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

Iraq: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Savanna fires was 1,278 in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
1,278
Change on year
up 2,579.5%
World rank
26th
of 209 countries
All-time high
1,278
in 2019
All-time low
10.66
in 2012
Years of data
30
1990–2019

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

05001.0k1.5k1990200420191990: 971991: 971992: 971993: 971994: 971995: 971996: 63.71997: 56.71998: 121.11999: 78.62000: 38.22001: 142002: 23.62003: 14.62004: 11.22005: 24.62006: 10.72007: 13.72008: 42.22009: 24.12010: 32.62011: 18.72012: 10.72013: 24.22014: 44.32015: 82.82016: 85.72017: 472018: 47.72019: 1.3k

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

Analysis

Iraq recorded 1,278 for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires in 2019. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2,579.5% on the previous year and up 5,197.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires in Iraq peaked at 1,278 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10.66, in 2012.

Iraq ranks 26th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

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

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Savanna fires in Iraq, 1990 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1990 97.04 —
1991 97.04 +0.0%
1992 97.04 +0.0%
1993 97.04 +0.0%
1994 97.04 +0.0%
1995 97.04 +0.0%
1996 63.72 -34.3%
1997 56.69 -11.0%
1998 121.14 +113.7%
1999 78.57 -35.1%
2000 38.18 -51.4%
2001 14.03 -63.3%
2002 23.56 +68.0%
2003 14.56 -38.2%
2004 11.24 -22.8%
2005 24.64 +119.2%
2006 10.7 -56.6%
2007 13.69 +27.9%
2008 42.16 +207.9%
2009 24.12 -42.8%
2010 32.59 +35.1%
2011 18.7 -42.6%
2012 10.66 -43.0%
2013 24.21 +127.2%
2014 44.26 +82.8%
2015 82.77 +87.0%
2016 85.73 +3.6%
2017 47.03 -45.1%
2018 47.7 +1.4%
2019 1,278 +2579.5%

Iraq compared with similar countries

  • Iraq's 1,278 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.5, 150.3× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Iraq's 1,278 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.7389, 1729.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Savanna fires in Iraq 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
2019 +2579.5% 47.7 1,278

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 90.24 56.69 121.14 10
2000s 21.69 10.7 42.16 10
2010s 167.16 10.66 1,278 10

Countries ranked near Iraq

  1. 23 Paraguay 1,709 compare
  2. 24 South Africa 1,547 compare
  3. 25 Argentina 1,449 compare
  4. 27 Colombia 1,211 compare
  5. 28 Cambodia 1,058 compare
  6. 29 United States 1,020 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires in Iraq?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires in Iraq was 1,278 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 Iraq?
The highest recorded value was 1,278 in 2019.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires recorded in Iraq?
The lowest recorded value was 10.66 in 2012.
How does Iraq rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires?
Iraq ranks 26th out of 209 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - savanna fires rising or falling in Iraq?
Over the last ten years it is up 5,197.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Iraq 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).