All Crops — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) by country

Name: All Crops — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at...

Countries reporting

202

Highest

85.93 million t

OECD

Lowest

0 t

China, Hong Kong SAR

Median

271,335 t

Years covered

1961–2050

Data points

13,817

What the numbers show

All Crops — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 85.93 million t in OECD; the lowest is 0 t in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 271,335 t, and the mean is 2.50 million t.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 36.9%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).

All Crops — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	OECD	85.93 million t	2050	—	rising
2	China	57.12 million t	2050	—	rising
3	China, mainland	56.92 million t	2050	—	rising
4	India	38.78 million t	2050	—	rising
5	Brazil	23.61 million t	2050	—	rising
6	USSR	21.65 million t	1991	down 21.5%	falling
7	Indonesia	13.51 million t	2050	—	rising
8	Nigeria	8.32 million t	2050	—	volatile
9	Russian Federation	7.86 million t	2050	—	rising
10	Mexico	7.78 million t	2050	—	flat
11	Argentina	7.74 million t	2050	—	rising
12	Bangladesh	6.75 million t	2050	—	rising
13	Australia and New Zealand	6.64 million t	2050	—	rising
14	Australia	6.60 million t	2050	—	rising
15	Myanmar	6.51 million t	2050	—	rising
16	Viet Nam	6.24 million t	2050	—	rising
17	Thailand	6.17 million t	2050	—	rising
18	Canada	5.38 million t	2050	—	rising
19	Philippines	5.31 million t	2050	—	rising
20	South Africa	4.87 million t	2050	—	falling
21	Pakistan	4.86 million t	2050	—	rising
22	Ethiopia	4.80 million t	2050	—	rising
23	Ukraine	4.04 million t	2050	—	rising
24	United Republic of Tanzania	3.69 million t	2050	—	volatile
25	Kazakhstan	3.61 million t	2050	—	flat
26	France	3.55 million t	2050	—	rising
27	Türkiye	3.24 million t	2050	—	falling
28	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.11 million t	2050	—	volatile
29	Romania	3.11 million t	2050	—	falling
30	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2.99 million t	2050	—	rising
31	Cambodia	2.81 million t	2050	—	rising
32	Yugoslav SFR	2.79 million t	1991	down 2.3%	falling
33	Mozambique	2.60 million t	2050	—	volatile
34	Kenya	2.58 million t	2050	—	rising
35	Nepal	2.53 million t	2050	—	rising
36	Egypt	2.40 million t	2050	—	rising
37	Peru	2.18 million t	2050	—	rising
38	Colombia	2.15 million t	2050	—	rising
39	Italy	1.95 million t	2050	—	falling
40	Malawi	1.86 million t	2050	—	rising
41	Zimbabwe	1.79 million t	2050	—	rising
42	Ghana	1.67 million t	2050	—	volatile
43	Germany	1.62 million t	2050	—	rising
44	Morocco	1.55 million t	2050	—	rising
45	Hungary	1.51 million t	2050	—	falling
46	Madagascar	1.50 million t	2050	—	rising
47	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1.46 million t	2050	—	rising
48	Angola	1.46 million t	2050	—	volatile
49	Serbia and Montenegro	1.45 million t	2005	down 15.8%	falling
50	Serbia	1.42 million t	2050	—	flat
51	Caribbean	1.37 million t	2050	—	falling
52	Guinea	1.34 million t	2050	—	volatile
53	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	1.31 million t	2050	—	falling
54	Syrian Arab Republic	1.29 million t	2050	—	rising
55	Afghanistan	1.29 million t	2050	—	falling
56	Benin	1.26 million t	2050	—	volatile
57	Uganda	1.25 million t	2050	—	volatile
58	Ethiopia PDR	1.25 million t	1992	up 33.1%	rising
59	Spain	1.20 million t	2050	—	falling
60	Mali	1.17 million t	2050	—	volatile
61	Poland	1.15 million t	2050	—	rising
62	Côte d'Ivoire	1.13 million t	2050	—	rising
63	Iraq	1.05 million t	2050	—	rising
