Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre by country
Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
139
Highest
137 t per square kilometre
Botswana
Lowest
0 t per square kilometre
Uruguay
Median
0 t per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,213
What the numbers show
Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre is currently reported for 139 countries. The highest value is 137 t per square kilometre in Botswana; the lowest is 0 t per square kilometre in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 1.85 t per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 870.9%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).
Closed and open shrubland: Burning crop … Burning square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botswana | 137 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 203.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Australia | 86.02 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 3 | South Africa | 12.95 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 433.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Namibia | 10 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Angola | 2.92 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 1.84 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Madagascar | 0.9595 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 8 | Iraq | 0.9092 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 238.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Nicaragua | 0.5267 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 152.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Argentina | 0.5001 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Eswatini | 0.4988 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Lesotho | 0.4949 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Canada | 0.4885 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 346.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 0.3924 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Mozambique | 0.2204 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Zambia | 0.1913 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Pakistan | 0.1583 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 870.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 0.123 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Morocco | 0.0574 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Chile | 0.0459 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 304.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Kenya | 0.0361 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Honduras | 0.0357 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Malawi | 0.0292 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Sudan | 0.0213 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Cambodia | 0.0194 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 26 | India | 0.0187 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 248.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Brazil | 0.0186 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 131.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Azerbaijan | 0.0186 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Turkmenistan | 0.0176 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Greece | 0.0167 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Tunisia | 0.0136 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0127 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 709.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Portugal | 0.0125 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Eritrea | 0.0101 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Peru | 0.01 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Spain | 0.0098 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Somalia | 0.0097 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Myanmar | 0.0088 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Mali | 0.0063 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Uganda | 0.0057 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Colombia | 0.0051 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Afghanistan | 0.0042 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 800.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Algeria | 0.0037 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Congo | 0.0033 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Cuba | 0.0029 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Mauritania | 0.0024 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Yemen | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Thailand | 0.0022 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Senegal | 0.0016 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Paraguay | 0.0014 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Nigeria | 0.0013 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Cameroon | 0.0012 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Indonesia | 0.0009 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Uzbekistan | 0.0007 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Egypt | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Albania | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Armenia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Burundi | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Benin | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bahamas | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Belarus | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Belize | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bhutan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Central African Republic | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Switzerland | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | China | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Comoros | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Cyprus | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Germany | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Djibouti | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Denmark | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Ecuador | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Estonia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Finland | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Fiji | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | France | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Gabon | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Georgia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Ghana | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Guinea | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Gambia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Greenland | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Guatemala | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Guyana | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Croatia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Haiti | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Hungary | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Ireland | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Iceland | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Israel | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Italy | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Jamaica | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Jordan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Japan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Kuwait | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Lebanon | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Liberia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Libya | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Lithuania | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Latvia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Mongolia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Malaysia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | New Caledonia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Niger | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Norway | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Nepal | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | New Zealand | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Panama | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Philippines | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Poland | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Puerto Rico | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Palestine | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Romania | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Rwanda | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | El Salvador | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | South Sudan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Suriname | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Slovenia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Sweden | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Chad | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Togo | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Ukraine | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Uruguay | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 6.03 t per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.