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

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 209 countries
All-time high
61,485
in 2011
All-time low
9,452
in 2010
Years of data
30
1990–2019

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

020.0k40.0k60.0k1990200420191990: 30.6k1991: 30.6k1992: 30.6k1993: 30.6k1994: 30.6k1995: 30.6k1996: 22.3k1997: 21.1k1998: 24.7k1999: 41.8k2000: 49.7k2001: 60.3k2002: 53.3k2003: 15.1k2004: 36.1k2005: 13.3k2006: 34.5k2007: 31.9k2008: 16.8k2009: 20.2k2010: 9.5k2011: 61.5k2012: 60.3k2013: 15.6k2014: 27.6k2015: 25.9k2016: 12.3k2017: 32.3k2018: 31.3k2019: 16.7k

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 209 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

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

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Savanna fires in Australia, 1990 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1990 30,587 —
1991 30,587 +0.0%
1992 30,587 +0.0%
1993 30,587 +0.0%
1994 30,587 +0.0%
1995 30,587 +0.0%
1996 22,253 -27.2%
1997 21,097 -5.2%
1998 24,678 +17.0%
1999 41,820 +69.5%
2000 49,668 +18.8%
2001 60,282 +21.4%
2002 53,342 -11.5%
2003 15,099 -71.7%
2004 36,082 +139.0%
2005 13,296 -63.2%
2006 34,491 +159.4%
2007 31,936 -7.4%
2008 16,799 -47.4%
2009 20,178 +20.1%
2010 9,452 -53.2%
2011 61,485 +550.5%
2012 60,286 -2.0%
2013 15,636 -74.1%
2014 27,611 +76.6%
2015 25,877 -6.3%
2016 12,316 -52.4%
2017 32,329 +162.5%
2018 31,347 -3.0%
2019 16,732 -46.6%

Australia compared with similar countries

  • Australia's 16,732 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0198, 845035.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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% 9,452 61,485

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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. 2 Angola 14,105 compare
  2. 3 Democratic Republic of Congo 11,684 compare
  3. 4 Mozambique 6,555 compare

See the full ranking of 209 places →

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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 209 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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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
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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).