FAOSTAT Emissions Totals data provides greenhouse gas emissions estimates from agriculture and forest land. It includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, aggregated in CO2eq, with global country-level coverage from 1961 to 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2050. The data is compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization using IPCC Tier 1 guidelines and is updated annually.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in CO2 emissions from drained organic soils by country and year.
- Model aggregate CO2eq emissions using CH4, N2O, and CO2 data with IPCC AR5 global warming potentials.
- Compare historical emissions (1990-2019) with future projections for 2030 and 2050.
- Assess emissions contributions from specific sources like crop activities, livestock, or forest management.
Strengths
- Data covers a 58-year time range from 1961 to 2019.
- Includes projections for future years (2030, 2050) for some emission categories.
- Estimates follow IPCC Tier 1 methodology for consistency.
- Annual updates maintain data currency.
Limitations
- Specific row and column counts are unknown, limiting assessment of granularity.
- Data for some categories only starts in 1990, not 1961.
- Projections are not available for all emission categories.
Provenance
- Source
- FAOSTAT (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations).
- Collection Method
- Computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
- Time Range
- 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050; 1990–2019 for some categories.
- Freshness
- Updated annually.
- Geography
- Global coverage by country.