64	Ecuador	1.04 million t	2050	—	rising
65	Paraguay	889,019 t	2050	—	volatile
66	Algeria	879,310 t	2050	—	falling
67	Zambia	875,823 t	2050	—	rising
68	Burkina Faso	870,449 t	2050	—	volatile
69	Lao People's Democratic Republic	839,053 t	2050	—	rising
70	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	813,337 t	2050	—	rising
71	Cameroon	804,774 t	2050	—	volatile
72	Guatemala	800,544 t	2050	—	rising
73	Japan	755,329 t	2050	—	falling
74	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	739,285 t	2050	—	rising
75	Cuba	716,845 t	2050	—	falling
76	Bulgaria	689,690 t	2050	—	falling
77	Republic of Moldova	682,762 t	2050	—	rising
78	Czechoslovakia	625,563 t	1992	up 3.6%	rising
79	Togo	556,549 t	2050	—	volatile
80	Nicaragua	550,310 t	2050	—	rising
81	Greece	546,426 t	2050	—	falling
82	El Salvador	524,326 t	2050	—	rising
83	Honduras	503,841 t	2050	—	rising
84	Sri Lanka	476,832 t	2050	—	rising
85	Uzbekistan	476,799 t	2050	—	falling
86	Sierra Leone	452,245 t	2050	—	rising
87	Uruguay	451,978 t	2050	—	falling
88	Chile	430,043 t	2050	—	falling
89	Republic of Korea	419,693 t	2050	—	falling
90	Czechia	414,182 t	2050	—	rising
91	Chad	402,112 t	2050	—	volatile
92	Malaysia	398,375 t	2050	—	flat
93	Croatia	370,007 t	2050	—	falling
94	Senegal	366,883 t	2050	—	volatile
95	Haiti	336,540 t	2050	—	rising
96	Central African Republic	318,914 t	2050	—	volatile
97	Turkmenistan	290,091 t	2050	—	rising
98	Austria	288,698 t	2050	—	rising
99	Slovakia	286,392 t	2050	—	rising
100	Tunisia	285,127 t	2050	—	falling
101	Denmark	274,009 t	2050	—	volatile
102	Rwanda	268,661 t	2050	—	volatile
103	Dominican Republic	249,410 t	2050	—	rising
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	229,798 t	2050	—	flat
105	Liberia	228,305 t	2050	—	rising
106	Kyrgyzstan	212,114 t	2050	—	flat
107	Georgia	209,459 t	2050	—	falling
108	Saudi Arabia	199,097 t	2050	—	volatile
109	Azerbaijan	198,840 t	2050	—	rising
110	China, Taiwan Province of	198,419 t	2050	—	falling
111	Belarus	189,986 t	2050	—	volatile
112	Sudan	178,897 t	2023	up 36.9%	rising
113	Burundi	176,455 t	2050	—	volatile
114	Somalia	164,583 t	2050	—	falling
115	South Sudan	157,711 t	2023	down 51.0%	falling
116	Yemen	155,671 t	2050	—	rising
117	Portugal	148,994 t	2050	—	volatile
118	Sudan (former)	147,168 t	2011	down 10.7%	rising
119	Lithuania	145,441 t	2050	—	rising
120	Sweden	143,686 t	2050	—	rising
121	Tajikistan	142,880 t	2050	—	rising
122	Panama	141,152 t	2050	—	falling
123	Eswatini	138,273 t	2050	—	rising
124	Timor-Leste	136,748 t	2050	—	rising
125	Belgium	132,425 t	2050	—	flat
126	Lesotho	123,051 t	2050	—	falling
127	Niger	112,410 t	2050	—	volatile
128	Belgium-Luxembourg	109,008 t	1999	up 15.3%	rising
129	Guyana	106,865 t	2050	—	rising
130	Guinea-Bissau	105,940 t	2050	—	rising
131	Costa Rica	100,288 t	2050	—	falling
132	Mauritius	90,461 t	2050	—	falling
133	Latvia	83,787 t	2050	—	volatile
134	Finland	81,462 t	2050	—	rising
135	Albania	77,058 t	2050	—	falling
136	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	74,163 t	2050	—	rising
137	North Macedonia	70,944 t	2050	—	falling
138	Mauritania	70,221 t	2050	—	volatile
139	Gambia	62,815 t	2050	—	volatile
140	Melanesia	59,941 t	2050	—	rising
141	Bhutan	58,243 t	2050	—	falling
142	Eritrea	57,675 t	2050	—	rising
143	Switzerland	53,260 t	2050	—	flat
144	Slovenia	50,314 t	2050	—	falling
145	Fiji	48,567 t	2050	—	falling
146	Libya	47,499 t	2050	—	falling
147	Congo	46,488 t	2050	—	rising
148	Belize	43,885 t	2050	—	rising
149	Botswana	43,539 t	2050	—	volatile
150	Armenia	43,255 t	2050	—	falling
151	New Zealand	42,322 t	2050	—	falling
