FAOSTAT Emissions Totals provide greenhouse gas emissions data from agriculture and forest land, including methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide. Estimates are available by country with global coverage from 1961 to 2019, with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories. The data is computed using IPCC Tier 1 guidelines and updated annually by the FAO.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in CO2eq emissions from fires in organic soils by country over the 1961-2019 period.
- Compare national contributions of CH4, N2O, and CO2 from crop and livestock activities using country-level data.
- Model future emissions scenarios by integrating historical data with the provided 2030 and 2050 projections.
- Assess the impact of forest management and land use change processes on aggregate greenhouse gas removals/emissions.
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 standardized IPCC AR5 global warming potentials and Tier 1 methodology.
Limitations
- Methodology is at Tier 1 (basic) level of the IPCC guidelines, which may lack country-specific detail.
- Temporal coverage is inconsistent across categories, with some data starting in 1990 instead of 1961.
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 for some categories; 1990–2019 for others.
- Freshness
- Updated annually.
- Geography
- Global, by country.