Fires in organic soils — Burning crop residues in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Fires in organic soils — Burning crop residues was 313,919 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
313,919 t
World rank
3rd
of 21 countries
All-time high
1.36 million t
in 2002
All-time low
0 t
in 2001
Years of data
35
1990–2024
Fires in organic soils — Burning crop residues in Viet Nam, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Viet Nam recorded 313,919 t for fires in organic soils — burning crop residues in 2024.
The figure is down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fires in organic soils — burning crop residues in Viet Nam peaked at 1.36 million t in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 2001.
That places Viet Nam 3rd out of 21 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fires in organic soils — Burning crop residues in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 173,259 t | — |
| 1991 | 173,259 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 173,259 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 173,259 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 173,259 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 173,259 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 146,109 t | -15.7% |
| 1997 | 101,832 t | -30.3% |
| 1998 | 200,143 t | +96.5% |
| 1999 | 174,460 t | -12.8% |
| 2000 | 127,732 t | -26.8% |
| 2001 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2002 | 1.36 million t | — |
| 2003 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2004 | 307,893 t | — |
| 2005 | 265,627 t | -13.7% |
| 2006 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2007 | 24,148 t | — |
| 2008 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2009 | 24,148 t | — |
| 2010 | 132,814 t | +450.0% |
| 2011 | 18,111 t | -86.4% |
| 2012 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2013 | 1.20 million t | — |
| 2014 | 368,266 t | -69.2% |
| 2015 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 0 t | — |
| 2017 | 0 t | — |
| 2018 | 12,074 t | — |
| 2019 | 6,037 t | -50.0% |
| 2020 | 241,476 t | +3899.8% |
| 2021 | 6,037 t | -97.5% |
| 2022 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0 t | — |
| 2024 | 313,919 t | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 166,210 t | 101,832 t | 200,143 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 210,788 t | 0 t | 1.36 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 173,264 t | 0 t | 1.20 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 112,286 t | 0 t | 313,919 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
- 1 Indonesia 9.80 million t compare
- 2 Malaysia 2.92 million t compare
- 3 Myanmar 2.06 million t compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 t
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 t
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 t
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 t
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 t
- 4 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 t
- 4 Republic of Moldova 0 t
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 0 t
- 4 Thailand 18,107 t compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 0 t
- 4 Türkiye 0 t
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 0 t
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 t
- 4 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 t
- 4 Melanesia 0 t
- 4 Micronesia 0 t
- 4 Polynesia 0 t
- 5 Afghanistan 0 t
- 5 Albania 0 t
- 5 Algeria 0 t
- 5 American Samoa 0 t
- 5 Andorra 0 t
- 5 Angola 0 t
- 5 Anguilla 0 t
- 5 Antigua and Barbuda 0 t
- 5 Argentina 0 t
- 5 Armenia 0 t
- 5 Aruba 0 t
- 5 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 t
- 5 Australia 0 t
- 5 Austria 0 t
- 5 Azerbaijan 0 t
- 5 Bahamas 0 t
- 5 Bahrain 0 t
- 5 Bangladesh 0 t
- 5 Barbados 0 t
- 5 Belarus 0 t
- 5 Belgium 0 t
- 5 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 t
- 5 Belize 0 t
- 5 Benin 0 t
- 5 Bermuda 0 t
- 5 Bhutan 0 t
- 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 t
- 5 Botswana 0 t
- 5 Brazil 0 t
- 5 British Virgin Islands 0 t
- 5 Brunei Darussalam 0 t compare
- 5 Bulgaria 0 t
- 5 Burkina Faso 0 t
- 5 Burundi 0 t
- 5 Cabo Verde 0 t
- 5 Cambodia 0 t
- 5 Cameroon 0 t
- 5 Canada 0 t
- 5 Cayman Islands 0 t
- 5 Central African Republic 0 t
- 5 Chad 0 t
- 5 Chile 0 t
- 5 China 0 t
- 5 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 t
- 5 China, Macao SAR 0 t
- 5 China, mainland 0 t
- 5 China, Taiwan Province of 0 t
- 5 Colombia 0 t
- 5 Comoros 0 t
- 5 Congo 0 t
- 5 Cook Islands 0 t
- 5 Costa Rica 0 t
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 0 t
- 5 Croatia 0 t
- 5 Cuba 0 t
- 5 Cyprus 0 t
