Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Australia

Australia: Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC was 0.2408 kt in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.2408 kt
Change on year
up 6.0%
World rank
5th
of 38 countries
All-time high
0.6438 kt
in 1997
All-time low
0.1996 kt
in 2007
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in Australia, 1990–2020

0.20.30.40.50.61990200520201990: 0.466 kt1991: 0.46 kt1992: 0.437 kt1993: 0.519 kt1994: 0.597 kt1995: 0.342 kt1996: 0.532 kt1997: 0.644 kt1998: 0.583 kt1999: 0.641 kt2000: 0.569 kt2001: 0.572 kt2002: 0.591 kt2003: 0.272 kt2004: 0.568 kt2005: 0.371 kt2006: 0.474 kt2007: 0.2 kt2008: 0.263 kt2009: 0.324 kt2010: 0.281 kt2011: 0.416 kt2012: 0.424 kt2013: 0.406 kt2014: 0.372 kt2015: 0.355 kt2016: 0.319 kt2017: 0.53 kt2018: 0.369 kt2019: 0.227 kt2020: 0.241 kt

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

Analysis

Australia recorded 0.2408 kt for burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in 2020.

The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Australia peaked at 0.6438 kt in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.1996 kt, in 2007.

That places Australia 5th out of 38 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 0.522 kt 0.3418 kt 0.6438 kt 10
2000s 0.4205 kt 0.1996 kt 0.591 kt 10
2010s 0.37 kt 0.2271 kt 0.5297 kt 10
2020s 0.2408 kt 0.2408 kt 0.2408 kt 1

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.87 kt compare
  2. 3 Mexico 1.07 kt compare
  3. 4 Romania 0.6391 kt compare
  4. 6 Uzbekistan 0.1555 kt compare
  5. 7 Türkiye 0.1373 kt compare
  6. 8 Guyana 0.13 kt compare

See the full ranking of 43 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Australia?
Burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in Australia was 0.2408 kt in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 0.6438 kt in 1997.
What is the lowest burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1996 kt in 2007.
How does Australia rank for burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc?
Australia ranks 5th out of 38 countries with data for 2020.
Is burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (N2O) — 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