Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC by country
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...
What the numbers show
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 4,830 kt in Brazil; the lowest is 0.2798 kt in Hungary.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.66 kt, and the mean is 279.42 kt.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17,262.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 412.5%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 71.4%).
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 4,830 kt | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,800 kt | 2003 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 3 | Mexico | 1,047 kt | 2013 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 585.69 kt | 2020 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 5 | Argentina | 181.72 kt | 2012 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 176.13 kt | 2004 | up 196.9% | rising |
| 7 | Australia | 160.33 kt | 2020 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 8 | Türkiye | 148.26 kt | 2020 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 9 | Kenya | 140 kt | 2010 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Guyana | 122.64 kt | 2004 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Japan | 71.61 kt | 2020 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 12 | Canada | 45.55 kt | 2020 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Portugal | 36.68 kt | 2020 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 14 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 36.4 kt | 2004 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 15 | Malaysia | 34.87 kt | 2011 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 16 | France | 31.65 kt | 2020 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 17 | Poland | 31 kt | 2020 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 18 | Chile | 30.8 kt | 2016 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 27.15 kt | 2020 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 20 | Greece | 25.87 kt | 2020 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 22.68 kt | 2006 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Spain | 22.65 kt | 2020 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 23 | New Zealand | 22.37 kt | 2020 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 19.6 kt | 2016 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 25 | Italy | 16.78 kt | 2020 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 26 | Haiti | 10.36 kt | 2000 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Georgia | 9.8 kt | 2013 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 9.52 kt | 2009 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.57 kt | 2010 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 30 | Jamaica | 6.72 kt | 2012 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | 6.16 kt | 2012 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 32 | Denmark | 4.31 kt | 2020 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 33 | Palau | 3.36 kt | 1999 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Norway | 3.22 kt | 2020 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Mauritius | 2.24 kt | 2013 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 36 | Finland | 1.93 kt | 2020 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 37 | Albania | 1.12 kt | 2009 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Myanmar | 0.7896 kt | 2005 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 39 | Belize | 0.56 kt | 2009 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Austria | 0.4702 kt | 2020 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 41 | Cyprus | 0.4418 kt | 2020 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Hungary | 0.2798 kt | 2020 | up 412.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Annex I countries 1,714 kt
- World 1,714 kt
- European Union (27) 784.88 kt
- United States of America 477.62 kt
- Central African Republic 8.4 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 2.8 kt
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