Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC in New Zealand

New Zealand: Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC was 0.799 kt in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.799 kt
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
20th
of 40 countries
All-time high
1.08 kt
in 2013
All-time low
0.6104 kt
in 2015
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC in New Zealand, 1990–2020

00.250.50.7511990200520201990: 0.905 kt1991: 0.799 kt1992: 0.757 kt1993: 0.874 kt1994: 0.921 kt1995: 0.801 kt1996: 0.924 kt1997: 1.1 kt1998: 0.944 kt1999: 0.94 kt2000: 0.936 kt2001: 1 kt2002: 1 kt2003: 0.981 kt2004: 0.73 kt2005: 0.875 kt2006: 0.828 kt2007: 1 kt2008: 0.85 kt2009: 0.836 kt2010: 0.959 kt2011: 0.652 kt2012: 1 kt2013: 1.1 kt2014: 0.897 kt2015: 0.61 kt2016: 0.797 kt2017: 0.774 kt2018: 0.629 kt2019: 0.801 kt2020: 0.799 kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 0.799 kt for burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in 2020.

That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in New Zealand peaked at 1.08 kt in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.6104 kt, in 2015.

That places New Zealand 20th out of 40 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8917 kt 0.7569 kt 1.05 kt 10
2000s 0.9131 kt 0.73 kt 1.04 kt 10
2010s 0.8236 kt 0.6104 kt 1.08 kt 10
2020s 0.799 kt 0.799 kt 0.799 kt 1

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 17 Greece 0.9238 kt compare
  2. 18 Ghana 0.81 kt compare
  3. 19 Spain 0.8088 kt compare
  4. 21 Republic of Korea 0.7 kt compare
  5. 22 Italy 0.5993 kt compare
  6. 23 Haiti 0.37 kt compare

See the full ranking of 48 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in New Zealand?
Burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in New Zealand was 0.799 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 New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 1.08 kt in 2013.
What is the lowest burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6104 kt in 2015.
How does New Zealand rank for burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc?
New Zealand ranks 20th out of 40 countries with data for 2020.
Is burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this New Zealand 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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Indicator
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
48 places, 1,025 data points, 1990–2020
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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