Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) by country

Name: Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Countries reporting

213

Highest

232.02 kt

OECD

Lowest

0 kt

China, Hong Kong SAR

Median

0.7795 kt

Years covered

1961–2050

Data points

14,483

What the numbers show

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 213 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 0.7795 kt, and the mean is 7.26 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 (CH4): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	OECD	232.02 kt	2050	—	rising
2	China	154.22 kt	2050	—	rising
3	China, mainland	153.68 kt	2050	—	rising
4	United States	126.44 kt	2050	—	rising
5	India	104.7 kt	2050	—	rising
6	Brazil	63.74 kt	2050	—	rising
7	USSR	58.46 kt	1991	down 21.5%	falling
8	Indonesia	36.48 kt	2050	—	rising
9	Nigeria	22.47 kt	2050	—	volatile
10	Russia	21.21 kt	2050	—	rising
10	Russian Federation	21.21 kt	2050	—	rising
12	Mexico	21.02 kt	2050	—	flat
13	Argentina	20.9 kt	2050	—	rising
14	Bangladesh	18.21 kt	2050	—	rising
15	Australia and New Zealand	17.94 kt	2050	—	rising
16	Australia	17.82 kt	2050	—	rising
17	Myanmar	17.57 kt	2050	—	rising
18	Vietnam	16.85 kt	2050	—	rising
18	Viet Nam	16.85 kt	2050	—	rising
20	Thailand	16.66 kt	2050	—	rising
21	Canada	14.51 kt	2050	—	rising
22	Philippines	14.33 kt	2050	—	rising
23	South Africa	13.16 kt	2050	—	falling
24	Pakistan	13.13 kt	2050	—	rising
25	Ethiopia	12.97 kt	2050	—	rising
26	Ukraine	10.9 kt	2050	—	rising
27	United Republic of Tanzania	9.97 kt	2050	—	volatile
28	Kazakhstan	9.74 kt	2050	—	flat
29	France	9.6 kt	2050	—	rising
30	Turkey	8.75 kt	2050	—	falling
30	Türkiye	8.75 kt	2050	—	falling
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8.4 kt	2050	—	volatile
33	Romania	8.4 kt	2050	—	falling
34	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	8.06 kt	2050	—	rising
35	Cambodia	7.59 kt	2050	—	rising
36	Yugoslav SFR	7.53 kt	1991	down 2.3%	falling
37	Mozambique	7.02 kt	2050	—	volatile
38	Kenya	6.95 kt	2050	—	rising
39	Nepal	6.82 kt	2050	—	rising
40	Egypt	6.49 kt	2050	—	rising
41	Peru	5.88 kt	2050	—	rising
42	Colombia	5.81 kt	2050	—	rising
43	Italy	5.27 kt	2050	—	falling
44	Malawi	5.02 kt	2050	—	rising
45	Zimbabwe	4.83 kt	2050	—	rising
46	Ghana	4.5 kt	2050	—	volatile
47	Germany	4.38 kt	2050	—	rising
48	Morocco	4.19 kt	2050	—	rising
49	Hungary	4.09 kt	2050	—	falling
50	Madagascar	4.06 kt	2050	—	rising
51	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.94 kt	2050	—	rising
52	Angola	3.93 kt	2050	—	volatile
53	Serbia and Montenegro	3.9 kt	2005	down 15.8%	falling
54	Serbia	3.83 kt	2050	—	flat
55	Caribbean	3.69 kt	2050	—	falling
56	Guinea	3.63 kt	2050	—	volatile
57	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	3.54 kt	2050	—	falling
58	Syria	3.49 kt	2050	—	rising
58	Syrian Arab Republic	3.49 kt	2050	—	rising
60	Afghanistan	3.49 kt	2050	—	falling
61	Benin	3.4 kt	2050	—	volatile
62	Uganda	3.38 kt	2050	—	volatile
63	Ethiopia PDR	3.36 kt	1992	up 33.1%	rising
64	Spain	3.25 kt	2050	—	falling
65	Mali	3.16 kt	2050	—	volatile
66	Poland	3.1 kt	2050	—	rising
67	Cote d'Ivoire	3.05 kt	2050	—	rising
67	Côte d'Ivoire	3.05 kt	2050	—	rising
69	Iraq	2.84 kt	2050	—	rising
70	Ecuador	2.8 kt	2050	—	rising
71	Paraguay	2.4 kt	2050	—	volatile
72	Algeria	2.37 kt	2050	—	falling
73	Zambia	2.36 kt	2050	—	rising
74	Burkina Faso	2.35 kt	2050	—	volatile
75	Laos	2.27 kt	2050	—	rising
75	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.27 kt	2050	—	rising
77	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.2 kt	2050	—	rising
