Australia vs United States of America: Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC

Australia
160.33 kt
in 2020
United States of America
477.62 kt
in 2020
Australia rank
6th
United States of America rank
4th

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC over time

  • Australia
  • United States of America
100200300400500600199020052020

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 477.62 kt against 160.33 kt in Australia, a difference of 317.29 kt.

That makes United States of America's figure about 3.0 times Australia's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 6th and United States of America ranks 4th of 40 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia United States of America Difference Ahead
1990s 359.45 kt 420.43 kt 60.98 kt United States of America
2000s 285.92 kt 458.4 kt 172.48 kt United States of America
2010s 246.64 kt 473.9 kt 227.26 kt United States of America
2020s 160.33 kt 477.62 kt 317.29 kt United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) — unfccc, Australia or United States of America?
United States of America, at 477.62 kt against 160.33 kt in Australia as of 2020.
What is the difference in burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) — unfccc between Australia and United States of America?
317.29 kt, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States of America?
31 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Australia and United States of America rank globally for burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) — unfccc?
Australia ranks 6th and United States of America ranks 4th of 40 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
48 places, 1,025 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf