Country-level estimates of methane emissions from on-farm energy use in agriculture, expressed in CO2 equivalents. The dataset provides global coverage from 1961 to 2019, with some projections to 2030 and 2050. It is produced by the FAO's FAOSTAT program using IPCC Tier 1 methodology.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in country-level CH4 emissions from agricultural energy use over the 1961-2019 time series.
- Compare per-country emissions totals in kilotonnes of CO2 equivalent using AR5 global warming potentials.
- Model future emission scenarios using the included 2030 and 2050 projections for specific categories.
Strengths
- Global country coverage for a 58-year period (1961-2019).
- Emissions calculated using standardized IPCC Tier 1 guidelines and AR5 warming potentials.
- Includes forward-looking projections for 2030 and 2050 for some emission categories.
Limitations
- Data is computed at Tier 1, a less detailed methodological level compared to higher Tiers.
- Temporal coverage is inconsistent, with some categories only available from 1990-2019.
- The latest data point is from 2019, creating a multi-year gap for current analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- FAO FAOSTAT Emissions Totals domain.
- Collection Method
- Computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
- Time Range
- 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and我们发现2050 for some categories; 1990–2019 for others.
- Freshness
- Updated annually.
- Geography
- Global coverage by country.