Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in United States

United States: Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC was 0.6389 kt in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.6389 kt
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
5th
of 40 countries
All-time high
0.7398 kt
in 2003
All-time low
0.4627 kt
in 1995
Years of data
31
1990–2020

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

00.20.40.60.81990200520201990: 0.553 kt1991: 0.523 kt1992: 0.56 kt1993: 0.578 kt1994: 0.548 kt1995: 0.463 kt1996: 0.614 kt1997: 0.585 kt1998: 0.56 kt1999: 0.582 kt2000: 0.54 kt2001: 0.569 kt2002: 0.618 kt2003: 0.74 kt2004: 0.634 kt2005: 0.632 kt2006: 0.55 kt2007: 0.599 kt2008: 0.616 kt2009: 0.583 kt2010: 0.664 kt2011: 0.529 kt2012: 0.586 kt2013: 0.622 kt2014: 0.651 kt2015: 0.643 kt2016: 0.639 kt2017: 0.641 kt2018: 0.639 kt2019: 0.641 kt2020: 0.639 kt

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

Analysis

In 2020, burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in United States stood at 0.6389 kt.

The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in United States peaked at 0.7398 kt in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.4627 kt, in 1995.

United States ranks 5th of 40 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in United States, year by year

Annual values for Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC in United States, 1990 to 2020.
Year kt Change
1990 0.5534 kt
1991 0.5234 kt -5.4%
1992 0.5604 kt +7.1%
1993 0.5781 kt +3.2%
1994 0.5485 kt -5.1%
1995 0.4627 kt -15.6%
1996 0.614 kt +32.7%
1997 0.585 kt -4.7%
1998 0.5596 kt -4.3%
1999 0.5822 kt +4.0%
2000 0.5402 kt -7.2%
2001 0.5687 kt +5.3%
2002 0.6181 kt +8.7%
2003 0.7398 kt +19.7%
2004 0.6345 kt -14.2%
2005 0.6321 kt -0.4%
2006 0.5501 kt -13.0%
2007 0.5991 kt +8.9%
2008 0.6159 kt +2.8%
2009 0.5828 kt -5.4%
2010 0.6641 kt +13.9%
2011 0.529 kt -20.3%
2012 0.5855 kt +10.7%
2013 0.6219 kt +6.2%
2014 0.6512 kt +4.7%
2015 0.6428 kt -1.3%
2016 0.6388 kt -0.6%
2017 0.6412 kt +0.4%
2018 0.6386 kt -0.4%
2019 0.6409 kt +0.4%
2020 0.6389 kt -0.3%

United States compared with similar countries

  • United States's 0.6389 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0241 kt, 26.5× the median. (21 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5567 kt 0.4627 kt 0.614 kt 10
2000s 0.6081 kt 0.5402 kt 0.7398 kt 10
2010s 0.6254 kt 0.529 kt 0.6641 kt 10
2020s 0.6389 kt 0.6389 kt 0.6389 kt 1

Countries ranked near United States

  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 Australia 0.2408 kt compare
  5. 7 Uzbekistan 0.1555 kt compare
  6. 8 Türkiye 0.1373 kt compare
  7. 8 Turkey 0.1373 kt compare

See the full ranking of 45 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in United States?
Burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc in United States was 0.6389 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 United States?
The highest recorded value was 0.7398 kt in 2003.
What is the lowest burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc recorded in United States?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4627 kt in 1995.
How does United States rank for burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc?
United States ranks 5th out of 40 countries with data for 2020.
Is burning - crop residues — emissions (n2o) — unfccc rising or falling in United States?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States 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
45 places, 1,036 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