All Crops — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre by country
All Crops — 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.
Countries reporting
162
Highest
54.41 t per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 t per square kilometre
Singapore
Median
2 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,263
What the numbers show
All Crops — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 54.41 t per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 t per square kilometre in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 2 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 3.98 t per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 4,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 100.0%).
All Crops — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 54.41 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 2 | Burundi | 22.79 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 317.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Malawi | 19.65 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 4 | Benin | 19.07 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Philippines | 18.3 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 6 | India | 17.97 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 16.22 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 8 | Togo | 16 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 9 | El Salvador | 14.89 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 10 | Nepal | 14.31 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 11 | Serbia | 14.22 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 12 | Rwanda | 14.04 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Romania | 13.58 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 14 | Hungary | 13.07 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 15 | Cambodia | 12.79 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 16 | Guatemala | 12.24 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 17 | Mauritius | 11.74 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 11.73 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 10.41 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 20 | Ukraine | 10.08 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 21 | Haiti | 10.07 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 9.48 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 23 | Nigeria | 9.06 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Guinea | 7.93 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 25 | China | 7.52 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 26 | Poland | 7.3 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 7.22 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 28 | Gambia | 6.99 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Ghana | 6.63 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 30 | Myanmar | 6.52 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 31 | Uganda | 6.35 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Eswatini | 6.3 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 33 | Slovakia | 6.26 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 34 | Lithuania | 6.19 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 35 | France | 6.16 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 36 | Comoros | 6.09 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.1% | falling |
| 37 | Croatia | 6.04 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 38 | Denmark | 5.08 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Czechia | 5.07 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 40 | Lesotho | 5.06 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.5% | falling |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 4.89 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Germany | 4.65 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 4.6 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 4.53 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 45 | Belgium | 4.52 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 46 | Indonesia | 4.45 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 47 | Kenya | 4.38 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 48 | Austria | 3.94 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 49 | Argentina | 3.92 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 50 | Honduras | 3.88 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 51 | Brazil | 3.71 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 52 | Mexico | 3.71 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 53 | Mozambique | 3.71 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 54 | Latvia | 3.37 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Paraguay | 3.1 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 2.99 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 57 | Ethiopia | 2.96 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 58 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.89 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 59 | Albania | 2.87 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 60 | Nicaragua | 2.85 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 61 | Slovenia | 2.77 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 62 | Cameroon | 2.76 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Barbados | 2.75 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Cuba | 2.61 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 65 | Senegal | 2.6 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 126.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Japan | 2.52 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 67 | Greece | 2.52 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 68 | Belize | 2.48 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 69 | South Africa | 2.45 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 2.45 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 71 | Morocco | 2.39 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.37 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.0% | flat |
| 73 | Madagascar | 2.33 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 2.32 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 75 | Angola | 2.28 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Ecuador | 2.26 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 77 | Belarus | 2.2 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Uruguay | 2.17 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 79 | Spain | 2.11 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 2.04 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 81 | Luxembourg | 2 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 82 | Zambia | 2 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 83 | Egypt | 1.94 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 84 | Iraq | 1.75 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 85 | Panama | 1.69 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 86 | Lebanon | 1.66 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 87 | Mali | 1.65 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Estonia | 1.62 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 89 | Israel | 1.59 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 90 | Liberia | 1.56 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 91 | Afghanistan | 1.53 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 92 | Grenada | 1.52 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 93 | Georgia | 1.36 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 94 | Uzbekistan | 1.31 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 95 | Switzerland | 1.28 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 96 | Fiji | 1.17 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.1 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 98 | Portugal | 1.1 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Malaysia | 1.03 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 100 | Armenia | 1.03 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 0.9866 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 102 | Colombia | 0.9787 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 0.9467 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 104 | Palestine, State of | 0.9386 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 105 | Tunisia | 0.8471 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 106 | Australia | 0.7139 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 107 | Canada | 0.659 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 108 | Jamaica | 0.6516 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.1% | falling |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.62 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Peru | 0.6099 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 111 | Turkmenistan | 0.5715 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 112 | Cyprus | 0.5498 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Sweden | 0.5033 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 114 | Central African Republic | 0.4983 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 207.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Guyana | 0.4871 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 116 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.4094 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Dominica | 0.37 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 118 | Chad | 0.3337 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Bhutan | 0.3255 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 120 | Ireland | 0.3239 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 121 | Algeria | 0.3032 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 122 | Finland | 0.3016 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 123 | South Sudan | 0.2496 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 124 | Eritrea | 0.2476 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 125 | Chile | 0.1974 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 126 | Suriname | 0.1794 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 127 | Bahamas | 0.1723 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 128 | Somalia | 0.1689 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 129 | New Zealand | 0.1333 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 0.1298 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 131 | Gabon | 0.1273 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Yemen | 0.1212 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 133 | Maldives | 0.1174 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1154 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Sudan | 0.0958 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 136 | Botswana | 0.0954 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Mongolia | 0.0862 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 138 | Kuwait | 0.081 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Congo | 0.0784 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 140 | Puerto Rico | 0.0729 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,439.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Namibia | 0.0729 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 165.4% | rising |
| 142 | Norway | 0.0708 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Montenegro | 0.0661 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Mauritania | 0.0657 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Jordan | 0.0546 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.05 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Libya | 0.04 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | flat |
| 148 | Niger | 0.0327 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 149 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0312 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 0.0285 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0237 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 152 | New Caledonia | 0.0155 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 153 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0133 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4,400.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Qatar | 0.0084 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 155 | French Polynesia | 0.0075 t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 156 | Oman | 0.006 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Djibouti | 0.0004 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 158 | Samoa | 0.0002 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 159 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 t per square kilometre | 2006 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 0 t per square kilometre | 1980 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Malta | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 159 | Singapore | 0 t per square kilometre | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3.13 t per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.29 t per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
All Crops — 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.
All Crops — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- All Crops — Burning crop residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
All Crops — 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.