Fires in humid tropical forests — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (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 N2O (AR5) is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 6,927 kt in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 kt in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.58 kt, and the mean is 523.52 kt.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 704.5%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).
Fires in humid tropical forests — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 6,927 kt | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 2 | Zambia | 6,347 kt | 2023 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10,178 kt | 2023 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 4,674 kt | 2023 | up 202.1% | flat |
| 4 | Angola | 4,581 kt | 2023 | down 43.4% | rising |
| 5 | Myanmar | 3,592 kt | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 6 | Mozambique | 1,548 kt | 2023 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 977.11 kt | 2023 | up 80.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Sudan (former) | 827.28 kt | 2011 | up 31.6% | flat |
| 9 | South Sudan | 747.88 kt | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 10 | Cambodia | 625.16 kt | 2023 | down 52.4% | rising |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 56.79 kt | 2023 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 11 | Nepal | 601.15 kt | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Indonesia | 550.06 kt | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Timor-Leste | 2.7 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 13 | India | 367.16 kt | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Honduras | 292.82 kt | 2023 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Cameroon | 288.58 kt | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 16 | OECD | 287.55 kt | 2023 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Chad | 277.96 kt | 2023 | down 54.4% | rising |
| 18 | Mexico | 234.26 kt | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 183.25 kt | 2023 | up 261.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Madagascar | 167.06 kt | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 21 | Nigeria | 157.54 kt | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Congo | 133.64 kt | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 23 | Malawi | 85.49 kt | 2023 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Colombia | 81.59 kt | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 74.25 kt | 2023 | down 62.1% | rising |
| 26 | Argentina | 59.28 kt | 2023 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 52.89 kt | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia and New Zealand | 52.89 kt | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Peru | 52.71 kt | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Belize | 52.55 kt | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Cuba | 51.12 kt | 2023 | up 129.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Paraguay | 50.43 kt | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Guatemala | 45.08 kt | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Liberia | 35.32 kt | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 30.32 kt | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 28.2 kt | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Guinea | 23.16 kt | 2023 | down 83.6% | falling |
| 38 | Bangladesh | 22.31 kt | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Ghana | 19.64 kt | 2023 | up 136.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Gabon | 17.7 kt | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 41 | Senegal | 12.56 kt | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 11.58 kt | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Guyana | 10.68 kt | 2023 | up 151.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Philippines | 9.14 kt | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Bahamas | 7.61 kt | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Benin | 7.26 kt | 2023 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Uganda | 4.9 kt | 2023 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Suriname | 4.69 kt | 2023 | up 704.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Togo | 4.69 kt | 2023 | up 302.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Malaysia | 3.55 kt | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Panama | 2.7 kt | 2023 | up 277.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Fiji | 2.07 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 1.3 kt | 2023 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Ecuador | 0.636 kt | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Bhutan | 0.583 kt | 2023 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 55 | French Guiana | 0.583 kt | 2023 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.318 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | South Africa | 0.318 kt | 2023 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 0.265 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 0.1855 kt | 2023 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 61 | China | 0.1325 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 61 | Sudan | 0.1325 kt | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 61 | El Salvador | 0.1325 kt | 2023 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 61 | China, mainland | 0.1325 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 61 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.1325 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 | 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 | 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 51,283 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 38,626 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 51,229 kt
- Middle Africa 22,405 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 39,125 kt
- Africa 32,911 kt
- Asia 8,305 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 22,564 kt
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,100 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 20,713 kt
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,497 kt
- Eastern Africa 10,199 kt
- United Republic of Tanzania 1,224 kt
- Americas 9,981 kt
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 190.38 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 9,981 kt
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 76.13 kt
- South America 9,110 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 7,313 kt
- Melanesia 32.65 kt
- Southern Asia 991.21 kt
- Central America 812.09 kt
- Polynesia 0 kt
- Western Africa 307.21 kt
- Oceania 85.54 kt
- Caribbean 58.91 kt
- Annex I countries 54.14 kt
- Côte d'Ivoire 7.26 kt
- Northern America 0.3975 kt
- United States of America 0.3975 kt
- Southern Africa 0.318 kt
- Northern Africa 0.1325 kt
- Eastern Asia 0.1325 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