Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires in Brazil

Brazil: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires was 10,057 in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
10,057
Change on year
up 176.9%
World rank
7th
of 209 countries
All-time high
27,664
in 1998
All-time low
2,190
in 2013
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires in Brazil, 1990–2019

010.0k20.0k30.0k1990200420191990: 10.1k1991: 10.1k1992: 10.1k1993: 10.1k1994: 10.1k1995: 10.1k1996: 12.8k1997: 15.6k1998: 27.7k1999: 21.2k2000: 3.1k2001: 4.4k2002: 11.1k2003: 9.9k2004: 11.3k2005: 14.3k2006: 6.5k2007: 17.1k2008: 5.3k2009: 2.2k2010: 17.0k2011: 3.8k2012: 7.6k2013: 2.2k2014: 4.9k2015: 9.6k2016: 8.0k2017: 12.2k2018: 3.6k2019: 10.1k

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires in Brazil is 10,057, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 176.9% on the previous year and up 348.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires in Brazil peaked at 27,664 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 2,190, in 2013.

Brazil ranks 7th 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 (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires in Brazil, 1990 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1990 10,063 —
1991 10,063 +0.0%
1992 10,063 +0.0%
1993 10,063 +0.0%
1994 10,063 +0.0%
1995 10,063 +0.0%
1996 12,794 +27.1%
1997 15,630 +22.2%
1998 27,664 +77.0%
1999 21,153 -23.5%
2000 3,121 -85.2%
2001 4,383 +40.4%
2002 11,094 +153.1%
2003 9,929 -10.5%
2004 11,281 +13.6%
2005 14,300 +26.8%
2006 6,525 -54.4%
2007 17,120 +162.4%
2008 5,337 -68.8%
2009 2,243 -58.0%
2010 17,046 +659.9%
2011 3,765 -77.9%
2012 7,554 +100.6%
2013 2,190 -71.0%
2014 4,900 +123.7%
2015 9,598 +95.9%
2016 7,993 -16.7%
2017 12,207 +52.7%
2018 3,632 -70.2%
2019 10,057 +176.9%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 10,057 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.73, 2696.6× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 10,057 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 13.86, 725.7× the median. (39 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires in Brazil 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
2010 +659.9% 2,243 17,046

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 13,762 10,063 27,664 10
2000s 8,533 2,243 17,120 10
2010s 7,894 2,190 17,046 10

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 4 Angola 13,018 compare
  2. 5 Central African Republic 12,872 compare
  3. 6 Bolivia 10,550 compare
  4. 8 Tanzania 6,786 compare
  5. 9 Russia 6,489 compare
  6. 10 Myanmar 6,335 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires in Brazil?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires in Brazil was 10,057 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 (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 27,664 in 1998.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 2,190 in 2013.
How does Brazil rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires?
Brazil ranks 7th out of 209 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 348.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Brazil 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 (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - 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, 6,120 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).