FAOSTAT Emissions Totals provide greenhouse gas estimates from agriculture and forest land, including methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide. Data offers global country-level coverage from 1961 to 2019, with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories. The Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) organization disseminates these annual updates.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in forestland CO2eq emissions by country over the 1961-2019 time series.
- Compare projected 2030 and 2050 emissions estimates against historical data for policy scenario modeling.
- Model relationships between agricultural activities and specific greenhouse gas types (CH4, N2O, CO2) at the national level.
- Assess the contribution of land use and land use change processes to total national GHG inventories.
Strengths
- Global country-level coverage for over 50 years (1961-2019).
- Includes forward-looking projections for 2030 and 2050 for certain emission categories.
- Emissions aggregated using IPCC AR5 global warming potentials for standardized CO2eq comparisons.
Limitations
- Data is computed at IPCC Tier 1 level, which uses default emission factors and may lack country-specific precision.
- Temporal coverage is inconsistent, with some categories spanning 1961-2019 and others only 1990-2019.
- Sample data and specific column details are unavailable for assessing data structure and granularity.
Provenance
- Source
- FAOSTAT Emissions Totals domain, disseminated by the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR).
- Collection Method
- Computed at Tier 1 following 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 coverage by country.