Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
183
Highest
232.02 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
0.6164 kt
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
13,750

What the numbers show

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 232.02 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6164 kt, and the mean is 7.02 kt.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 36.9%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 232.02 kt 2050 rising
2 China (People’s Republic of) 154.22 kt 2050 rising
3 China, mainland 153.68 kt 2050 rising
4 India 104.7 kt 2050 rising
5 Brazil 63.74 kt 2050 rising
6 USSR 58.46 kt 1991 down 21.5% falling
7 Indonesia 36.48 kt 2050 rising
8 Nigeria 22.47 kt 2050 volatile
9 Russian Federation 21.21 kt 2050 rising
10 Mexico 21.02 kt 2050 flat
11 Argentina 20.9 kt 2050 rising
12 Bangladesh 18.21 kt 2050 rising
13 Australia and New Zealand 17.94 kt 2050 rising
14 Australia 17.82 kt 2050 rising
15 Myanmar 17.57 kt 2050 rising
16 Thailand 16.66 kt 2050 rising
17 Canada 14.51 kt 2050 rising
18 Philippines 14.33 kt 2050 rising
19 South Africa 13.16 kt 2050 falling
20 Pakistan 13.13 kt 2050 rising
21 Ethiopia 12.97 kt 2050 rising
22 Ukraine 10.9 kt 2050 rising
23 Kazakhstan 9.74 kt 2050 flat
24 France 9.6 kt 2050 rising
25 Romania 8.4 kt 2050 falling
26 Cambodia 7.59 kt 2050 rising
27 Yugoslav SFR 7.53 kt 1991 down 2.3% falling
28 Mozambique 7.02 kt 2050 volatile
29 Kenya 6.95 kt 2050 rising
30 Nepal 6.82 kt 2050 rising
31 Egypt 6.49 kt 2050 rising
32 Peru 5.88 kt 2050 rising
33 Colombia 5.81 kt 2050 rising
34 Italy 5.27 kt 2050 falling
35 Malawi 5.02 kt 2050 rising
36 Zimbabwe 4.83 kt 2050 rising
37 Ghana 4.5 kt 2050 volatile
38 Germany 4.38 kt 2050 rising
39 Morocco 4.19 kt 2050 rising
40 Hungary 4.09 kt 2050 falling
41 Madagascar 4.06 kt 2050 rising
42 Angola 3.93 kt 2050 volatile
43 Serbia and Montenegro 3.9 kt 2005 down 15.8% falling
44 Serbia 3.83 kt 2050 flat
45 Guinea 3.63 kt 2050 volatile
46 Afghanistan 3.49 kt 2050 falling
47 Benin 3.4 kt 2050 volatile
48 Uganda 3.38 kt 2050 volatile
49 Ethiopia PDR 3.36 kt 1992 up 33.1% rising
50 Spain 3.25 kt 2050 falling
51 Mali 3.16 kt 2050 volatile
52 Poland 3.1 kt 2050 rising
53 Iraq 2.84 kt 2050 rising
54 Ecuador 2.8 kt 2050 rising
55 Paraguay 2.4 kt 2050 volatile
56 Algeria 2.37 kt 2050 falling
57 Zambia 2.36 kt 2050 rising
58 Burkina Faso 2.35 kt 2050 volatile
59 Cameroon 2.17 kt 2050 volatile
60 Guatemala 2.16 kt 2050 rising
61 Japan 2.04 kt 2050 falling
62 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2 kt 2050 rising
63 Cuba 1.94 kt 2050 falling
64 Bulgaria 1.86 kt 2050 falling
65 Czechoslovakia 1.69 kt 1992 up 3.6% rising
66 Togo 1.5 kt 2050 volatile
67 Greece 1.48 kt 2050 falling
68 El Salvador 1.42 kt 2050 rising
69 Honduras 1.36 kt 2050 rising
70 Sri Lanka 1.29 kt 2050 rising
70 Uzbekistan 1.29 kt 2050 falling
72 Sierra Leone 1.22 kt 2050 rising
73 Uruguay 1.22 kt 2050 falling
74 Chile 1.16 kt 2050 falling
75 Republic of Korea 1.13 kt 2050 falling
76 Czechia 1.12 kt 2050 rising
77 Chad 1.09 kt 2050 volatile
78 Malaysia 1.08 kt 2050 flat
79 Croatia 0.999 kt 2050 falling
80 Senegal 0.9906 kt 2050 volatile
81 Nicaragua 0.9258 kt 2023 down 31.9% rising
82 Haiti 0.9087 kt 2050 rising
83 Central African Republic 0.8611 kt 2050 volatile
84 Turkmenistan 0.7832 kt 2050 rising
85 Austria 0.7795 kt 2050 rising
86 Slovak Republic 0.7733 kt 2050 rising
87 Tunisia 0.7698 kt 2050 falling
88 Denmark 0.7398 kt 2050 volatile
89 Rwanda 0.7254 kt 2050 volatile
90 Dominican Republic 0.6734 kt 2050 rising
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6205 kt 2050 flat
92 Liberia 0.6164 kt 2050 rising
93 Kyrgyzstan 0.5727 kt 2050 flat
94 Georgia 0.5655 kt 2050 falling
