Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Savanna fires by country

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...

Countries reporting
209
Highest
14,458
Australia
Lowest
0
Niue
Median
1.86
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
6,119

What the numbers show

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Savanna fires is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 14,458 in Australia; the lowest is 0 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.86, and the mean is 428.05.

Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 35,125.6%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Savanna fires: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 14,458 2019 down 17.1% falling
1 Djibouti 0 2019 β€” volatile
2 Angola 12,189 2019 up 3.8% rising
3 Democratic Republic of Congo 10,097 2019 down 5.1% rising
4 Mozambique 5,664 2019 down 4.0% flat
5 Brazil 5,610 2019 up 129.4% rising
6 South Sudan 5,571 2019 down 40.5% falling
7 Central African Republic 3,777 2019 down 16.8% falling
8 Tanzania 3,220 2019 down 30.0% falling
9 Russia 2,316 2019 up 35.0% rising
10 Kazakhstan 1,783 2019 up 68.5% volatile
11 Chad 1,451 2019 down 24.2% falling
12 Mali 1,385 2019 down 13.0% falling
13 Guinea 1,251 2019 down 8.0% rising
14 Ghana 1,228 2019 down 14.3% falling
15 Sudan 1,199 2019 down 38.8% falling
16 Bolivia 1,187 2019 up 95.5% flat
17 Ethiopia 1,142 2019 down 35.0% falling
18 Venezuela 1,079 2019 up 33.5% rising
19 Congo 1,075 2019 up 18.3% rising
20 Madagascar 1,040 2019 down 22.5% falling
21 Senegal 1,020 2019 up 0.4% falling
22 Nigeria 990.38 2019 down 26.8% falling
23 Paraguay 792.32 2019 up 47.7% rising
24 South Africa 717.12 2019 down 39.6% falling
25 Argentina 671.58 2019 down 25.5% falling
26 Iraq 592.43 2019 up 5,197.8% volatile
27 Colombia 561.43 2019 down 9.9% rising
28 Cambodia 490.23 2019 down 13.9% falling
29 United States 472.71 2019 down 24.9% rising
30 Mexico 462.63 2019 up 17.1% flat
31 Indonesia 455.01 2019 up 10.2% volatile
32 Cameroon 443.03 2019 down 57.9% falling
33 Botswana 427.32 2019 down 46.9% volatile
34 Cote d'Ivoire 405.36 2019 down 54.9% falling
35 Burkina Faso 392.58 2019 down 46.2% falling
36 Sierra Leone 324.71 2019 down 34.0% volatile
37 Benin 303.62 2019 down 12.8% falling
38 Namibia 273.92 2019 down 88.6% volatile
39 Myanmar 249.56 2019 down 55.6% rising
40 Togo 185.1 2019 down 46.6% falling
41 Uganda 178.12 2019 down 65.5% falling
42 Canada 162.75 2019 up 38.4% volatile
43 Syria 156.68 2019 up 35,125.6% volatile
44 Gabon 136.34 2019 up 56.7% rising
45 Turkmenistan 131.08 2019 up 823.6% volatile
46 Guinea-Bissau 129.33 2019 down 1.6% falling
47 India 126.75 2019 down 59.4% rising
48 Malawi 108.95 2019 up 6.1% falling
49 Thailand 107.82 2019 down 37.0% flat
50 Laos 100.99 2019 down 5.4% volatile
51 Honduras 87.82 2019 up 39.7% volatile
52 China 84.42 2019 down 61.7% volatile
53 Mongolia 77.35 2019 down 19.6% falling
54 Iran 59.02 2019 up 332.8% flat
55 Niger 56.57 2019 up 6.3% falling
56 Vietnam 51.19 2019 down 51.9% flat
57 Kenya 50.14 2019 up 39.7% volatile
58 Nicaragua 49.78 2019 up 139.3% volatile
59 Papua New Guinea 49.69 2019 down 9.7% volatile
60 Mauritania 43.02 2019 down 59.3% volatile
61 Guatemala 42.4 2019 down 46.6% volatile
62 Liberia 33.24 2019 down 67.1% volatile
63 Ukraine 32.36 2019 down 8.3% volatile
64 Eswatini 31.49 2019 up 150.1% flat
65 Gambia 29.18 2019 down 35.3% falling
66 Peru 26.6 2019 up 114.3% volatile
67 Nepal 24.52 2019 up 32.2% volatile
68 Azerbaijan 24.27 2019 up 811.5% volatile
69 Guyana 21.73 2019 up 37.8% volatile
70 Suriname 20.7 2019 up 0.5% volatile
71 Panama 20.27 2019 down 6.3% volatile
72 Ecuador 16.65 2019 up 58.5% volatile
73 Philippines 15.97 2019 down 14.3% rising
74 Chile 14.53 2019 down 0.8% volatile
75 Turkey 13.4 2019 up 13.2% volatile
76 Algeria 13.11 2019 down 70.2% volatile
77 Uzbekistan 11.43 2019 down 0.9% falling
78 Spain 11.33 2019 down 43.7% volatile
79 Belize 11.21 2019 up 244.4% volatile
80 Rwanda 11.04 2019 up 212.9% volatile
81 Burundi 10.51 2019 up 9.2% falling
82 Cuba 10.2 2019 down 75.7% volatile
83 Lesotho 7.96 2019 down 44.4% volatile
84 Costa Rica 7.16 2019 up 92.9% rising
85 France 6.82 2019 up 164.9% volatile
86 Bangladesh 5.94 2019 down 77.5% volatile
87 Pakistan 5.07 2019 down 46.6% rising
88 Portugal 4.4 2019 down 69.6% volatile
89 New Caledonia 4.34 2019 β€” volatile
90 Uruguay 4.31 2019 down 36.6% flat
91 Romania 4.14 2019 up 47.1% volatile
92 Malaysia 3.95 2019 down 63.5% volatile
93 Georgia 3.93 2019 up 1,011.3% volatile
94 Belarus 3.6 2019 up 32.8% volatile
95 East Timor 3.57 2019 up 0.3% volatile
96 El Salvador 3.49 2019 up 634.0% volatile
97 Afghanistan 3.46 2019 up 185.4% volatile
98 United Kingdom 3.45 2019 up 635.3% volatile
99 North Macedonia 3.02 2019 up 2,461.7% volatile
100 Armenia 2.98 2019 up 12,048.2% volatile
101 Egypt 2.71 2019 up 3,727.9% volatile
102 Serbia 2.39 2019 up 371.3% volatile
103 Bulgaria 2 2019 up 169.8% volatile
104 Eritrea 1.95 2019 up 631.6% volatile
105 Sri Lanka 1.86 2019 down 94.2% volatile
106 Tunisia 1.62 2019 up 9,751.2% volatile
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.6 2019 up 523.4% volatile
108 Greece 1.38 2019 down 83.1% volatile
109 Dominican Republic 1.35 2019 down 42.8% volatile