152	Gabon	38,559 t	2050	—	volatile
153	Réunion	37,323 t	2050	—	falling
154	Estonia	36,852 t	2050	—	rising
155	Mongolia	36,686 t	2050	—	falling
156	Namibia	36,671 t	2050	—	rising
157	Ireland	35,674 t	2050	—	flat
158	Cabo Verde	35,518 t	2050	—	rising
159	Suriname	35,431 t	2050	—	rising
160	Israel	35,156 t	2050	—	falling
161	Norway	31,692 t	2050	—	volatile
162	Jamaica	27,538 t	2050	—	falling
163	Lebanon	25,888 t	2050	—	falling
164	Trinidad and Tobago	14,900 t	2050	—	volatile
165	Jordan	10,862 t	2050	—	volatile
166	Guadeloupe	10,545 t	2050	—	falling
167	Papua New Guinea	8,197 t	2050	—	volatile
168	Palestine	7,159 t	2050	—	falling
169	Barbados	5,797 t	2050	—	volatile
170	French Guiana	5,753 t	2050	—	volatile
171	Comoros	5,585 t	2050	—	falling
172	Luxembourg	5,208 t	2050	—	flat
173	Oman	3,013 t	2050	—	volatile
174	Martinique	2,815 t	2050	—	volatile
175	Cyprus	2,130 t	2050	—	volatile
176	Bahamas	1,988 t	2050	—	rising
177	Montenegro	1,861 t	2050	—	volatile
178	Sao Tome and Principe	1,695 t	2050	—	volatile
179	Vanuatu	1,412 t	2050	—	rising
180	New Caledonia	1,317 t	2050	—	volatile
181	Malta	1,050 t	2050	—	rising
182	Kuwait	930.25 t	2050	—	volatile
183	Saint Kitts and Nevis	761.71 t	2050	—	falling
184	Brunei Darussalam	645.85 t	2050	—	volatile
185	Grenada	529 t	2050	—	falling
186	Solomon Islands	446.72 t	2050	—	volatile
187	Dominica	371.91 t	2050	—	rising
188	Puerto Rico	260.9 t	2050	—	volatile
189	United Arab Emirates	115.63 t	2050	—	volatile
190	Micronesia	97.34 t	2050	—	rising
190	Micronesia (Federated States of)	97.34 t	2050	—	rising
192	Qatar	93.38 t	2050	—	volatile
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	70.85 t	2050	—	volatile
194	Antigua and Barbuda	49.76 t	2050	—	volatile
195	Polynesia	32.95 t	2050	—	rising
196	French Polynesia	32.15 t	2050	—	rising
197	Maldives	24.01 t	2050	—	volatile
198	Djibouti	9.73 t	2050	—	rising
199	Samoa	0.8037 t	2050	—	rising
200	Saint Lucia	0 t	1980	down 100.0%	volatile
200	Singapore	0 t	1992	down 100.0%	volatile
200	China, Hong Kong SAR	0 t	2050	—	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 371.50 million t
Non-Annex I countries 277.77 million t
Asia 170.50 million t
Americas 104.93 million t
Annex I countries 93.73 million t
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 70.05 million t
Eastern Asia 59.64 million t
Southern Asia 57.73 million t
Africa 56.07 million t
Latin America and the Caribbean 52.73 million t
Northern America 52.21 million t
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.90 million t
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 50.62 million t
United States of America 46.83 million t
South-eastern Asia 41.92 million t
South America 40.91 million t
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 40.45 million t
Europe 33.30 million t
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 26.38 million t
Eastern Africa 21.75 million t
Eastern Europe 19.93 million t
European Union (27) 17.91 million t
Western Africa 17.76 million t
Central America 10.45 million t
Oceania 6.70 million t
Western Asia 6.48 million t
Middle Africa 6.18 million t
Southern Europe 6.07 million t
Western Europe 5.73 million t
Southern Africa 5.22 million t
Northern Africa 5.17 million t
Central Asia 4.73 million t
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 1.99 million t
Northern Europe 1.57 million t

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Indicator: All Crops — 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: 236 places, 13,817 data points, 1961–2050
Last refreshed: 24 October 2026