78	Cameroon	2.17 kt	2050	—	volatile
79	Guatemala	2.16 kt	2050	—	rising
80	Japan	2.04 kt	2050	—	falling
81	United Kingdom	2 kt	2050	—	rising
81	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	2 kt	2050	—	rising
83	Cuba	1.94 kt	2050	—	falling
84	Bulgaria	1.86 kt	2050	—	falling
85	Moldova	1.84 kt	2050	—	rising
85	Republic of Moldova	1.84 kt	2050	—	rising
87	Czechoslovakia	1.69 kt	1992	up 3.6%	rising
88	Togo	1.5 kt	2050	—	volatile
89	Greece	1.48 kt	2050	—	falling
90	El Salvador	1.42 kt	2050	—	rising
91	Honduras	1.36 kt	2050	—	rising
92	Sri Lanka	1.29 kt	2050	—	rising
92	Uzbekistan	1.29 kt	2050	—	falling
94	Sierra Leone	1.22 kt	2050	—	rising
95	Uruguay	1.22 kt	2050	—	falling
96	Chile	1.16 kt	2050	—	falling
97	Republic of Korea	1.13 kt	2050	—	falling
98	Czechia	1.12 kt	2050	—	rising
99	Chad	1.09 kt	2050	—	volatile
100	Malaysia	1.08 kt	2050	—	flat
101	Croatia	0.999 kt	2050	—	falling
102	Senegal	0.9906 kt	2050	—	volatile
103	Nicaragua	0.9258 kt	2023	down 31.9%	rising
104	Haiti	0.9087 kt	2050	—	rising
105	Central African Republic	0.8611 kt	2050	—	volatile
106	Turkmenistan	0.7832 kt	2050	—	rising
107	Austria	0.7795 kt	2050	—	rising
108	Slovakia	0.7733 kt	2050	—	rising
109	Tunisia	0.7698 kt	2050	—	falling
110	Denmark	0.7398 kt	2050	—	volatile
111	Rwanda	0.7254 kt	2050	—	volatile
112	Dominican Republic	0.6734 kt	2050	—	rising
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.6205 kt	2050	—	flat
114	Liberia	0.6164 kt	2050	—	rising
115	Kyrgyzstan	0.5727 kt	2050	—	flat
116	Georgia	0.5655 kt	2050	—	falling
117	Saudi Arabia	0.5376 kt	2050	—	volatile
118	Azerbaijan	0.5369 kt	2050	—	rising
119	China, Taiwan Province of	0.5357 kt	2050	—	falling
120	Belarus	0.513 kt	2050	—	volatile
121	Sudan	0.483 kt	2023	up 36.9%	rising
122	Burundi	0.4764 kt	2050	—	volatile
123	Somalia	0.4444 kt	2050	—	falling
124	South Sudan	0.4258 kt	2023	down 51.0%	falling
125	Yemen	0.4203 kt	2050	—	rising
126	Portugal	0.4023 kt	2050	—	volatile
127	Sudan (former)	0.3974 kt	2011	down 10.7%	rising
128	Lithuania	0.3927 kt	2050	—	rising
129	Sweden	0.388 kt	2050	—	rising
130	Tajikistan	0.3858 kt	2050	—	rising
131	Panama	0.3811 kt	2050	—	falling
132	Eswatini	0.3733 kt	2050	—	rising
133	East Timor	0.3692 kt	2050	—	rising
133	Timor-Leste	0.3692 kt	2050	—	rising
135	Belgium	0.3575 kt	2050	—	flat
136	Lesotho	0.3322 kt	2050	—	falling
137	Niger	0.3035 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	Belgium-Luxembourg	0.2943 kt	1999	up 15.3%	rising
139	Guyana	0.2885 kt	2050	—	rising
140	Guinea-Bissau	0.286 kt	2050	—	rising
141	Costa Rica	0.2708 kt	2050	—	falling
142	Mauritius	0.2442 kt	2050	—	falling
143	Latvia	0.2262 kt	2050	—	volatile
144	Finland	0.2199 kt	2050	—	rising
145	Albania	0.2081 kt	2050	—	falling
146	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	0.2002 kt	2050	—	rising
147	North Macedonia	0.1915 kt	2050	—	falling
148	Mauritania	0.1896 kt	2050	—	volatile
149	Gambia	0.1696 kt	2050	—	volatile
150	Melanesia	0.1618 kt	2050	—	rising
151	Bhutan	0.1573 kt	2050	—	falling
152	Eritrea	0.1557 kt	2050	—	rising
153	Switzerland	0.1438 kt	2050	—	flat
154	Slovenia	0.1358 kt	2050	—	falling
155	Fiji	0.1311 kt	2050	—	falling
156	Libya	0.1282 kt	2050	—	falling
157	Congo	0.1255 kt	2050	—	rising
158	Belize	0.1185 kt	2050	—	rising
159	Botswana	0.1176 kt	2050	—	volatile
160	Armenia	0.1168 kt	2050	—	falling
161	New Zealand	0.1143 kt	2050	—	falling
162	Gabon	0.1041 kt	2050	—	volatile
163	Reunion	0.1008 kt	2050	—	falling
163	Réunion	0.1008 kt	2050	—	falling
165	Estonia	0.0995 kt	2050	—	rising
166	Mongolia	0.0991 kt	2050	—	falling
