Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — UNFCCC in Japan

Japan: Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — UNFCCC was 17.57 kt in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
17.57 kt
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
9th
of 35 countries
All-time high
34.91 kt
in 1990
All-time low
17.57 kt
in 2020
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — UNFCCC in Japan, 1990–2020

01020301990200520201990: 34.9 kt1991: 32.2 kt1992: 33.4 kt1993: 30.3 kt1994: 31.8 kt1995: 30.5 kt1996: 29.8 kt1997: 28.9 kt1998: 27.6 kt1999: 27.1 kt2000: 26.4 kt2001: 26.2 kt2002: 25.4 kt2003: 24.1 kt2004: 23.2 kt2005: 23.5 kt2006: 22.8 kt2007: 22.2 kt2008: 21.4 kt2009: 20.8 kt2010: 20.2 kt2011: 20 kt2012: 19.5 kt2013: 19.8 kt2014: 19.3 kt2015: 18.4 kt2016: 18.4 kt2017: 17.7 kt2018: 17.9 kt2019: 17.7 kt2020: 17.6 kt

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

Analysis

In 2020, burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) — unfccc in Japan stood at 17.57 kt. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) — unfccc in Japan peaked at 34.91 kt in 1990 and was at its lowest, 17.57 kt, in 2020.

That places Japan 9th out of 35 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 30.64 kt 27.09 kt 34.91 kt 10
2000s 23.6 kt 20.77 kt 26.36 kt 10
2010s 18.89 kt 17.65 kt 20.21 kt 10
2020s 17.57 kt 17.57 kt 17.57 kt 1

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 6 Guyana 34.45 kt compare
  2. 7 Argentina 28.36 kt compare
  3. 8 Kenya 26.5 kt compare
  4. 10 Portugal 17.22 kt compare
  5. 11 Chile 11.82 kt compare
  6. 12 Canada 11.18 kt compare

See the full ranking of 43 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) — unfccc in Japan?
Burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) — unfccc in Japan was 17.57 kt in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) — unfccc recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 34.91 kt in 1990.
What is the lowest burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) — unfccc recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 17.57 kt in 2020.
How does Japan rank for burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) — unfccc?
Japan ranks 9th out of 35 countries with data for 2020.
Is burning - crop residues — emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) — unfccc rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Japan data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
43 places, 974 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