110 Italy 1.31 2019 down 60.4% volatile
111 Libya 1.29 2019 β€” volatile
112 Bahamas 1.11 2019 down 75.1% volatile
113 North Korea 1.09 2019 down 86.3% volatile
114 Comoros 0.8543 2019 up 10,192.8% volatile
115 Somalia 0.8058 2019 down 82.5% volatile
116 Morocco 0.7491 2019 down 53.1% volatile
117 Croatia 0.7473 2019 up 8.8% volatile
118 Albania 0.6426 2019 down 18.5% volatile
119 Kyrgyzstan 0.6329 2019 up 41.7% volatile
120 Finland 0.5592 2019 down 4.7% volatile
121 New Zealand 0.5448 2019 up 13,520.0% volatile
122 South Korea 0.4845 2019 down 37.8% volatile
123 Montenegro 0.4318 2019 up 1,368.7% volatile
124 Bhutan 0.4184 2019 up 304.6% volatile
125 Japan 0.4174 2019 down 49.7% volatile
126 Lebanon 0.3981 2019 β€” volatile
127 Jamaica 0.3158 2019 up 133.6% volatile
128 Moldova 0.2985 2019 up 3,678.5% volatile
129 Saudi Arabia 0.2869 2019 down 92.4% volatile
130 Israel 0.2669 2019 β€” volatile
131 Norway 0.2492 2019 β€” volatile
132 Ireland 0.2049 2019 β€” volatile
133 Haiti 0.2046 2019 up 12.3% falling
134 Hungary 0.113 2019 down 62.3% volatile
135 Greenland 0.0986 2019 β€” volatile
136 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0972 2019 down 14.7% volatile
137 Palestine 0.0853 2019 β€” volatile
138 Poland 0.0442 2019 down 75.6% volatile
139 Estonia 0.0434 2019 up 785.7% volatile
140 Czechia 0.0295 2019 up 100.7% volatile
141 Puerto Rico 0.0286 2019 β€” volatile
142 Cyprus 0.0245 2019 β€” volatile
143 Fiji 0.0171 2019 down 98.8% volatile
144 Latvia 0.0148 2019 down 89.1% volatile
145 Germany 0.0147 2019 unchanged volatile
145 Slovakia 0.0147 2019 up 267.5% volatile
147 Tajikistan 0.0049 2019 down 99.2% volatile
148 Aruba 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Andorra 0 2019 β€” flat
148 United Arab Emirates 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 American Samoa 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Austria 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Belgium 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
148 Bahrain 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Bermuda 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Barbados 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Brunei 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
148 Switzerland 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Cape Verde 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Cayman Islands 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Dominica 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Denmark 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
148 Faroe Islands 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Micronesia (country) 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Gibraltar 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Equatorial Guinea 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Grenada 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Guam 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Hong Kong 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
148 Isle of Man 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Iceland 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Jordan 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Kiribati 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Kuwait 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Saint Lucia 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Lithuania 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
148 Luxembourg 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Macao 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Maldives 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Marshall Islands 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Malta 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Northern Mariana Islands 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Mauritius 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Netherlands 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Nauru 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Oman 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Palau 0 2019 β€” flat
148 French Polynesia 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Qatar 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Singapore 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Solomon Islands 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Slovenia 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Sweden 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Seychelles 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
148 Tonga 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Tuvalu 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2019 β€” flat
148 British Virgin Islands 0 2019 β€” flat
148 United States Virgin Islands 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Vanuatu 0 2019 β€” volatile
148 Samoa 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Taiwan 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
148 Cook Islands 0 2019 β€” flat
148 Niue 0 2019 β€” flat

About this data

Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (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

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).