How does Australia rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - savanna fires?

Australia ranks 1st out of 208 countries with data for 2019.

Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (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) from CH4 (AR5) - Savanna fires. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Savanna fires in Australia

Name: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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) from CH4 (AR5) - Savanna fires was 16,732 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)

16,732

Change on year

down 46.6%

World rank

1st

of 208 countries

All-time high

61,485

in 2011

All-time low

9,452

in 2010

Years of data

1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Savanna fires in Australia, 1990–2019

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

Analysis

In 2019, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - savanna fires in Australia stood at 16,732.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 46.6% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - savanna fires in Australia peaked at 61,485 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 9,452, in 2010.

Australia ranks 1st of 208 countries on this measure, 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	29,337	21,097	41,820	10
2000s	33,117	13,296	60,282	10
2010s	29,307	9,452	61,485	10

Countries ranked near Australia

1 Djibouti 0 compare
2 Angola 14,105 compare
3 Democratic Republic of Congo 11,684 compare
4 Mozambique 6,555 compare

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Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 198.89 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0.4621 (2050)
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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 5,569 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 3,069 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 45,128 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 1,626 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - savanna fires in Australia?: Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - savanna fires in Australia was 16,732 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) from ch4 (ar5) - savanna fires recorded in Australia?: The highest recorded value was 61,485 in 2011.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - savanna fires recorded in Australia?: The lowest recorded value was 9,452 in 2010.
How does Australia rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - savanna fires?: Australia ranks 1st out of 208 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (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) from CH4 (AR5) - Savanna fires. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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).