Data for 2020

Agricultural Emissions Intensity, 2020

2020, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Emissions Intensity, 2020 covers 190 countries on 3 measures. Namibia is highest, at 16.73; Marshall Islands is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 1.59. Against 2019, 173 values changed (81 up, 92 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Emissions Intensity · Data for 2020

HighestNamibia

16.73

LowestMarshall Islands

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

190countries
3measures per country
2020the year it describes
151distinct values2 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Agricultural Emissions Intensity, 2020, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Agricultural Emissions Intensity, 2020: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	16.73	0.21	3.04
2	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	14.55	1.79	4.72
3	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	13.30	1.63	4.77
4	EritreaERIEastern Africa	12.20	0.64	1.48
5	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	11.42	0.23	2.50
6	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	10.86	0.26	2.21
7	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	10.22	0.54	1.44
8	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	8.87	1.77	0.45
9	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	8.84	0.27	9.39
10	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	8.71	0.45	0.69
11	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	6.94	3.23	3.59
12	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	6.28	3.48	1.13
13	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	6.10	0.93	1.17
14	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	6.01	2.96	0.76
15	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	5.37	0.58	0.83
16	NigerNERWestern Africa	5.32	0.74	1.46
17	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	5.15	0.38	0.40
18	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	5.05	4.10	0.71
19	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5.03	0.89	1.77
20	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	5.02	0.71	1.71
21	UruguayURYSouth America	4.72	1.94	8.03
22	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	4.67	0.74	1.02
23	BoliviaBOLSouth America	4.46	0.80	2.62
24	GuineaGINWestern Africa	4.36	1.28	1.62
25	QatarQATWestern Asia	4.16	9.87	0.26
26	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	4.09	1.80	1.17
27	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	4.01	0.25	0.47
28	SurinameSURSouth America	3.95	8.69	1.14
29	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	3.85	0.41	0.55
30	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	3.82	2.43	1.00
31	NicaraguaNICCentral America	3.76	2.41	1.87
32	KenyaKENEastern Africa	3.50	2.14	1.17
33	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	3.43	0.34	1.71
34	ParaguayPRYSouth America	3.25	1.63	5.19
35	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	3.09	0.31	4.23
36	HaitiHTICaribbean	3.05	2.61	0.42
37	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	2.97	13.71	0.62
=38	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	2.96	4.01	1.45
=38	ColombiaCOLSouth America	2.96	1.62	1.42
40	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2.94	1.43	0.95
=41	CubaCUBCaribbean	2.92	1.60	0.92
=41	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	2.92	5.31	4.81
43	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	2.90	2.47	0.24
44	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	2.83	1.37	0.18
45	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2.80	5.78	0.90
46	SenegalSENWestern Africa	2.75	1.43	0.80
=47	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	2.65	7.33	0.96
=47	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	2.65	1.47	0.92
49	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	2.64	1.04	0.70
50	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	2.62	4.87	1.19
51	YemenYEMWestern Asia	2.58	0.36	0.24
52	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	2.50	1.55	0.66
53	GuyanaGUYSouth America	2.47	2.96	2.64
=54	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	2.46	1.42	0.22
=54	SamoaWSMPolynesia	2.46	2.49	0.58
=54	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2.46	2.11	0.68
=57	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	2.45	0.87	0.43
=57	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	2.45	0.33	1.88
59	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	2.43	4.25	8.52
60	TogoTGOWestern Africa	2.41	0.90	0.39
=61	HondurasHNDCentral America	2.39	2.19	0.76
=61	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	2.39	5.32	0.98
=63	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	2.36	0.42	0.41
=63	TongaTONPolynesia	2.36	2.39	0.79
65	PanamaPANCentral America	2.23	1.69	0.85
66	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	2.22	0.81	0.29
67	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	2.20	5.16	1.55
68	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	2.19	0.86	0.86
69	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	2.14	4.98	1.04
=70	BrazilBRASouth America	2.13	2.27	2.58
=70	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	2.13	2.23	1.66
72	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	2.12	5.23	0.59
=73	BelarusBLREastern Europe	2.07	2.87	2.54
=73	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	2.07	2.86	1.18
75	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	2.04	9.34	0.53
76	FijiFJIMelanesia	1.96	1.55	0.53
77	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	1.88	3.97	0.91
78	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	1.86	2.95	0.76
=79	ArgentinaARGSouth America	1.84	1.18	3.09
=79	NauruNRUMicronesia	1.84	3.80	0.13
81	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	1.72	0.57	0.89
82	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	1.69	4.41	0.56
=83	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	1.68	4.96	0.18
=83	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	1.68	5.48	0.23
=85	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	1.67	0.12	1.27
=85	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	1.67	1.55	1.61
=85	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	1.67	3.23	1.05
88	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	1.66	2.75	0.80
89	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	1.63	3.55	0.20
=90	OmanOMNWestern Asia	1.62	1.29	0.41
=90	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	1.62	1.51	1.16
92	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	1.61	2.57	0.75
=93	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	1.60	0.19	0.42
=93	MexicoMEXCentral America	1.60	1.02	0.81
95	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	1.59	2.88	0.57
96	EcuadorECUSouth America	1.58	2.51	0.77
97	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	1.57	1.13	0.77
=98	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	1.56	0.88	0.55
=98	PeruPERSouth America	1.56	1.12	0.83
=100	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	1.55	1.87	1.96
=100	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	1.55	1.89	0.75
102	BelizeBLZCentral America	1.54	2.03	0.93
=103	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	1.51	7.77	0.23
