Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires in United States

United States: Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires was 19.54 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
19.54
Change on year
down 34.0%
World rank
29th
of 209 countries
All-time high
48.69
in 2005
All-time low
9.56
in 2001
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires in United States, 1990–2019

10203040501990200420191990: 26.71991: 26.71992: 26.71993: 26.71994: 26.71995: 26.71996: 32.51997: 14.51998: 23.51999: 24.72000: 26.62001: 9.62002: 23.22003: 232004: 33.92005: 48.72006: 33.52007: 382008: 22.32009: 262010: 15.12011: 42.22012: 31.82013: 15.92014: 18.22015: 312016: 23.32017: 33.62018: 29.62019: 19.5

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) - savanna fires in United States is 19.54, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 34.0% on the previous year and down 24.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires in United States peaked at 48.69 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 9.56, in 2001.

That places United States 29th out of 209 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires in United States, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires in United States, 1990 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1990 26.67 —
1991 26.67 +0.0%
1992 26.67 +0.0%
1993 26.67 +0.0%
1994 26.67 +0.0%
1995 26.67 +0.0%
1996 32.47 +21.8%
1997 14.51 -55.3%
1998 23.48 +61.8%
1999 24.69 +5.2%
2000 26.55 +7.6%
2001 9.56 -64.0%
2002 23.21 +142.8%
2003 23.02 -0.8%
2004 33.89 +47.2%
2005 48.69 +43.7%
2006 33.52 -31.2%
2007 37.95 +13.2%
2008 22.29 -41.3%
2009 26.01 +16.7%
2010 15.14 -41.8%
2011 42.16 +178.5%
2012 31.76 -24.7%
2013 15.87 -50.0%
2014 18.16 +14.4%
2015 30.96 +70.5%
2016 23.34 -24.6%
2017 33.63 +44.1%
2018 29.59 -12.0%
2019 19.54 -34.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 25.51 14.51 32.47 10
2000s 28.47 9.56 48.69 10
2010s 26.01 15.14 42.16 10

Countries ranked near United States

  1. 26 Iraq 24.48 compare
  2. 27 Colombia 23.2 compare
  3. 28 Cambodia 20.26 compare
  4. 30 Mexico 19.12 compare
  5. 31 Indonesia 18.81 compare
  6. 32 Cameroon 18.31 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires in United States?
Emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires in United States was 19.54 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) - savanna fires recorded in United States?
The highest recorded value was 48.69 in 2005.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires recorded in United States?
The lowest recorded value was 9.56 in 2001.
How does United States rank for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires?
United States ranks 29th out of 209 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires rising or falling in United States?
Over the last ten years it is down 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States 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) - Savanna fires. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna 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, 6,120 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).