Fires in humid tropical forests — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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 (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 14,943 kt in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 kt in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.38 kt, and the mean is 885.69 kt.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 708.6%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).
Fires in humid tropical forests — Emissions (CO2eq): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 14,943 kt | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 2 | Zambia | 13,693 kt | 2023 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 10,082 kt | 2023 | up 202.1% | falling |
| 4 | Angola | 9,883 kt | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 5 | Myanmar | 7,749 kt | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 6 | Mozambique | 3,339 kt | 2023 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 2,108 kt | 2023 | up 80.1% | rising |
| 8 | Sudan (former) | 1,785 kt | 2011 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 9 | South Sudan | 1,613 kt | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 10 | Cambodia | 1,349 kt | 2023 | down 52.4% | rising |
| 11 | Nepal | 1,297 kt | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Indonesia | 1,187 kt | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 13 | India | 792.05 kt | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Honduras | 631.68 kt | 2023 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Cameroon | 622.55 kt | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 16 | OECD | 620.3 kt | 2023 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Chad | 599.61 kt | 2023 | down 54.4% | rising |
| 18 | Mexico | 505.37 kt | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 395.3 kt | 2023 | up 261.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Madagascar | 360.38 kt | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 21 | Nigeria | 339.85 kt | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Congo | 288.28 kt | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 23 | Malawi | 184.42 kt | 2023 | down 56.8% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 176.01 kt | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 160.19 kt | 2023 | down 62.1% | rising |
| 26 | Argentina | 127.87 kt | 2023 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 114.09 kt | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia and New Zealand | 114.09 kt | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Peru | 113.71 kt | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Belize | 113.38 kt | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Cuba | 110.27 kt | 2023 | up 129.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Paraguay | 108.79 kt | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Guatemala | 97.25 kt | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Liberia | 76.21 kt | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 65.39 kt | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 60.82 kt | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Guinea | 49.98 kt | 2023 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Bangladesh | 48.12 kt | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Ghana | 42.35 kt | 2023 | up 136.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Gabon | 38.18 kt | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 41 | Senegal | 27.09 kt | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 24.99 kt | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Guyana | 23.04 kt | 2023 | up 151.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Philippines | 19.73 kt | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Bahamas | 16.41 kt | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Benin | 15.68 kt | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Uganda | 10.56 kt | 2023 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Togo | 10.13 kt | 2023 | up 304.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Suriname | 10.13 kt | 2023 | up 708.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Malaysia | 7.65 kt | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Panama | 5.83 kt | 2023 | up 279.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Fiji | 4.45 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 2.79 kt | 2023 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Ecuador | 1.38 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Bhutan | 1.25 kt | 2023 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 56 | French Guiana | 1.25 kt | 2023 | up 345.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.6904 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | South Africa | 0.6904 kt | 2023 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 0.5646 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 0.4095 kt | 2023 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 61 | China | 0.2809 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 61 | Sudan | 0.2809 kt | 2023 | up 118.4% | volatile |
| 61 | El Salvador | 0.2809 kt | 2023 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 61 | China, mainland | 0.2809 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 61 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2809 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 110,629 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 83,326 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 110,512 kt
- Middle Africa 48,332 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 84,401 kt
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 21,957 kt
- Africa 70,997 kt
- Asia 17,915 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 48,676 kt
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,844 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 44,684 kt
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,228 kt
- Eastern Africa 22,001 kt
- United Republic of Tanzania 2,640 kt
- Americas 21,532 kt
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 410.69 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 21,531 kt
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 164.24 kt
- South America 19,652 kt
- Viet Nam 122.52 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 15,777 kt
- Melanesia 70.41 kt
- Southern Asia 2,138 kt
- Timor-Leste 5.83 kt
- Central America 1,752 kt
- Polynesia 0 kt
- Western Africa 662.77 kt
- Oceania 184.5 kt
- Caribbean 127.09 kt
- Annex I countries 116.75 kt
- Côte d'Ivoire 15.68 kt
- Northern America 0.8455 kt
- United States of America 0.8455 kt
- Southern Africa 0.6904 kt
- Northern Africa 0.2809 kt
- Eastern Asia 0.2809 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