Fires in humid tropical forests — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 8,016 kt in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 kt in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.47 kt, and the mean is 475.12 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 (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 8,016 kt | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 2 | Zambia | 7,345 kt | 2023 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 5,408 kt | 2023 | up 202.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Angola | 5,302 kt | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 5 | Myanmar | 4,157 kt | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 6 | Mozambique | 1,791 kt | 2023 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 1,131 kt | 2023 | up 80.1% | falling |
| 8 | Sudan (former) | 957.36 kt | 2011 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 9 | South Sudan | 865.47 kt | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 10 | Cambodia | 723.44 kt | 2023 | down 52.4% | flat |
| 11 | Nepal | 695.67 kt | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Indonesia | 636.54 kt | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 13 | India | 424.89 kt | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Honduras | 338.85 kt | 2023 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Cameroon | 333.96 kt | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 16 | OECD | 332.75 kt | 2023 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Chad | 321.66 kt | 2023 | down 54.4% | flat |
| 18 | Mexico | 271.11 kt | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 212.05 kt | 2023 | up 261.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Madagascar | 193.32 kt | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 21 | Nigeria | 182.31 kt | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Congo | 154.64 kt | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 23 | Malawi | 98.94 kt | 2023 | down 56.8% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 94.41 kt | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 85.94 kt | 2023 | down 62.1% | flat |
| 26 | Argentina | 68.59 kt | 2023 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 61.2 kt | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia and New Zealand | 61.2 kt | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Peru | 61 kt | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Belize | 60.83 kt | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Cuba | 59.15 kt | 2023 | up 129.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Paraguay | 58.36 kt | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Guatemala | 52.18 kt | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Liberia | 40.88 kt | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 35.08 kt | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.63 kt | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Guinea | 26.82 kt | 2023 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Bangladesh | 25.81 kt | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Ghana | 22.71 kt | 2023 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Gabon | 20.48 kt | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 41 | Senegal | 14.53 kt | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 13.41 kt | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Guyana | 12.36 kt | 2023 | up 151.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Philippines | 10.58 kt | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Bahamas | 8.81 kt | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Benin | 8.42 kt | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Uganda | 5.66 kt | 2023 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Togo | 5.44 kt | 2023 | up 305.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Suriname | 5.43 kt | 2023 | up 712.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Malaysia | 4.1 kt | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Panama | 3.13 kt | 2023 | up 281.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Fiji | 2.39 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 1.49 kt | 2023 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Ecuador | 0.7448 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Bhutan | 0.672 kt | 2023 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 56 | French Guiana | 0.6692 kt | 2023 | up 350.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.3724 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | South Africa | 0.3724 kt | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 0.2996 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 0.224 kt | 2023 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 61 | China | 0.1484 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 61 | Sudan | 0.1484 kt | 2023 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 61 | El Salvador | 0.1484 kt | 2023 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 61 | China, mainland | 0.1484 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 61 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.1484 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 59,346 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 44,699 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 59,283 kt
- Middle Africa 25,927 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 45,276 kt
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 11,778 kt
- Africa 38,086 kt
- Asia 9,610 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 26,112 kt
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,744 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 23,970 kt
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,732 kt
- Eastern Africa 11,802 kt
- United Republic of Tanzania 1,416 kt
- Americas 11,551 kt
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 220.32 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 11,550 kt
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 88.1 kt
- South America 10,542 kt
- Viet Nam 65.73 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 8,463 kt
- Melanesia 37.76 kt
- Southern Asia 1,147 kt
- Timor-Leste 3.13 kt
- Central America 939.78 kt
- Polynesia 0 kt
- Western Africa 355.56 kt
- Oceania 98.96 kt
- Caribbean 68.18 kt
- Annex I countries 62.61 kt
- Côte d'Ivoire 8.42 kt
- Northern America 0.448 kt
- United States of America 0.448 kt
- Southern Africa 0.3724 kt
- Northern Africa 0.1484 kt
- Eastern Asia 0.1484 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