Greenhouse gas emissions data from agriculture and forest land, including methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide. Estimates are provided by country with global coverage from 1961 to 2019, with projections for 2030 and 2050. The dataset is produced by the FAOSTAT domain of the World Bank's Country Climate and Development Report and is updated annually.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in CO2 emissions from forest management by country over the 1961-2019 time series.
- Model future CH4 and N2O emission projections for 2030 and 2050 based on historical country-level data.
- Calculate aggregate CO2 equivalent emissions using IPCC AR5 global warming potentials provided in the data.
- Compare emissions from crop and livestock activities across different countries and time periods.
Strengths
- Global country-level coverage for over 50 years (1961-2019).
- Includes forward-looking projections for 2030 and 2050 for some emission categories.
- Data computed using the standardized IPCC Tier 1 methodology.
Limitations
- Data for some emission categories only covers the period from 1990, not the full historical range.
- Projections to 2030 and 2050 are not available for all emission categories.
- Row and sample size specifics are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals, World Bank.
- 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, by country.