FAOSTAT data provides greenhouse gas emissions totals for agriculture and forest land, measured in kilotonnes of CO2 equivalent. Estimates cover methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide emissions by country from 1961 to 2019, with some projections to 2050. The Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) organization disseminates this data, which is updated annually.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in N2O emissions by country over the 1961-2019 time range to assess mitigation policy effectiveness.
- Model future agricultural emissions using the 2030 and 2050 projection data for key emission categories.
- Compare CH4, N2O, and CO2 emission contributions across different countries using the aggregated CO2eq data.
- Benchmark a country's emissions against global totals using the worldwide spatial coverage.
Strengths
- 59-year time series from 1961 to 2019 provides long-term trend analysis.
- Global country-level coverage enables cross-national comparison.
- Includes forward-looking projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories.
Limitations
- Data is computed at IPCC Tier 1 level, a less detailed methodological approach.
- Temporal coverage is inconsistent, with some categories only available from 1990.
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 (IPCC 1996-2014).
- 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.