Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC in United States of America

United States of America: Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC was 17.06 kt in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
17.06 kt
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
4th
of 5 groups
All-time high
19.75 kt
in 2003
All-time low
12.39 kt
in 1995
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC in United States of America, 1990–2020

051015201990200520201990: 15 kt1991: 14.1 kt1992: 15.1 kt1993: 15.4 kt1994: 14.8 kt1995: 12.4 kt1996: 16.7 kt1997: 16 kt1998: 15.1 kt1999: 15.5 kt2000: 14.3 kt2001: 15 kt2002: 16.5 kt2003: 19.8 kt2004: 16.8 kt2005: 17.3 kt2006: 15 kt2007: 16.4 kt2008: 16.9 kt2009: 15.7 kt2010: 18.3 kt2011: 14.4 kt2012: 15.9 kt2013: 17 kt2014: 17.6 kt2015: 17.5 kt2016: 17.1 kt2017: 17.2 kt2018: 17 kt2019: 17.1 kt2020: 17.1 kt

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in United States of America is 17.06 kt, measured in 2020.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in United States of America peaked at 19.75 kt in 2003 and was at its lowest, 12.39 kt, in 1995.

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

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC in United States of America, 1990 to 2020.
Year kt Change
1990 14.98 kt
1991 14.13 kt -5.7%
1992 15.13 kt +7.0%
1993 15.44 kt +2.1%
1994 14.81 kt -4.1%
1995 12.39 kt -16.4%
1996 16.67 kt +34.6%
1997 16.01 kt -4.0%
1998 15.14 kt -5.4%
1999 15.46 kt +2.1%
2000 14.31 kt -7.4%
2001 15.01 kt +4.9%
2002 16.54 kt +10.2%
2003 19.75 kt +19.4%
2004 16.79 kt -15.0%
2005 17.32 kt +3.2%
2006 15.02 kt -13.3%
2007 16.41 kt +9.3%
2008 16.86 kt +2.8%
2009 15.7 kt -6.9%
2010 18.27 kt +16.4%
2011 14.41 kt -21.2%
2012 15.94 kt +10.6%
2013 17 kt +6.7%
2014 17.64 kt +3.8%
2015 17.55 kt -0.5%
2016 17.12 kt -2.4%
2017 17.17 kt +0.3%
2018 17.04 kt -0.7%
2019 17.13 kt +0.5%
2020 17.06 kt -0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 15.02 kt 12.39 kt 16.67 kt 10
2000s 16.37 kt 14.31 kt 19.75 kt 10
2010s 16.93 kt 14.41 kt 18.27 kt 10
2020s 17.06 kt 17.06 kt 17.06 kt 1

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 1 Brazil 172.5 kt compare
  2. 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 135.7 kt compare
  3. 2 Mexico 37.39 kt compare
  4. 2 Türkiye 5.3 kt compare
  5. 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.3 kt compare
  6. 3 Romania 20.92 kt compare
  7. 4 Argentina 6.49 kt compare
  8. 5 Uzbekistan 6.29 kt compare
  9. 6 Australia 5.73 kt compare
  10. 7 Kenya 5 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 United States of America?
Burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc in United States of America was 17.06 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 United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 19.75 kt in 2003.
What is the lowest burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 12.39 kt in 1995.
How does United States of America rank for burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc?
United States of America ranks 4th out of 5 groups with data for 2020.
Is burning - crop residues — emissions (ch4) — unfccc rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States of America 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