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Global Agriculture's 42.8 Billion Ton Greenhouse Gas Footprint in 2020
In 2020, global agriculture* contributed 42.8 billion tons of greenhouse gases** (GHG) to the atmosphere, making food production systems a major driver of global emissions. As the world transitions toward more sustainable farming practices to support a growing population, understanding the scale of current agricultural emissions is crucial for effectively addressing them.
This graphic provides a visual breakdown of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions across continents, showing both annual totals and average emissions over a 30-year period. It compares the top 10 most food-insecure countries on each continent with the percentage of land they allocate to agriculture.
*Agriculture includes emissions from crops, livestock, agricultural land, agri-food systems, land use change, and pre/post processing.
**Greenhouse gasses (GHG's) inlcude CO2, NO, NO.
***Agricultural land use includes permanent crop land, temporary crop land, pastures and meadows, and fallow land.