Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Forest fires in Australia
Australia: Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Forest fires was 389.17 in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Forest fires in Australia, 1990–2019
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
Analysis
Australia recorded 389.17 for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - forest fires in 2019. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1,097.2% on the previous year and up 504.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (ch4) - forest fires in Australia peaked at 389.17 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8.69, in 2008.
Australia ranks 2nd 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) - Forest fires in Australia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 89.67 | — |
| 1991 | 89.67 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 89.67 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 89.67 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 89.67 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 89.67 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 167.39 | +86.7% |
| 1997 | 251.12 | +50.0% |
| 1998 | 195.44 | -22.2% |
| 1999 | 270.66 | +38.5% |
| 2000 | 88.09 | -67.5% |
| 2001 | 42.48 | -51.8% |
| 2002 | 82.02 | +93.1% |
| 2003 | 144.65 | +76.4% |
| 2004 | 14.25 | -90.1% |
| 2005 | 12.89 | -9.5% |
| 2006 | 111.52 | +764.9% |
| 2007 | 40.11 | -64.0% |
| 2008 | 8.69 | -78.3% |
| 2009 | 64.37 | +640.7% |
| 2010 | 10.38 | -83.9% |
| 2011 | 20.03 | +93.0% |
| 2012 | 31.2 | +55.8% |
| 2013 | 53.84 | +72.6% |
| 2014 | 41.22 | -23.4% |
| 2015 | 25.59 | -37.9% |
| 2016 | 33.4 | +30.5% |
| 2017 | 21.11 | -36.8% |
| 2018 | 32.51 | +54.0% |
| 2019 | 389.17 | +1097.2% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 389.17 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0021, 185317.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Forest fires in Australia 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +1097.2% | 32.51 | 389.17 |
| 2006 | +764.9% | 12.89 | 111.52 |
| 2009 | +640.7% | 8.69 | 64.37 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 142.26 | 89.67 | 270.66 | 10 |
| 2000s | 60.91 | 8.69 | 144.65 | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.84 | 10.38 | 389.17 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 1 Democratic Republic of Congo 444.23 compare
- 3 Mozambique 354.63 compare
- 4 Angola 249.4 compare
- 5 Central African Republic 246.61 compare
More reference data data for Australia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.21 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 28.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 38.41 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 38.41 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 4.07 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 6.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 118.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 170.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 13.9 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - forest fires in Australia?
- Emission totals - emissions (ch4) - forest fires in Australia was 389.17 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) - forest fires recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 389.17 in 2019.
- What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (ch4) - forest fires recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.69 in 2008.
- How does Australia rank for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - forest fires?
- Australia ranks 2nd out of 209 countries with data for 2019.
- Is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - forest fires rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 504.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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) - Forest fires. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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).