9337173.9021
11CanadaCANNorthern America128,104.31,051.5162146.7402
12MexicoMEXCentral America121,759.82,525.6638132.0911
13BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia113,558.02,453.792184.4145
14ChadTCDMiddle Africa95,732.82,411.3922106.4674
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe94,053.31,174.051485.1755
16ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia91,809.82,170.789585.2167
17IranIRNSouthern Asia87,281.7880.585867.1797
18FranceFRAWestern Europe86,287.41,501.918399.4712
19NigeriaNGAWestern Africa84,878.02,050.6228103.5693
20VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia82,967.11,915.652276.7081
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe81,626.51,075.334076.5462
22TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa81,423.61,854.378993.8746
23SudanSDNNorthern Africa78,360.11,884.841892.9332
24PolandPOLEastern Europe75,821.6597.514370.6258
25MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia75,488.41,801.618940.0854

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1India1,044,507.6
  2. 2China951,491.6
  3. 3Brazil612,992.6
  4. 4United States501,630.8
  5. 5Indonesia397,368.1

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 8,635.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Methane (kt CH₄)

    HighestIndia21,295.2899

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 145.0469

  • Nitrous oxide (kt N₂O)

    HighestChina1,134.2607

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 10.1374

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 190values changed, of 198 in both
  • 101 · 89rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

Rose most

  • Australia144,528.3 → 226,906.4+82,378.1
  • Pakistan226,985.8 → 236,939.5+9,953.7
  • Brazil604,245.4 → 612,992.6+8,747.2
  • Ethiopia134,135.9 → 142,260.1+8,124.2
  • India1,037,551.8 → 1,044,507.6+6,955.8

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 2023.

  • 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) (2023). Agricultural Emissions, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-emissions/2023

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07Questions

Agricultural Emissions, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural emissions in Agricultural Emissions, 2023?

India, at 1,044,507.6, of the 198 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Emissions, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Agricultural Emissions, 2023 cover?

198.

Where can I download Agricultural Emissions, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-11, when it was read from the publisher.

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