Australia vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Savanna fires — Burning crop residues

Australia
295.62 million t
in 2024
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
1.23 billion t
in 2024
Australia rank
3rd
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank
4th

Savanna fires — Burning crop residues over time

  • Australia
  • Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
0500.0M1.0B1.5B199020072024

How they compare

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) currently reports 1.23 billion t against 295.62 million t in Australia, a difference of 930.35 million t.

That makes Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s figure about 4.1 times Australia's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 3rd and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th of 221 countries.

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) Difference Ahead
1990s 441.60 million t 1.35 billion t 911.62 million t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2000s 516.75 million t 1.41 billion t 894.31 million t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2010s 456.54 million t 1.31 billion t 852.07 million t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2020s 332.24 million t 1.24 billion t 911.64 million t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher savanna fires — burning crop residues, Australia or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), at 1.23 billion t against 295.62 million t in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in savanna fires — burning crop residues between Australia and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
930.35 million t, with Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Australia and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for savanna fires — burning crop residues?
Australia ranks 3rd and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th of 221 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter). 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

Australia vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Savanna fires — Burning crop residues. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/savanna-fires-burning-crop-residues-biomass-burned-dry-matter-fao-tier-1/australia/net-food-importing-developing-countries-nfidcs/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/savanna-fires-burning-crop-residues-biomass-burned-dry-matter-fao-tier-1/australia/net-food-importing-developing-countries-nfidcs/">Australia vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Savanna fires — Burning crop residues</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter)
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
274 places, 9,364 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.