=103	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	1.51	0.63	0.66
105	IraqIRQWestern Asia	1.49	0.93	0.21
106	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1.47	3.83	0.67
107	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	1.46	1.87	0.36
108	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	1.43	5.84	0.74
109	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	1.36	1.23	0.40
110	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	1.35	0.06	0.35
111	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	1.32	1.35	0.51
=112	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	1.31	1.51	0.71
=112	FranceFRAWestern Europe	1.31	2.55	1.10
114	BeninBENWestern Africa	1.28	1.26	0.43
115	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	1.27	0.31	0.50
116	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	1.24	2.38	0.63
=117	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	1.21	2.28	0.93
=117	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	1.21	1.18	0.80
119	CanadaCANNorthern America	1.20	1.09	1.63
120	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	1.19	1.37	0.22
121	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	1.18	1.06	0.77
=122	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	1.17	2.87	0.84
=122	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	1.17	5.80	0.21
124	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	1.16	3.54	0.70
125	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	1.14	1.93	0.74
=126	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	1.13	4.23	1.90
=126	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	1.13	9.25	0.16
128	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	1.08	1.75	0.58
129	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	1.07	1.30	0.45
=130	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	1.05	0.50	0.41
=130	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	1.05	2.07	0.21
=130	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	1.05	0.49	0.71
=133	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	1.04	7.04	0.83
=133	IranIRNSouthern Asia	1.04	0.83	0.44
=133	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	1.04	10.54	1.08
136	United StatesUSANorthern America	1.02	0.90	1.12
137	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	1.01	1.80	0.27
=138	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.99	0.86	0.14
=138	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.99	9.35	0.29
140	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.98	2.26	0.87
141	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.96	1.00	0.67
142	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.95	1.48	0.45
143	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.94	2.44	0.83
144	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.93	0.22	0.21
=145	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.92	1.73	0.66
=145	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.92	1.91	0.96
147	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.91	1.65	0.83
148	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.90	3.48	0.34
=149	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.88	3.14	0.22
=149	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.88	3.59	0.12
=149	MacauMACEastern Asia	0.88	—	0.00
152	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.86	2.70	0.56
153	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.85	2.55	0.32
=154	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.84	0.94	0.37
=154	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.84	4.93	0.18
156	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.83	0.80	0.47
=157	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.82	0.32	0.30
=157	ChileCHLSouth America	0.82	0.95	0.54
159	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.79	0.26	0.10
=160	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.77	1.47	0.22
=160	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.77	1.54	0.68
=162	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.76	1.67	0.91
=162	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.76	0.45	0.30
164	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.73	1.30	0.47
165	DominicaDMACaribbean	0.70	1.54	0.57
166	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.69	0.75	0.69
167	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.68	0.52	0.42
168	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.66	1.77	0.25
169	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.65	2.60	0.09
=170	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.63	5.67	0.21
=170	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.63	1.29	0.68
172	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.60	3.23	0.04
=173	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.59	5.45	0.18
=173	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.59	0.46	0.37
175	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.58	1.19	0.11
=176	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.56	1.16	0.29
=176	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.56	0.76	0.11
178	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.50	0.25	0.23
179	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.47	0.40	0.08
180	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.45	1.43	0.10
181	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.41	1.14	0.13
182	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.33	2.72	0.17
=183	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.32	1.91	0.13
=183	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.32	28.12	0.00
185	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.28	0.23	0.01
186	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	0.25	0.29	0.08
187	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.24	12.95	0.01
188	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.23	5.20	0.03
189	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.13	0.21	0.00
190	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	0.00	0.00	0.00

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Namibia16.73
2South Sudan14.55
3Chad13.30
4Eritrea12.20
5Botswana11.42

Lowest

190Marshall Islands0.00
189Maldives0.13
188Bahrain0.23
187Hong Kong0.24
186Kiribati0.25

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.59. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Farming emissions per hectare of agricultural land (t CO₂eq)
HighestSingapore28.12
LowestMarshall Islands0.00
Middle country: 1.63
Farming emissions per person (t CO₂eq)
HighestMongolia9.39
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 0.68

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
173values changed, of 190 in both
81 · 92rose · fell
17unchanged

Rose most

Namibia10.70 → 16.73+6.03
Botswana5.74 → 11.42+5.68
South Sudan12.06 → 14.55+2.49
Chad12.68 → 13.30+0.62
Cuba2.46 → 2.92+0.46

Fell most

Mongolia11.60 → 8.84−2.76
Lesotho6.92 → 5.15−1.77
Zambia6.95 → 6.10−0.85
Timor-Leste6.68 → 6.01−0.67
Republic of the Congo4.58 → 4.01−0.57

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2020.
151 distinct values among 190
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 2.46. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
1 empty cell
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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