Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per in Namibia
Namibia: Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per was 0 kt per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per in Namibia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kt per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per in Namibia is 0 kt per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.0% on the previous year and up 165.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per in Namibia peaked at 0 kt per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 kt per square kilometre, in 1987.
That places Namibia 141st out of 162 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kt per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 kt per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1969 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 1978 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +13.3% |
| 1981 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 1984 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -55.8% |
| 1986 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +49.4% |
| 1987 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -43.1% |
| 1988 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +49.5% |
| 1989 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +22.2% |
| 1990 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +120.6% |
| 1992 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -57.8% |
| 1993 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +83.1% |
| 1994 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -40.1% |
| 1996 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +31.9% |
| 1997 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +12.7% |
| 1998 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -14.0% |
| 1999 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +31.7% |
| 2000 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +22.4% |
| 2001 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -51.9% |
| 2002 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 2004 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -26.3% |
| 2006 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +56.7% |
| 2007 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +62.8% |
| 2013 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -52.3% |
| 2014 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +57.5% |
| 2015 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -13.2% |
| 2016 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -24.9% |
| 2017 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +32.1% |
| 2018 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -16.3% |
| 2019 | 0 kt per square kilometre | -17.1% |
| 2020 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +34.8% |
| 2021 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +25.2% |
| 2022 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +46.5% |
| 2023 | 0 kt per square kilometre | +14.0% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0 kt per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0002 kt per square kilometre, 3% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0 kt per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0002 kt per square kilometre, 3% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per in Namibia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +120.6% | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 138 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt per square kilometre compare
- 139 Kuwait 0 kt per square kilometre compare
- 140 Congo 0 kt per square kilometre compare
- 142 Puerto Rico 0 kt per square kilometre compare
- 143 Norway 0 kt per square kilometre compare
- 144 Montenegro 0 kt per square kilometre compare
More climate change data for Namibia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 5.64 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 5,137 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,753 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,384 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 6.62 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 120.84 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 57.2 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 54.43 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.2054 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per in Namibia?
- Burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per in Namibia was 0 kt per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 0 kt per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kt per square kilometre in 1987.
- How does Namibia rank for burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per?
- Namibia ranks 141st out of 162 countries with data for 2023.
- Is burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 165.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.