Burning - Crop residues — Emissions in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Burning - Crop residues — Emissions was 0.0334 kt in 2050. ▲ Rising

Latest (2050)
0.0334 kt
World rank
70th
of 183 countries
All-time high
0.0519 kt
in 2015
All-time low
0.0178 kt
in 1965
Years of data
65
1961–2050

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions in Sri Lanka, 1961–2050

0.020.030.040.05196120052050

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

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 0.0334 kt for burning - crop residues — emissions in 2050.

Over the whole period, burning - crop residues — emissions in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0519 kt in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0178 kt, in 1965.

Sri Lanka ranks 70th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions in Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (N2O) in Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2050.
Year kt Change
1961 0.0203 kt
1962 0.0214 kt +5.4%
1963 0.022 kt +2.8%
1964 0.0218 kt -0.9%
1965 0.0178 kt -18.3%
1966 0.0216 kt +21.3%
1967 0.0222 kt +2.8%
1968 0.0232 kt +4.5%
1969 0.0222 kt -4.3%
1970 0.0292 kt +31.5%
1971 0.0282 kt -3.4%
1972 0.0262 kt -7.1%
1973 0.028 kt +6.9%
1974 0.0332 kt +18.6%
1975 0.026 kt -21.7%
1976 0.0273 kt +5.0%
1977 0.0324 kt +18.7%
1978 0.0344 kt +6.2%
1979 0.0321 kt -6.7%
1980 0.0335 kt +4.4%
1981 0.0345 kt +3.0%
1982 0.031 kt -10.1%
1983 0.0325 kt +4.8%
1984 0.0371 kt +14.2%
1985 0.0364 kt -1.9%
1986 0.0354 kt -2.7%
1987 0.0295 kt -16.7%
1988 0.035 kt +18.6%
1989 0.0296 kt -15.4%
1990 0.0349 kt +17.9%
1991 0.0334 kt -4.3%
1992 0.0326 kt -2.4%
1993 0.0349 kt +7.1%
1994 0.0378 kt +8.3%
1995 0.0378 kt +0.0%
1996 0.0287 kt -24.1%
1997 0.0295 kt +2.8%
1998 0.0324 kt +9.8%
1999 0.0364 kt +12.3%
2000 0.0349 kt -4.1%
2001 0.0321 kt -8.0%
2002 0.034 kt +5.9%
2003 0.0377 kt +10.9%
2004 0.0301 kt -20.2%
2005 0.038 kt +26.2%
2006 0.0381 kt +0.3%
2007 0.0345 kt -9.4%
2008 0.0447 kt +29.6%
2009 0.0405 kt -9.4%
2010 0.0455 kt +12.3%
2011 0.0461 kt +1.3%
2012 0.0458 kt -0.7%
2013 0.0514 kt +12.2%
2014 0.0396 kt -23.0%
2015 0.0519 kt +31.1%
2016 0.0497 kt -4.2%
2017 0.035 kt -29.6%
2018 0.0458 kt +30.9%
2019 0.0419 kt -8.5%
2020 0.0472 kt +12.6%
2021 0.0515 kt +9.1%
2022 0.0495 kt -3.9%
2023 0.0508 kt +2.6%
2030 0.0333 kt -34.4%
2050 0.0334 kt +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.0214 kt 0.0178 kt 0.0232 kt 9
1970s 0.0297 kt 0.026 kt 0.0344 kt 10
1980s 0.0335 kt 0.0295 kt 0.0371 kt 10
1990s 0.0338 kt 0.0287 kt 0.0378 kt 10
2000s 0.0365 kt 0.0301 kt 0.0447 kt 10
2010s 0.0453 kt 0.035 kt 0.0519 kt 10
2020s 0.0498 kt 0.0472 kt 0.0515 kt 4
2030s 0.0333 kt 0.0333 kt 0.0333 kt 1
2050s 0.0334 kt 0.0334 kt 0.0334 kt 1

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 67 Greece 0.0382 kt compare
  2. 68 El Salvador 0.0367 kt compare
  3. 69 Honduras 0.0353 kt compare
  4. 70 Uzbekistan 0.0334 kt compare
  5. 72 Sierra Leone 0.0317 kt compare
  6. 73 Uruguay 0.0316 kt compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is burning - crop residues — emissions in Sri Lanka?
Burning - crop residues — emissions in Sri Lanka was 0.0334 kt in 2050, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest burning - crop residues — emissions recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.0519 kt in 2015.
What is the lowest burning - crop residues — emissions recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0178 kt in 1965.
How does Sri Lanka rank for burning - crop residues — emissions?
Sri Lanka ranks 70th out of 183 countries with data for 2050.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,750 data points, 1961–2050
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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