Agriculture Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country 1990-2018

World Resource Institute's Climate Watch provides agriculture sector greenhouse gas emissions data for 194 countries and the European Union. Emissions are measured in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, covering the six major GHGs from 1990 to 2018. The Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) organization aggregates this data, which is derived from sources including FAO and OECD/IEA.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in agriculture's total GHG emissions over the 1990-2018 time range for comparative country studies.
• Model the relationship between non-CO2 emissions, expressed in CO2 equivalents, and economic or land-use indicators.
• Benchmark a country's agricultural emissions against the global sectoral data for 194 countries and the EU.
• Forecast future agriculture sector emissions based on historical data from the Land-Use Change and Forestry or Agriculture indicator.

Strengths

• Covers 194 countries and the European Union, providing broad geographic coverage.
• Includes a 29-year time range from 1990 to 2018 for longitudinal analysis.
• Reports emissions for the six major greenhouse gases, converted to a standard CO2 equivalent metric.

Limitations

• Data ends in 2018, creating a significant temporal gap for current analysis.
• Specific row count, column details, and sample size are unknown, limiting assessment of granularity.

Provenance

Source

World Resource Institute's Climate Watch Historical Emission data, derived from FAO and OECD/IEA sources.

Collection Method

Aggregated from several sources, with non-CO2 emissions converted using IPCC 100-year global warming potential values.

Time Range

1990-2018

Freshness

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Geography

194 countries and the European Union