FAOSTAT Emissions Totals provide greenhouse gas emissions estimates from agriculture and forest land, including methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide. Data offers global coverage by country, spanning from 1961 to 2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050. Estimates are computed using IPCC Tier 1 methodology and disseminated by the Country Climate and Development Report.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in CO2 emissions from land use change by country over the 1961-2019 period.
- Compare national contributions of CH4 and N2O emissions from crop and livestock activities.
- Model future emission scenarios using the provided 2030 and 2050 projections for key categories.
- Aggregate emissions into CO2eq totals using the IPCC AR5 global warming potentials referenced in the data.
Strengths
- Data covers a 58-year period from 1961 to 2019.
- Includes forward-looking projections for 2030 and 2050 for some emission categories.
- Estimates follow the standardized IPCC Tier 1 methodology for consistency.
Limitations
- Data for some categories only begins in 1990, offering a shorter time series.
- Projections to 2030 and 2050 are not available for all emission types.
Provenance
- Source
- FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals, disseminated by the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR).
- 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.