95 Saudi Arabia 0.5376 kt 2050 volatile
96 Azerbaijan 0.5369 kt 2050 rising
97 China, Taiwan Province of 0.5357 kt 2050 falling
98 Belarus 0.513 kt 2050 volatile
99 Sudan 0.483 kt 2023 up 36.9% rising
100 Burundi 0.4764 kt 2050 volatile
101 Somalia 0.4444 kt 2050 falling
102 South Sudan 0.4258 kt 2023 down 51.0% falling
103 Yemen 0.4203 kt 2050 rising
104 Portugal 0.4023 kt 2050 volatile
105 Sudan (former) 0.3974 kt 2011 down 10.7% rising
106 Lithuania 0.3927 kt 2050 rising
107 Sweden 0.388 kt 2050 rising
108 Tajikistan 0.3858 kt 2050 rising
109 Panama 0.3811 kt 2050 falling
110 Eswatini 0.3733 kt 2050 rising
111 Belgium 0.3575 kt 2050 flat
112 Lesotho 0.3322 kt 2050 falling
113 Niger 0.3035 kt 2050 volatile
114 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.2943 kt 1999 up 15.3% rising
115 Guyana 0.2885 kt 2050 rising
116 Guinea-Bissau 0.286 kt 2050 rising
117 Costa Rica 0.2708 kt 2050 falling
118 Mauritius 0.2442 kt 2050 falling
119 Latvia 0.2262 kt 2050 volatile
120 Finland 0.2199 kt 2050 rising
121 Albania 0.2081 kt 2050 falling
122 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.2002 kt 2050 rising
123 North Macedonia 0.1915 kt 2050 falling
124 Mauritania 0.1896 kt 2050 volatile
125 Gambia 0.1696 kt 2050 volatile
126 Bhutan 0.1573 kt 2050 falling
127 Eritrea 0.1557 kt 2050 rising
128 Switzerland 0.1438 kt 2050 flat
129 Slovenia 0.1358 kt 2050 falling
130 Fiji 0.1311 kt 2050 falling
131 Libya 0.1282 kt 2050 falling
132 Congo 0.1255 kt 2050 rising
133 Belize 0.1185 kt 2050 rising
134 Botswana 0.1176 kt 2050 volatile
135 Armenia 0.1168 kt 2050 falling
136 New Zealand 0.1143 kt 2050 falling
137 Gabon 0.1041 kt 2050 volatile
138 Réunion 0.1008 kt 2050 falling
139 Estonia 0.0995 kt 2050 rising
140 Mongolia 0.0991 kt 2050 falling
141 Namibia 0.099 kt 2050 rising
142 Ireland 0.0963 kt 2050 flat
143 Suriname 0.0957 kt 2050 rising
144 Israel 0.0949 kt 2050 falling
145 Norway 0.0856 kt 2050 volatile
146 Jamaica 0.0744 kt 2050 falling
147 Lebanon 0.0699 kt 2050 falling
148 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0402 kt 2050 volatile
149 Jordan 0.0293 kt 2050 volatile
150 Guadeloupe 0.0285 kt 2050 falling
151 Papua New Guinea 0.0221 kt 2050 volatile
152 Palestine 0.0193 kt 2050 falling
153 Barbados 0.0157 kt 2050 volatile
154 French Guiana 0.0155 kt 2050 volatile
155 Comoros 0.0151 kt 2050 falling
156 Luxembourg 0.0141 kt 2050 flat
157 Oman 0.0081 kt 2050 volatile
158 Martinique 0.0076 kt 2050 volatile
159 Cyprus 0.0058 kt 2050 volatile
160 Bahamas 0.0054 kt 2050 rising
161 Montenegro 0.005 kt 2050 volatile
162 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0046 kt 2050 volatile
163 Vanuatu 0.0038 kt 2050 rising
164 New Caledonia 0.0036 kt 2050 volatile
165 Malta 0.0028 kt 2050 rising
166 Kuwait 0.0025 kt 2050 volatile
167 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0021 kt 2050 falling
168 Brunei Darussalam 0.0017 kt 2050 volatile
169 Grenada 0.0014 kt 2050 falling
170 Solomon Islands 0.0012 kt 2050 volatile
171 Dominica 0.001 kt 2050 rising
172 Puerto Rico 0.0007 kt 2050 volatile
173 United Arab Emirates 0.0003 kt 2050 volatile
173 Qatar 0.0003 kt 2050 volatile
175 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0002 kt 2050 volatile
176 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0001 kt 2050 volatile
176 Maldives 0.0001 kt 2050 volatile
176 French Polynesia 0.0001 kt 2050 volatile
179 Djibouti 0 kt 2050 flat
179 Saint Lucia 0 kt 1980 down 100.0% volatile
179 Singapore 0 kt 1992 down 100.0% volatile
179 Samoa 0 kt 2050 flat
179 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kt 2050 volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,750 data points, 1961–2050
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf