Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) by country

Name: Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
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Countries reporting

213

Highest

6,497 kt

OECD

Lowest

0 kt

China, Hong Kong SAR

Median

21.83 kt

Years covered

1961–2050

Data points

14,483

What the numbers show

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 6,497 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.83 kt, and the mean is 203.36 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 (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) (CH4 CO2eq): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	OECD	6,497 kt	2050	—	rising
2	China	4,318 kt	2050	—	rising
3	China, mainland	4,303 kt	2050	—	rising
4	United States	3,540 kt	2050	—	rising
5	India	2,932 kt	2050	—	rising
6	Brazil	1,785 kt	2050	—	rising
7	USSR	1,637 kt	1991	down 21.5%	falling
8	Indonesia	1,021 kt	2050	—	rising
9	Nigeria	629.14 kt	2050	—	volatile
10	Russia	593.89 kt	2050	—	rising
10	Russian Federation	593.89 kt	2050	—	rising
12	Mexico	588.52 kt	2050	—	flat
13	Argentina	585.14 kt	2050	—	rising
14	Bangladesh	509.94 kt	2050	—	rising
15	Australia and New Zealand	502.27 kt	2050	—	rising
16	Australia	499.07 kt	2050	—	rising
17	Myanmar	491.95 kt	2050	—	rising
18	Vietnam	471.71 kt	2050	—	rising
18	Viet Nam	471.71 kt	2050	—	rising
20	Thailand	466.56 kt	2050	—	rising
21	Canada	406.39 kt	2050	—	rising
22	Philippines	401.3 kt	2050	—	rising
23	South Africa	368.53 kt	2050	—	falling
24	Pakistan	367.78 kt	2050	—	rising
25	Ethiopia	363.07 kt	2050	—	rising
26	Ukraine	305.3 kt	2050	—	rising
27	United Republic of Tanzania	279.08 kt	2050	—	volatile
28	Kazakhstan	272.69 kt	2050	—	flat
29	France	268.7 kt	2050	—	rising
30	Turkey	245.04 kt	2050	—	falling
30	Türkiye	245.04 kt	2050	—	falling
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	235.34 kt	2050	—	volatile
33	Romania	235.29 kt	2050	—	falling
34	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	225.79 kt	2050	—	rising
35	Cambodia	212.5 kt	2050	—	rising
36	Yugoslav SFR	210.89 kt	1991	down 2.3%	falling
37	Mozambique	196.44 kt	2050	—	volatile
38	Kenya	194.68 kt	2050	—	rising
39	Nepal	191.03 kt	2050	—	rising
40	Egypt	181.81 kt	2050	—	rising
41	Peru	164.66 kt	2050	—	rising
42	Colombia	162.71 kt	2050	—	rising
43	Italy	147.44 kt	2050	—	falling
44	Malawi	140.68 kt	2050	—	rising
45	Zimbabwe	135.11 kt	2050	—	rising
46	Ghana	126.1 kt	2050	—	volatile
47	Germany	122.64 kt	2050	—	rising
48	Morocco	117.34 kt	2050	—	rising
49	Hungary	114.5 kt	2050	—	falling
50	Madagascar	113.75 kt	2050	—	rising
51	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	110.44 kt	2050	—	rising
52	Angola	110 kt	2050	—	volatile
53	Serbia and Montenegro	109.31 kt	2005	down 15.8%	falling
54	Serbia	107.27 kt	2050	—	flat
55	Caribbean	103.46 kt	2050	—	falling
56	Guinea	101.63 kt	2050	—	volatile
57	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	99.02 kt	2050	—	falling
58	Syria	97.62 kt	2050	—	rising
58	Syrian Arab Republic	97.62 kt	2050	—	rising
60	Afghanistan	97.6 kt	2050	—	falling
61	Benin	95.25 kt	2050	—	volatile
62	Uganda	94.64 kt	2050	—	volatile
63	Ethiopia PDR	94.17 kt	1992	up 33.1%	rising
64	Spain	91.06 kt	2050	—	falling
65	Mali	88.38 kt	2050	—	volatile
66	Poland	86.67 kt	2050	—	rising
67	Cote d'Ivoire	85.51 kt	2050	—	rising
67	Côte d'Ivoire	85.51 kt	2050	—	rising
69	Iraq	79.53 kt	2050	—	rising