167	Namibia	0.099 kt	2050	—	rising
168	Ireland	0.0963 kt	2050	—	flat
169	Cabo Verde	0.0959 kt	2050	—	rising
170	Suriname	0.0957 kt	2050	—	rising
171	Israel	0.0949 kt	2050	—	falling
172	Norway	0.0856 kt	2050	—	volatile
173	Jamaica	0.0744 kt	2050	—	falling
174	Lebanon	0.0699 kt	2050	—	falling
175	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0402 kt	2050	—	volatile
176	Jordan	0.0293 kt	2050	—	volatile
177	Guadeloupe	0.0285 kt	2050	—	falling
178	Papua New Guinea	0.0221 kt	2050	—	volatile
179	Palestine	0.0193 kt	2050	—	falling
179	Palestine	0.0193 kt	2050	—	falling
181	Barbados	0.0157 kt	2050	—	volatile
182	French Guiana	0.0155 kt	2050	—	volatile
183	Comoros	0.0151 kt	2050	—	falling
184	Luxembourg	0.0141 kt	2050	—	flat
185	Oman	0.0081 kt	2050	—	volatile
186	Martinique	0.0076 kt	2050	—	volatile
187	Cyprus	0.0058 kt	2050	—	volatile
188	Bahamas	0.0054 kt	2050	—	rising
189	Montenegro	0.005 kt	2050	—	volatile
190	Sao Tome and Principe	0.0046 kt	2050	—	volatile
191	Vanuatu	0.0038 kt	2050	—	rising
192	New Caledonia	0.0036 kt	2050	—	volatile
193	Malta	0.0028 kt	2050	—	rising
194	Kuwait	0.0025 kt	2050	—	volatile
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0021 kt	2050	—	falling
196	Brunei	0.0017 kt	2050	—	volatile
196	Brunei Darussalam	0.0017 kt	2050	—	volatile
198	Grenada	0.0014 kt	2050	—	falling
199	Solomon Islands	0.0012 kt	2050	—	volatile
200	Dominica	0.001 kt	2050	—	rising
201	Puerto Rico	0.0007 kt	2050	—	volatile
202	United Arab Emirates	0.0003 kt	2050	—	volatile
202	Qatar	0.0003 kt	2050	—	volatile
202	Micronesia	0.0003 kt	2050	—	rising
202	Micronesia (Federated States of)	0.0003 kt	2050	—	rising
206	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.0002 kt	2050	—	volatile
207	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
207	Maldives	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
207	French Polynesia	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
207	Polynesia	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
211	Saint Lucia	0 kt	1980	down 100.0%	volatile
211	Singapore	0 kt	1992	down 100.0%	volatile
211	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.

World 1,003 kt
Non-Annex I countries 749.97 kt
Asia 460.34 kt
Americas 283.31 kt
Annex I countries 253.06 kt
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 189.13 kt
Eastern Asia 161.03 kt
Southern Asia 155.87 kt
Africa 151.39 kt
Latin America and the Caribbean 142.36 kt
Northern America 140.96 kt
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 136.68 kt
United States of America 126.44 kt
South-Eastern Asia 113.19 kt
South America 110.45 kt
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 109.21 kt
Europe 89.92 kt
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 71.23 kt
Eastern Africa 58.72 kt
Eastern Europe 53.81 kt
European Union (27) 48.37 kt
Western Africa 47.94 kt
Central America 28.21 kt
Oceania 18.1 kt
Western Asia 17.49 kt
Middle Africa 16.69 kt
Southern Europe 16.39 kt
Western Europe 15.47 kt
Southern Africa 14.08 kt
Northern Africa 13.96 kt
Central Asia 12.77 kt
Small island developing states (SIDS) 5.37 kt
Northern Europe 4.24 kt

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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: 248 places, 14,483 data points, 1961–2050
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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

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Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4): full country ranking

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