Japan vs Nigeria: Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square

Japan
2.23 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria
2.72 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
17th
Nigeria rank
14th

Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square over time

  • Japan
  • Nigeria
012345196119922023

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 2.72 t per square kilometre against 2.23 t per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 0.49 t per square kilometre.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 17th and Nigeria ranks 14th of 120 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Nigeria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 4.92 t per square kilometre 0.1215 t per square kilometre 4.79 t per square kilometre Japan
1970s 4.05 t per square kilometre 0.1696 t per square kilometre 3.88 t per square kilometre Japan
1980s 3.39 t per square kilometre 0.4733 t per square kilometre 2.91 t per square kilometre Japan
1990s 3.05 t per square kilometre 1.07 t per square kilometre 1.98 t per square kilometre Japan
2000s 2.54 t per square kilometre 1.39 t per square kilometre 1.16 t per square kilometre Japan
2010s 2.4 t per square kilometre 2 t per square kilometre 0.4016 t per square kilometre Japan
2020s 2.27 t per square kilometre 2.66 t per square kilometre 0.3838 t per square kilometre Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per square, Japan or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 2.72 t per square kilometre against 2.23 t per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in rice — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per square between Japan and Nigeria?
0.49 t per square kilometre, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Nigeria?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Japan and Nigeria rank globally for rice — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per square?
Japan ranks 17th and Nigeria ranks 14th of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Japan vs Nigeria: Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/rice-burning-crop-residues-biomass-burned-dry-matter-per-square-kilometre/japan/nigeria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/rice-burning-crop-residues-biomass-burned-dry-matter-per-square-kilometre/japan/nigeria/">Japan vs Nigeria: Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre
Unit
t per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
122 places, 6,272 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.