70	Ecuador	78.36 kt	2050	—	rising
71	Paraguay	67.21 kt	2050	—	volatile
72	Algeria	66.47 kt	2050	—	falling
73	Zambia	66.21 kt	2050	—	rising
74	Burkina Faso	65.81 kt	2050	—	volatile
75	Laos	63.43 kt	2050	—	rising
75	Lao People's Democratic Republic	63.43 kt	2050	—	rising
77	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	61.49 kt	2050	—	rising
78	Cameroon	60.84 kt	2050	—	volatile
79	Guatemala	60.52 kt	2050	—	rising
80	Japan	57.1 kt	2050	—	falling
81	United Kingdom	55.89 kt	2050	—	rising
81	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	55.89 kt	2050	—	rising
83	Cuba	54.19 kt	2050	—	falling
84	Bulgaria	52.14 kt	2050	—	falling
85	Moldova	51.62 kt	2050	—	rising
85	Republic of Moldova	51.62 kt	2050	—	rising
87	Czechoslovakia	47.29 kt	1992	up 3.6%	rising
88	Togo	42.08 kt	2050	—	volatile
89	Greece	41.31 kt	2050	—	falling
90	El Salvador	39.64 kt	2050	—	rising
91	Honduras	38.09 kt	2050	—	rising
92	Sri Lanka	36.05 kt	2050	—	rising
92	Uzbekistan	36.05 kt	2050	—	falling
94	Sierra Leone	34.19 kt	2050	—	rising
95	Uruguay	34.17 kt	2050	—	falling
96	Chile	32.51 kt	2050	—	falling
97	Republic of Korea	31.73 kt	2050	—	falling
98	Czechia	31.31 kt	2050	—	rising
99	Chad	30.4 kt	2050	—	volatile
100	Malaysia	30.12 kt	2050	—	flat
101	Croatia	27.97 kt	2050	—	falling
102	Senegal	27.74 kt	2050	—	volatile
103	Nicaragua	25.92 kt	2023	down 31.9%	rising
104	Haiti	25.44 kt	2050	—	rising
105	Central African Republic	24.11 kt	2050	—	volatile
106	Turkmenistan	21.93 kt	2050	—	rising
107	Austria	21.83 kt	2050	—	rising
108	Slovakia	21.65 kt	2050	—	rising
109	Tunisia	21.55 kt	2050	—	falling
110	Denmark	20.71 kt	2050	—	volatile
111	Rwanda	20.31 kt	2050	—	volatile
112	Dominican Republic	18.86 kt	2050	—	rising
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.37 kt	2050	—	flat
114	Liberia	17.26 kt	2050	—	rising
115	Kyrgyzstan	16.04 kt	2050	—	flat
116	Georgia	15.83 kt	2050	—	falling
117	Saudi Arabia	15.05 kt	2050	—	volatile
118	Azerbaijan	15.03 kt	2050	—	rising
119	China, Taiwan Province of	15 kt	2050	—	falling
120	Belarus	14.36 kt	2050	—	volatile
121	Sudan	13.52 kt	2023	up 36.9%	rising
122	Burundi	13.34 kt	2050	—	volatile
123	Somalia	12.44 kt	2050	—	falling
124	South Sudan	11.92 kt	2023	down 51.0%	falling
125	Yemen	11.77 kt	2050	—	rising
126	Portugal	11.26 kt	2050	—	volatile
127	Sudan (former)	11.13 kt	2011	down 10.7%	rising
128	Lithuania	11 kt	2050	—	rising
129	Sweden	10.86 kt	2050	—	rising
130	Tajikistan	10.8 kt	2050	—	rising
131	Panama	10.67 kt	2050	—	falling
132	Eswatini	10.45 kt	2050	—	rising
133	East Timor	10.34 kt	2050	—	rising
133	Timor-Leste	10.34 kt	2050	—	rising
135	Belgium	10.01 kt	2050	—	flat
136	Lesotho	9.3 kt	2050	—	falling
137	Niger	8.5 kt	2050	—	volatile
138	Belgium-Luxembourg	8.24 kt	1999	up 15.3%	rising
139	Guyana	8.08 kt	2050	—	rising
140	Guinea-Bissau	8.01 kt	2050	—	rising
141	Costa Rica	7.58 kt	2050	—	falling
142	Mauritius	6.84 kt	2050	—	falling
143	Latvia	6.33 kt	2050	—	volatile
144	Finland	6.16 kt	2050	—	rising
145	Albania	5.83 kt	2050	—	falling
146	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	5.61 kt	2050	—	rising
147	North Macedonia	5.36 kt	2050	—	falling
148	Mauritania	5.31 kt	2050	—	volatile
149	Gambia	4.75 kt	2050	—	volatile
150	Melanesia	4.53 kt	2050	—	rising
151	Bhutan	4.4 kt	2050	—	falling
152	Eritrea	4.36 kt	2050	—	rising
153	Switzerland	4.03 kt	2050	—	flat
154	Slovenia	3.8 kt	2050	—	falling
155	Fiji	3.67 kt	2050	—	falling
156	Libya	3.59 kt	2050	—	falling
