Australia vs United States of America: Forest fires — Emissions

Australia
18.78 kt
in 2023
United States of America
30.85 kt
in 2023
Australia rank
20th
United States of America rank
18th

Forest fires — Emissions over time

  • Australia
  • United States of America
0100200300400199020062023

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 30.85 kt against 18.78 kt in Australia, a difference of 12.07 kt.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.6 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 20th and United States of America ranks 18th of 219 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and United States of America in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia United States of America Difference Ahead
1990s 138.93 kt 52.96 kt 85.97 kt Australia
2000s 62.39 kt 35.36 kt 27.03 kt Australia
2010s 67.26 kt 34.57 kt 32.69 kt Australia
2020s 60.93 kt 61.23 kt 0.3039 kt United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest fires — emissions, Australia or United States of America?
United States of America, at 30.85 kt against 18.78 kt in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in forest fires — emissions between Australia and United States of America?
12.07 kt, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States of America?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Australia and United States of America rank globally for forest fires — emissions?
Australia ranks 20th and United States of America ranks 18th of 219 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forest fires — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
273 places, 9,061 data points, 1990–2023
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