Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo: Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Forest fires was 444.23 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
444.23
Change on year
up 7.4%
World rank
1st
of 208 countries
All-time high
984.12
in 1998
All-time low
263.86
in 2001
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1990–2019

2004006008001.0k1990200420191990: 5401991: 5401992: 5401993: 5401994: 5401995: 5401996: 760.31997: 958.11998: 984.11999: 806.22000: 713.52001: 263.92002: 394.82003: 467.42004: 489.42005: 4942006: 520.52007: 439.42008: 478.92009: 470.82010: 487.72011: 499.42012: 465.42013: 474.62014: 452.22015: 497.92016: 501.92017: 481.52018: 413.62019: 444.2

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) - forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo is 444.23, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of up 7.4% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (ch4) - forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 984.12 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 263.86, in 2001.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 1st of 208 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 674.86 539.98 984.12 10
2000s 473.25 263.86 713.49 10
2010s 471.83 413.57 501.93 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo?
Emission totals - emissions (ch4) - forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo was 444.23 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 Democratic Republic of Congo?
The highest recorded value was 984.12 in 1998.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (ch4) - forest fires recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 263.86 in 2001.
How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - forest fires?
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 1st out of 208 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - forest fires rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo 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

Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Forest fires
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
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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).