Fires in humid tropical forests — Emissions (CH4) by country
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...
What the numbers show
Fires in humid tropical forests — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 286.29 kt in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 kt in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.4098 kt, and the mean is 16.97 kt.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 712.1%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).
Fires in humid tropical forests — Emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 286.29 kt | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 2 | Zambia | 262.34 kt | 2023 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 193.16 kt | 2023 | up 202.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Angola | 189.34 kt | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 5 | Myanmar | 148.46 kt | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 6 | Mozambique | 63.97 kt | 2023 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 40.38 kt | 2023 | up 80.1% | falling |
| 8 | Sudan (former) | 34.19 kt | 2011 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 9 | South Sudan | 30.91 kt | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 10 | Cambodia | 25.84 kt | 2023 | down 52.4% | flat |
| 11 | Nepal | 24.85 kt | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Indonesia | 22.73 kt | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 13 | India | 15.17 kt | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Honduras | 12.1 kt | 2023 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Cameroon | 11.93 kt | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 16 | OECD | 11.88 kt | 2023 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Chad | 11.49 kt | 2023 | down 54.4% | flat |
| 18 | Mexico | 9.68 kt | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 7.57 kt | 2023 | up 261.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Madagascar | 6.9 kt | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 21 | Nigeria | 6.51 kt | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Congo | 5.52 kt | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 23 | Malawi | 3.53 kt | 2023 | down 56.8% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 3.37 kt | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 3.07 kt | 2023 | down 62.1% | flat |
| 26 | Argentina | 2.45 kt | 2023 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 2.19 kt | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.19 kt | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Peru | 2.18 kt | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Belize | 2.17 kt | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Cuba | 2.11 kt | 2023 | up 129.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Paraguay | 2.08 kt | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Guatemala | 1.86 kt | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Liberia | 1.46 kt | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 1.25 kt | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.17 kt | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Guinea | 0.9577 kt | 2023 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Bangladesh | 0.9218 kt | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Ghana | 0.8112 kt | 2023 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Gabon | 0.7313 kt | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 41 | Senegal | 0.5189 kt | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 0.4788 kt | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Guyana | 0.4415 kt | 2023 | up 151.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Philippines | 0.378 kt | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Bahamas | 0.3145 kt | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Benin | 0.3006 kt | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Uganda | 0.2021 kt | 2023 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Togo | 0.1942 kt | 2023 | up 305.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Suriname | 0.1941 kt | 2023 | up 712.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Malaysia | 0.1463 kt | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Panama | 0.1117 kt | 2023 | up 281.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Fiji | 0.0852 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 0.0532 kt | 2023 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Ecuador | 0.0266 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Bhutan | 0.024 kt | 2023 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 56 | French Guiana | 0.0239 kt | 2023 | up 350.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0133 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | South Africa | 0.0133 kt | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 0.0107 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 0.008 kt | 2023 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 61 | China | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 61 | Sudan | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 61 | El Salvador | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 61 | China, mainland | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 61 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Burundi | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Comoros | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Gambia | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Grenada | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Haiti | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Jamaica | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Kenya | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Mali | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | French Polynesia | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Singapore | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Samoa | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Mayotte | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Montserrat | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2,120 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,596 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 2,117 kt
- Middle Africa 925.98 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1,617 kt
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 420.66 kt
- Africa 1,360 kt
- Asia 343.23 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 932.57 kt
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 169.44 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 856.08 kt
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 61.85 kt
- Eastern Africa 421.51 kt
- United Republic of Tanzania 50.58 kt
- Americas 412.53 kt
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 7.87 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 412.51 kt
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.15 kt
- South America 376.51 kt
- Viet Nam 2.35 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 302.26 kt
- Melanesia 1.35 kt
- Southern Asia 40.97 kt
- Timor-Leste 0.1117 kt
- Central America 33.56 kt
- Polynesia 0 kt
- Western Africa 12.7 kt
- Oceania 3.53 kt
- Caribbean 2.43 kt
- Annex I countries 2.24 kt
- Côte d'Ivoire 0.3006 kt
- Northern America 0.016 kt
- United States of America 0.016 kt
- Southern Africa 0.0133 kt
- Northern Africa 0.0053 kt
- Eastern Asia 0.0053 kt
About this data
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