How does Australia rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires?

Australia ranks 1st out of 208 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.

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

Name: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Savanna fires in Australia
Creator: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

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 208 countries

All-time high

114,616

in 2011

All-time low

17,619

in 2010

Years of data

1990–2019

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

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 208 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.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	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

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3 Democratic Republic of Congo 21,781 compare
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More reference data data for Australia

Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 38.41 (2050)
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) - Crop Residues 2.55 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 38.41 (2050)
Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 90.69 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 131,051 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Enteric Fermentation 78,848 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 3,683 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 122.46 (2050)

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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 208 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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About this data

Indicator: 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
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

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).