- 5 Czechia 0 t
- 5 Denmark 0 t
- 5 Djibouti 0 t
- 5 Dominica 0 t
- 5 Dominican Republic 0 t
- 5 Ecuador 0 t
- 5 Egypt 0 t
- 5 El Salvador 0 t
- 5 Equatorial Guinea 0 t
- 5 Eritrea 0 t
- 5 Estonia 0 t
- 5 Eswatini 0 t
- 5 Ethiopia 0 t
- 5 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 t
- 5 Faroe Islands 0 t
- 5 Fiji 0 t
- 5 Finland 0 t
- 5 France 0 t
- 5 French Guiana 0 t
- 5 French Polynesia 0 t
- 5 Gabon 0 t
- 5 Gambia 0 t
- 5 Georgia 0 t
- 5 Germany 0 t
- 5 Ghana 0 t
- 5 Gibraltar 0 t
- 5 Greece 0 t
- 5 Greenland 0 t
- 5 Grenada 0 t
- 5 Guadeloupe 0 t
- 5 Guam 0 t
- 5 Guatemala 0 t
- 5 Guinea 0 t
- 5 Guinea-Bissau 0 t
- 5 Guyana 0 t
- 5 Haiti 0 t
- 5 Honduras 0 t
- 5 Hungary 0 t
- 5 Iceland 0 t
- 5 India 0 t
- 5 Iraq 0 t
- 5 Ireland 0 t
- 5 Isle of Man 0 t
- 5 Israel 0 t
- 5 Italy 0 t
- 5 Jamaica 0 t
- 5 Japan 0 t
- 5 Jordan 0 t
- 5 Kazakhstan 0 t
- 5 Kenya 0 t
- 5 Kiribati 0 t
- 5 Kuwait 0 t
- 5 Kyrgyzstan 0 t
- 5 Latvia 0 t
- 5 Lebanon 0 t
- 5 Lesotho 0 t
- 5 Liberia 0 t
- 5 Libya 0 t
- 5 Lithuania 0 t
- 5 Luxembourg 0 t
- 5 Madagascar 0 t
- 5 Malawi 0 t
- 5 Maldives 0 t
- 5 Mali 0 t
- 5 Malta 0 t
- 5 Marshall Islands 0 t
- 5 Martinique 0 t
- 5 Mauritania 0 t
- 5 Mauritius 0 t
- 5 Mayotte 0 t
- 5 Mexico 0 t
- 5 Mongolia 0 t
- 5 Montenegro 0 t
- 5 Montserrat 0 t
- 5 Morocco 0 t
- 5 Mozambique 0 t
- 5 Namibia 0 t
- 5 Naoero 0 t
- 5 Nepal 0 t
- 5 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 t
- 5 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 t
- 5 New Caledonia 0 t
- 5 New Zealand 0 t
- 5 Nicaragua 0 t
- 5 Niger 0 t
- 5 Nigeria 0 t
- 5 Niue 0 t
- 5 Norfolk Island 0 t
- 5 North Macedonia 0 t
- 5 Northern Mariana Islands 0 t
- 5 Norway 0 t
- 5 Oman 0 t
- 5 Pakistan 0 t
- 5 Palau 0 t
- 5 Palestine, State of 0 t
- 5 Panama 0 t
- 5 Papua New Guinea 0 t
- 5 Paraguay 0 t
- 5 Peru 0 t
- 5 Philippines 0 t
- 5 Pitcairn 0 t
- 5 Poland 0 t
- 5 Portugal 0 t
- 5 Puerto Rico 0 t
- 5 Qatar 0 t
- 5 Republic of Korea 0 t
- 5 Réunion 0 t
- 5 Romania 0 t
- 5 Russian Federation 0 t
- 5 Rwanda 0 t
- 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 t
- 5 Saint Lucia 0 t
- 5 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 t
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 t
- 5 Samoa 0 t
- 5 Sao Tome and Principe 0 t
- 5 Saudi Arabia 0 t
- 5 Senegal 0 t
- 5 Serbia 0 t
- 5 Serbia and Montenegro 0 t
- 5 Seychelles 0 t
- 5 Sierra Leone 0 t
- 5 Singapore 0 t
- 5 Slovakia 0 t
- 5 Slovenia 0 t
- 5 Solomon Islands 0 t
- 5 Somalia 0 t
- 5 South Africa 0 t
- 5 South Sudan 0 t
- 5 Spain 0 t
- 5 Sri Lanka 0 t
- 5 Sudan 0 t
- 5 Sudan (former) 0 t
- 5 Suriname 0 t
- 5 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 t
- 5 Sweden 0 t
- 5 Switzerland 0 t
- 5 Tajikistan 0 t
- 5 Togo 0 t
- 5 Tokelau 0 t
- 5 Tonga 0 t
- 5 Trinidad and Tobago 0 t
- 5 Tunisia 0 t
- 5 Turkmenistan 0 t
- 5 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 t
- 5 Tuvalu 0 t
- 5 Uganda 0 t
- 5 Ukraine 0 t
- 5 United Arab Emirates 0 t
- 5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 t
- 5 United States Virgin Islands 0 t
- 5 Uruguay 0 t
- 5 Uzbekistan 0 t
- 5 Vanuatu 0 t
- 5 Western Sahara 0 t
- 5 Yemen 0 t
- 5 Zambia 0 t
- 5 Zimbabwe 0 t
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 0 t
- 5 OECD 0 t
More climate change data for Viet Nam
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.36 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 53,097 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 14,545 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 38,552 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 54.89 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,377 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 45,316 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,321 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 34,995 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 38.95 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fires in organic soils — burning crop residues in Viet Nam?
- Fires in organic soils — burning crop residues in Viet Nam was 313,919 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fires in organic soils — burning crop residues recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 1.36 million t in 2002.
- What is the lowest fires in organic soils — burning crop residues recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 2001.
- How does Viet Nam rank for fires in organic soils — burning crop residues?
- Viet Nam ranks 3rd out of 21 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fires in organic soils — burning crop residues rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fires in organic soils — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.