Which has higher savanna fires — emissions, Timor-Leste or Türkiye?

Türkiye, at 0.571 kt against 0.0407 kt in Timor-Leste as of 2024.

What is the difference in savanna fires — emissions between Timor-Leste and Türkiye?

0.5303 kt, with Türkiye ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Türkiye?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Savanna fires — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Timor-Leste vs Türkiye: Savanna fires — Emissions (CH4)

Timor-Leste

0.0407 kt

in 2024

Türkiye

0.571 kt

in 2024

Timor-Leste rank

15th

Türkiye rank

14th

Savanna fires — Emissions (CH4) over time

Timor-Leste
Türkiye

How they compare

Türkiye currently reports 0.571 kt against 0.0407 kt in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.5303 kt.

That makes Türkiye's figure about 14.0 times Timor-Leste's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Türkiye ahead.

Timor-Leste ranks 15th and Türkiye ranks 14th of 22 countries.

Türkiye has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Timor-Leste	Türkiye	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.0761 kt	1.76 kt	1.69 kt	Türkiye
2000s	0.1777 kt	0.4187 kt	0.241 kt	Türkiye
2010s	0.084 kt	0.4491 kt	0.3651 kt	Türkiye
2020s	0.0325 kt	0.583 kt	0.5506 kt	Türkiye

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher savanna fires — emissions, Timor-Leste or Türkiye?: Türkiye, at 0.571 kt against 0.0407 kt in Timor-Leste as of 2024.
What is the difference in savanna fires — emissions between Timor-Leste and Türkiye?: 0.5303 kt, with Türkiye ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Türkiye?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Timor-Leste and Türkiye rank globally for savanna fires — emissions?: Timor-Leste ranks 15th and Türkiye ranks 14th of 22 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Savanna fires — Emissions (CH4). 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

Timor-Leste vs Türkiye: Savanna fires — Emissions. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 11 October 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/savanna-fires-emissions-ch4-fao-tier-1/timor-leste-2/turkiye-2/

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-emissions-ch4-fao-tier-1/timor-leste-2/turkiye-2/">Timor-Leste vs Türkiye: Savanna fires — Emissions</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Savanna fires — Emissions (CH4)
Unit: kt
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: 12 August 2026

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.