IPCC sector · AGRICULTURE · 2023
Agriculture: Global Emissions by Country
Livestock, rice cultivation, fertilizer application, manure management.
Sector answer
In 2023, agriculture emissions across the top 20 tracked economies total 4,550 MtCO₂e; China is the largest source at 919.88 MtCO₂e (20%), and Methane dominates the sector gas mix.
- #4 / 7
- Sector Mt rank
- #3 / 7
- Methane-share rank
- China
- #1 country · 919.88 Mt
- 20%
- of top-20 sum
Source: EU EDGAR v8.0 sectoral breakdown. AR6 GWP100; excludes LULUCF.
EDGAR sector concentration roll
AGRICULTURE · 2023 · 4,550 Mt top-20
- VOL 4,550 Mt
- RANK-A #4 / 7
- RANK-CH4 #3 / 7
- LEAD China
- SHARE 20%
- GAS 68% Methane
- PHOTO India
- BOOK 7 sectors
Leader: China (919.88 Mt · 20% of top-20 sum)
Year-to-year inventory change
What changed between 2022 and 2023
- Agriculture's tracked-economy sector total rose from 5,256 MtCO₂e in 2022 to 5,269 MtCO₂e in 2023 in the EU EDGAR v8.0 (2024) extract, a change of +12.9 MtCO₂e (+0.2%).
- Agriculture's methane total across tracked economies rose from 3,599 MtCO₂e in 2022 to 3,600 MtCO₂e in 2023 in the EU EDGAR v8.0 (2024) extract, a change of +1.07 MtCO₂e (+0.0%).
According to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre EDGAR v8.0 corpus, Agriculture ranks #4 of 7 IPCC sectors with live EDGAR rows by absolute greenhouse-gas total in 2023 (largest MtCO2e = #1) and #3 of 7 by methane share of the sector total (highest CH4 fraction = #1). How we place sectors.
Agriculture vs all sectors by EDGAR greenhouse-gas total
Where this sector's 2023 EDGAR MtCO₂e sits among every IPCC sector with live rows (inventory mass, not policy priority)
5,269 43rd percentile more MtCO₂e than 43% of 7 sectors
Sectors, banded by EDGAR MtCO₂e (AR6 GWP100)
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more sectors. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EU EDGAR v8.0 · 2023
Top 15 emitters in agriculture (2023, MtCO₂e)
EU EDGAR v8.0, highest first
Data from EU EDGAR v8.0 (2024 release)
Largest-country share in agriculture
2023 · top-20 tracked total
Top 20 countries - Agriculture (2023)
| Country | MtCO2e | Share of top 20 |
|---|---|---|
| China | 20.2% | |
| India | 17.8% | |
| Brazil | 14.0% | |
| United States | 9.0% | |
| Pakistan | 5.9% | |
| Indonesia | 4.2% | |
| Argentina | 3.2% | |
| Bangladesh | 2.9% | |
| Mexico | 2.7% | |
| Australia | 2.6% | |
| Russia | 2.5% | |
| Vietnam | 2.1% | |
| Thailand | 2.1% | |
| Nigeria | 2.0% | |
| Colombia | 1.7% | |
| Turkey | 1.6% | |
| France | 1.5% | |
| Canada | 1.4% | |
| Philippines | 1.3% | |
| Germany | 1.2% |
Source: EU EDGAR v8.0 (Joint Research Centre, 2024). CC BY 4.0.
Agriculture emissions trend (1970–2023, MtCO₂e)
Sum across all tracked countries, EU EDGAR v8.0
Data from EU EDGAR v8.0 (2024 release)
Gas mix in agriculture
| Gas | MtCO2e |
|---|---|
| Methane | |
| Nitrous oxide | |
| Carbon dioxide |
Agriculture: large EDGAR mass · China 919.88 MtCO₂e (20% of top-20)
China leads at 20% of the top-20 sum; the next emitters still matter for any sector-wide cut. Methane leads the gas mix at 68% of the sector total (AR6 GWP100) - abatement tracks methane controls more than stack CO₂. Absolute sector corpus rank is #4 / 7 among IPCC sectors with live EDGAR rows.
Source: EU EDGAR v8.0 (Joint Research Centre). Sector totals summed from emissions_records; AR6 GWP100; excludes LULUCF.
Methodology
Agriculture is IPCC source category AGRICULTURE. Country totals are summed from
emissions_records for that code; figures are EDGAR's reported annual values
(1970–2023), converted to CO₂-equivalent at AR6 GWP100.
This sector sits in the upper third of live EDGAR sector mass (5,269 MtCO₂e corpus total). EDGAR's main GHG dataset excludes LULUCF. See methodology for the full pipeline.
Source: EU EDGAR v8.0 (Joint Research Centre, 2024) - global bottom-up sectoral model, CC BY 4.0 license.
FAQ
Which gas dominates agriculture emissions?
Methane dominates the agriculture sector with 3,599.83 MtCO2e in 2023 (68% of sector total), weighted via AR6 GWP100.
Which country emits the most in the agriculture sector?
China leads agriculture emissions in 2023 at 919.88 MtCO2e (20% of the top-20 sum) per EU EDGAR v8.0.
What does the agriculture sector include?
Livestock, rice cultivation, fertilizer application, manure management.
Data vintage: EU EDGAR v8.0 (2024 release), 2023 data year. Sector emissions summed from EDGAR records for the focal year; LULUCF handling follows the sector taxonomy.