Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.
What the numbers show
Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 178.10 million t in OECD; the lowest is 0 t in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 0 t, and the mean is 3.46 million t.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 18,050.9%), and the largest decrease in Lao People's Democratic Republic (down 100.0%).
Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 178.10 million t | 2024 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Australia | 175.77 million t | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 175.77 million t | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 14.56 million t | 2024 | up 709.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2.10 million t | 2024 | up 294.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Botswana | 13.64 million t | 2024 | up 103.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 902,869 t | 2024 | up 7,848.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Angola | 7.77 million t | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 114,923 t | 2024 | up 258.7% | volatile |
| 7 | South Africa | 3.24 million t | 2024 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Türkiye | 28,253 t | 2024 | up 338.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Iraq | 1.33 million t | 2024 | up 1,037.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 21,118 t | 2024 | up 1,749.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Namibia | 1.04 million t | 2024 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Argentina | 721,577 t | 2024 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2,283 t | 2024 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Canada | 529,993 t | 2024 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Timor-Leste | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Melanesia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 11 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 393,439 t | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Mozambique | 377,693 t | 2024 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Madagascar | 346,932 t | 2024 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 15 | Brazil | 268,857 t | 2024 | up 98.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Pakistan | 264,517 t | 2024 | up 478.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 260,380 t | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Zambia | 176,405 t | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 174,030 t | 2024 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Sudan | 149,866 t | 2024 | up 129.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Mali | 111,038 t | 2024 | up 18,050.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Nicaragua | 63,384 t | 2023 | up 152.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 40,165 t | 2024 | up 2,520.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Kenya | 35,084 t | 2024 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Turkmenistan | 34,704 t | 2024 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Peru | 31,202 t | 2024 | up 862.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Eswatini | 17,466 t | 2024 | down 68.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Sudan (former) | 17,126 t | 2011 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Spain | 16,890 t | 2024 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Myanmar | 16,578 t | 2024 | up 480.0% | volatile |
| 31 | India | 16,537 t | 2024 | up 397.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Somalia | 13,447 t | 2024 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Chile | 12,584 t | 2024 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Honduras | 11,422 t | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Colombia | 8,560 t | 2024 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Malawi | 7,910 t | 2024 | up 417.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Lesotho | 5,437 t | 2024 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 3,994 t | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Nigeria | 3,159 t | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 2,457 t | 2024 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Guyana | 2,282 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Congo | 2,282 t | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 43 | China | 1,722 t | 2024 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 43 | China, mainland | 1,722 t | 2024 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Cameroon | 1,712 t | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Mauritania | 1,224 t | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Panama | 1,142 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Jordan | 920.31 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 49 | Niger | 917.78 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Yemen | 917.65 t | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Comoros | 570.89 t | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Ecuador | 570.6 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Egypt | 306.5 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Thailand | 305.9 t | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Senegal | 305.87 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Afghanistan | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Albania | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Armenia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Burundi | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Benin | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bahamas | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Belarus | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Belize | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bhutan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Central African Republic | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Switzerland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Cuba | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Cyprus | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Germany | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Djibouti | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Denmark | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Algeria | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Eritrea | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Estonia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Finland | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Fiji | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | France | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Gabon | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Georgia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Ghana | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Guinea | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Gambia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Greece | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Greenland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Guatemala | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Croatia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Haiti | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Hungary | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Indonesia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Ireland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Iceland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Israel | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Italy | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Jamaica | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Japan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Cambodia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Kuwait | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Lebanon | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Liberia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Libya | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Lithuania | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Latvia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Morocco | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Mongolia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Malaysia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | New Caledonia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Norway | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Nepal | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | New Zealand | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Philippines | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Poland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Puerto Rico | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Portugal | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Paraguay | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Palestine, State of | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Romania | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Rwanda | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | El Salvador | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | South Sudan | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Suriname | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Slovenia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Sweden | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Chad | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Togo | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Tunisia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Uganda | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Ukraine | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Uruguay | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | French Guiana | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0 t | 2005 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Republic of Korea | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Réunion | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 225.95 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 9.17 million t
- Annex I countries 192.26 million t
- Middle Africa 7.79 million t
- Oceania 175.77 million t
- Asia 4.75 million t
- Non-Annex I countries 33.69 million t
- Africa 27.39 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 24.21 million t
- Southern Africa 17.94 million t
- Europe 14.58 million t
- Eastern Europe 14.56 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 2,853 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 14.55 million t
- Americas 3.46 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.42 million t
- Southern Asia 2.38 million t
- Western Asia 2.31 million t
- Northern America 1.88 million t
- Eastern Africa 1.39 million t
- United States of America 1.35 million t
- South America 1.16 million t
- Central America 413,426 t
- Northern Africa 150,172 t
- Western Africa 116,645 t
- Central Asia 37,161 t
- European Union (27) 16,890 t
- Southern Europe 16,890 t
- South-Eastern Asia 16,884 t
- Eastern Asia 1,722 t
- Western Europe 0 t
- Caribbean 0 t
- Northern Europe 0 t
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.