Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC in Australia
Australia: Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC was 5.73 kt in 2020. ▼ Falling
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC in Australia, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
In 2020, burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in Australia stood at 5.73 kt.
The figure is up 4.9% on the previous year and down 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in Australia peaked at 15.82 kt in 1997 and was at its lowest, 5.12 kt, in 2007.
That places Australia 8th out of 45 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC in Australia, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 11.68 kt | — |
| 1991 | 11.52 kt | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 10.63 kt | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 12.85 kt | +20.9% |
| 1994 | 14.68 kt | +14.2% |
| 1995 | 8.52 kt | -42.0% |
| 1996 | 13.02 kt | +52.9% |
| 1997 | 15.82 kt | +21.5% |
| 1998 | 14.26 kt | -9.9% |
| 1999 | 15.39 kt | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 13.65 kt | -11.3% |
| 2001 | 13.8 kt | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 14.22 kt | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 6.7 kt | -52.9% |
| 2004 | 13.76 kt | +105.4% |
| 2005 | 9.1 kt | -33.9% |
| 2006 | 11.53 kt | +26.7% |
| 2007 | 5.12 kt | -55.6% |
| 2008 | 6.35 kt | +24.0% |
| 2009 | 7.87 kt | +23.9% |
| 2010 | 6.85 kt | -13.0% |
| 2011 | 10.07 kt | +47.1% |
| 2012 | 10.17 kt | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 9.51 kt | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 8.85 kt | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 8.46 kt | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 7.7 kt | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 12.4 kt | +61.0% |
| 2018 | 8.62 kt | -30.5% |
| 2019 | 5.46 kt | -36.7% |
| 2020 | 5.73 kt | +4.9% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 5.73 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9467 kt, 6.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Australia's 5.73 kt is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.02 kt, 5.6× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.84 kt | 8.52 kt | 15.82 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.21 kt | 5.12 kt | 14.22 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.81 kt | 5.46 kt | 12.4 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.73 kt | 5.73 kt | 5.73 kt | 1 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More climate change data for Australia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.30 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 118,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,162 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 84,416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,473 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,507 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.38 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in Australia?
- Burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in Australia was 5.73 kt in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 15.82 kt in 1997.
- What is the lowest burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.12 kt in 2007.
- How does Australia rank for burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc?
- Australia ranks 8th out of 45 countries with data for 2020.
- Is burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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