157	Congo	3.51 kt	2050	—	rising
158	Belize	3.32 kt	2050	—	rising
159	Botswana	3.29 kt	2050	—	volatile
160	Armenia	3.27 kt	2050	—	falling
161	New Zealand	3.2 kt	2050	—	falling
162	Gabon	2.91 kt	2050	—	volatile
163	Reunion	2.82 kt	2050	—	falling
163	Réunion	2.82 kt	2050	—	falling
165	Estonia	2.79 kt	2050	—	rising
166	Mongolia	2.77 kt	2050	—	falling
167	Namibia	2.77 kt	2050	—	rising
168	Ireland	2.7 kt	2050	—	flat
169	Cabo Verde	2.69 kt	2050	—	rising
170	Suriname	2.68 kt	2050	—	rising
171	Israel	2.66 kt	2050	—	falling
172	Norway	2.4 kt	2050	—	volatile
173	Jamaica	2.08 kt	2050	—	falling
174	Lebanon	1.96 kt	2050	—	falling
175	Trinidad and Tobago	1.13 kt	2050	—	volatile
176	Jordan	0.8204 kt	2050	—	volatile
177	Guadeloupe	0.798 kt	2050	—	falling
178	Papua New Guinea	0.6188 kt	2050	—	volatile
179	Palestine	0.5404 kt	2050	—	falling
179	Palestine	0.5404 kt	2050	—	falling
181	Barbados	0.4396 kt	2050	—	volatile
182	French Guiana	0.434 kt	2050	—	volatile
183	Comoros	0.4228 kt	2050	—	falling
184	Luxembourg	0.3948 kt	2050	—	flat
185	Oman	0.2268 kt	2050	—	volatile
186	Martinique	0.2128 kt	2050	—	volatile
187	Cyprus	0.1624 kt	2050	—	volatile
188	Bahamas	0.1512 kt	2050	—	rising
189	Montenegro	0.14 kt	2050	—	volatile
190	Sao Tome and Principe	0.1288 kt	2050	—	volatile
191	Vanuatu	0.1064 kt	2050	—	rising
192	New Caledonia	0.1008 kt	2050	—	volatile
193	Malta	0.0784 kt	2050	—	rising
194	Kuwait	0.07 kt	2050	—	volatile
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0588 kt	2050	—	falling
196	Brunei	0.0476 kt	2050	—	volatile
196	Brunei Darussalam	0.0476 kt	2050	—	volatile
198	Grenada	0.0392 kt	2050	—	falling
199	Solomon Islands	0.0336 kt	2050	—	volatile
200	Dominica	0.028 kt	2050	—	rising
201	Puerto Rico	0.0196 kt	2050	—	volatile
202	United Arab Emirates	0.0084 kt	2050	—	volatile
202	Qatar	0.0084 kt	2050	—	volatile
202	Micronesia	0.0084 kt	2050	—	rising
202	Micronesia (Federated States of)	0.0084 kt	2050	—	rising
206	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.0056 kt	2050	—	volatile
207	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0028 kt	2050	—	volatile
207	Maldives	0.0028 kt	2050	—	volatile
207	French Polynesia	0.0028 kt	2050	—	volatile
207	Polynesia	0.0028 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 28,086 kt
Non-Annex I countries 20,999 kt
Asia 12,890 kt
Americas 7,933 kt
Annex I countries 7,086 kt
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5,296 kt
Eastern Asia 4,509 kt
Southern Asia 4,364 kt
Africa 4,239 kt
Latin America and the Caribbean 3,986 kt
Northern America 3,947 kt
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3,827 kt
United States of America 3,540 kt
South-eastern Asia 3,169 kt
South America 3,093 kt
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3,058 kt
Europe 2,518 kt
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,994 kt
Eastern Africa 1,644 kt
Eastern Europe 1,507 kt
European Union (27) 1,354 kt
Western Africa 1,342 kt
Central America 789.95 kt
Oceania 506.81 kt
Western Asia 489.6 kt
Middle Africa 467.25 kt
Southern Europe 458.89 kt
Western Europe 433.2 kt
Southern Africa 394.35 kt
Northern Africa 390.77 kt
Central Asia 357.5 kt
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 150.5 kt
Northern Europe 118.83 kt

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Indicator: Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
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