FAOSTAT Emissions Totals provides greenhouse gas emissions data from agriculture and forest land, including nitrous oxide from drained organic soils. Estimates are available by country with global coverage for the period 1961–2019, with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories. The dataset is produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization and updated annually.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in N2O emissions from drained organic soils by country over time.
- Model aggregate CO2eq emissions using IPCC AR5 global warming potentials.
- Compare historical emissions (1961-2019) with future projections (2030, 2050) for policy planning.
- Assess emissions contributions from specific agricultural and forest land activities.
Strengths
- Global country-level coverage.
- Time series spanning from 1961 to 2019.
- Includes future projections for 2030 and 2050.
- Data computed using IPCC Tier 1 methodology.
Limitations
- Specific row and column counts are unknown.
- Projections are only available for some emission categories.
- Data may have a temporal lag, with the latest historical year being 2019.
Provenance
- Source
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) FAOSTAT.
- 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.
- Freshness
- Updated annually.
- Geography
- Global, by country.