Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Savanna fires in Australia

Australia: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Savanna fires was 31,190 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
31,190
Change on year
down 46.6%
World rank
1st
of 209 countries
All-time high
114,616
in 2011
All-time low
17,619
in 2010
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Savanna fires in Australia, 1990–2019

20.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k120.0k1990200420191990: 57.0k1991: 57.0k1992: 57.0k1993: 57.0k1994: 57.0k1995: 57.0k1996: 41.5k1997: 39.3k1998: 46.0k1999: 78.0k2000: 92.6k2001: 112.4k2002: 99.4k2003: 28.1k2004: 67.3k2005: 24.8k2006: 64.3k2007: 59.5k2008: 31.3k2009: 37.6k2010: 17.6k2011: 114.6k2012: 112.4k2013: 29.1k2014: 51.5k2015: 48.2k2016: 23.0k2017: 60.3k2018: 58.4k2019: 31.2k

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) - savanna fires in Australia is 31,190, measured in 2019.

The figure is down 46.6% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires in Australia peaked at 114,616 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 17,619, in 2010.

That places Australia 1st out of 209 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Savanna fires in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Savanna fires in Australia, 1990 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1990 57,018 —
1991 57,018 +0.0%
1992 57,018 +0.0%
1993 57,018 +0.0%
1994 57,018 +0.0%
1995 57,018 +0.0%
1996 41,483 -27.2%
1997 39,327 -5.2%
1998 46,004 +17.0%
1999 77,957 +69.5%
2000 92,589 +18.8%
2001 112,374 +21.4%
2002 99,437 -11.5%
2003 28,146 -71.7%
2004 67,261 +139.0%
2005 24,785 -63.2%
2006 64,296 +159.4%
2007 59,533 -7.4%
2008 31,315 -47.4%
2009 37,614 +20.1%
2010 17,619 -53.2%
2011 114,616 +550.5%
2012 112,381 -1.9%
2013 29,147 -74.1%
2014 51,470 +76.6%
2015 48,238 -6.3%
2016 22,959 -52.4%
2017 60,266 +162.5%
2018 58,435 -3.0%
2019 31,190 -46.6%

Australia compared with similar countries

  • Australia's 31,190 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.037, 842973.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Savanna 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.

YearChange FromTo
2011 +550.5% 17,619 114,616

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 54,688 39,327 77,957 10
2000s 61,735 24,785 112,374 10
2010s 54,632 17,619 114,616 10

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 2 Angola 26,294 compare
  2. 3 Democratic Republic of Congo 21,781 compare
  3. 4 Mozambique 12,219 compare

See the full ranking of 209 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires in Australia?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires in Australia was 31,190 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) - savanna fires recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 114,616 in 2011.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 17,619 in 2010.
How does Australia rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires?
Australia ranks 1st out of 209 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
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 (CO2eq) (AR5) - Savanna fires. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - 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, 6,119 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).