Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests in Nepal

Nepal: Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests was 21.67 in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
21.67
Change on year
up 246.6%
World rank
12th
of 209 countries
All-time high
38.79
in 2016
All-time low
1.7
in 2002
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests in Nepal, 1990–2019

0102030401990200420191990: 11.71991: 11.71992: 11.71993: 11.71994: 11.71995: 11.71996: 9.61997: 6.61998: 11.31999: 12.12000: 11.52001: 7.32002: 1.72003: 132004: 10.62005: 10.92006: 6.62007: 4.52008: 8.82009: 12.72010: 15.92011: 9.42012: 16.32013: 17.52014: 15.72015: 2.32016: 38.82017: 10.12018: 6.32019: 21.7

Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.

Analysis

The most recent figure for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - fires in humid tropical forests in Nepal is 21.67, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 246.6% on the previous year and up 70.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (ch4) - fires in humid tropical forests in Nepal peaked at 38.79 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.7, in 2002.

Nepal ranks 12th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests in Nepal, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests in Nepal, 1990 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1990 11.71 —
1991 11.71 +0.0%
1992 11.71 +0.0%
1993 11.71 +0.0%
1994 11.71 +0.0%
1995 11.71 +0.0%
1996 9.62 -17.9%
1997 6.56 -31.8%
1998 11.32 +72.6%
1999 12.06 +6.5%
2000 11.53 -4.4%
2001 7.35 -36.3%
2002 1.7 -76.8%
2003 12.98 +661.8%
2004 10.59 -18.4%
2005 10.86 +2.6%
2006 6.63 -39.0%
2007 4.53 -31.7%
2008 8.83 +95.1%
2009 12.72 +44.0%
2010 15.92 +25.2%
2011 9.44 -40.7%
2012 16.26 +72.2%
2013 17.45 +7.4%
2014 15.67 -10.2%
2015 2.27 -85.5%
2016 38.79 +1612.4%
2017 10.12 -73.9%
2018 6.25 -38.2%
2019 21.67 +246.6%

Nepal compared with similar countries

  • Nepal's 21.67 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.029, 747.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)
  • Nepal's 21.67 is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.2047, 105.9× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests in Nepal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2016 +1612.4% 2.27 38.79
2003 +661.8% 1.7 12.98

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 10.98 6.56 12.06 10
2000s 8.77 1.7 12.98 10
2010s 15.38 2.27 38.79 10

Countries ranked near Nepal

  1. 9 Indonesia 43.13 compare
  2. 10 Cambodia 29.82 compare
  3. 11 Thailand 25.56 compare
  4. 13 Cameroon 17.14 compare
  5. 14 Laos 13.99 compare
  6. 15 Chad 12.97 compare

See the full ranking of 209 places →

More reference data data for Nepal

All data for Nepal →

Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - fires in humid tropical forests in Nepal?
Emission totals - emissions (ch4) - fires in humid tropical forests in Nepal was 21.67 in 2019, according to FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (ch4) - fires in humid tropical forests recorded in Nepal?
The highest recorded value was 38.79 in 2016.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (ch4) - fires in humid tropical forests recorded in Nepal?
The lowest recorded value was 1.7 in 2002.
How does Nepal rank for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - fires in humid tropical forests?
Nepal ranks 12th out of 209 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - fires in humid tropical forests rising or falling in Nepal?
Over the last ten years it is up 70.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Nepal data come from?
The figures come from FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 30 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests in Nepal. Statizoid, drawing on FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT. Retrieved 29 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/emission-totals-emissions-ch4-fires-in-humid-tropical-forests/nepal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/emission-totals-emissions-ch4-fires-in-humid-tropical-forests/nepal/">Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests in Nepal</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests
Source
FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
209 places, 6,119 data points, 1990–2019
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated from agriculture and forest land. They consist of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from crop and livestock activities, forest management and include land use and land use change processes. Data are computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Estimates are available by country, with global coverage for the period 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990–2019 for others. The database is updated annually. The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O and CO2 emissions/removals and their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 106 kg). The latter are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014).