Fires in organic soils — Emissions in World
World: Fires in organic soils — Emissions was 2,434 kt in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2023)
2,434 kt
Change on year
up 2,727.2%
Rank
1st
of 32 regions
All-time high
9,112 kt
in 1997
All-time low
86.1 kt
in 2022
Years of data
34
1990–2023
Fires in organic soils — Emissions in World, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
In 2023, fires in organic soils — emissions in World stood at 2,434 kt.
The figure is up 2,727.2% on the previous year and up 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fires in organic soils — emissions in World peaked at 9,112 kt in 1997 and was at its lowest, 86.1 kt, in 2022.
World ranks 1st of 32 regions on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fires in organic soils — Emissions in World, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,268 kt | — |
| 1991 | 2,268 kt | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,268 kt | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 2,268 kt | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,268 kt | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,268 kt | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 703.31 kt | -69.0% |
| 1997 | 9,112 kt | +1195.6% |
| 1998 | 2,278 kt | -75.0% |
| 1999 | 1,036 kt | -54.5% |
| 2000 | 361.87 kt | -65.1% |
| 2001 | 372.49 kt | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 4,986 kt | +1238.6% |
| 2003 | 1,601 kt | -67.9% |
| 2004 | 4,903 kt | +206.3% |
| 2005 | 2,294 kt | -53.2% |
| 2006 | 5,879 kt | +156.2% |
| 2007 | 545.29 kt | -90.7% |
| 2008 | 346.84 kt | -36.4% |
| 2009 | 4,060 kt | +1070.6% |
| 2010 | 401.6 kt | -90.1% |
| 2011 | 2,001 kt | +398.3% |
| 2012 | 2,072 kt | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 1,882 kt | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 5,092 kt | +170.6% |
| 2015 | 5,295 kt | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 681.56 kt | -87.1% |
| 2017 | 235.24 kt | -65.5% |
| 2018 | 2,015 kt | +756.7% |
| 2019 | 4,141 kt | +105.5% |
| 2020 | 437.57 kt | -89.4% |
| 2021 | 188.01 kt | -57.0% |
| 2022 | 86.1 kt | -54.2% |
| 2023 | 2,434 kt | +2727.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,673 kt | 703.31 kt | 9,112 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,535 kt | 346.84 kt | 5,879 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,382 kt | 235.24 kt | 5,295 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 786.48 kt | 86.1 kt | 2,434 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Indonesia 2,381 kt compare
- 2 Myanmar 37.23 kt compare
- 3 Malaysia 15.86 kt compare
- 4 Afghanistan 0 kt
- 4 Albania 0 kt
- 4 Algeria 0 kt
- 4 American Samoa 0 kt
- 4 Andorra 0 kt
- 4 Angola 0 kt
- 4 Anguilla 0 kt
- 4 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt
- 4 Argentina 0 kt
- 4 Armenia 0 kt
- 4 Aruba 0 kt
- 4 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt
- 4 Australia 0 kt
- 4 Austria 0 kt
- 4 Azerbaijan 0 kt
- 4 Bahamas 0 kt
- 4 Bahrain 0 kt
- 4 Bangladesh 0 kt
- 4 Barbados 0 kt
- 4 Belarus 0 kt
- 4 Belgium 0 kt
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 kt
- 4 Belize 0 kt
- 4 Benin 0 kt
- 4 Bermuda 0 kt
- 4 Bhutan 0 kt
- 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt
- 4 Botswana 0 kt
- 4 Brazil 0 kt
- 4 British Virgin Islands 0 kt
- 4 Brunei Darussalam 0 kt compare
- 4 Bulgaria 0 kt
- 4 Burkina Faso 0 kt
- 4 Burundi 0 kt
- 4 Cambodia 0 kt
- 4 Cameroon 0 kt
- 4 Canada 0 kt
- 4 Cayman Islands 0 kt
- 4 Central African Republic 0 kt
- 4 Chad 0 kt
- 4 Chile 0 kt
- 4 China (People’s Republic of) 0 kt
- 4 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kt
- 4 China, Macao SAR 0 kt
- 4 China, mainland 0 kt
- 4 China, Taiwan Province of 0 kt
- 4 Colombia 0 kt
- 4 Comoros 0 kt
- 4 Congo 0 kt
- 4 Cook Islands 0 kt
- 4 Costa Rica 0 kt
- 4 Croatia 0 kt
- 4 Cuba 0 kt
- 4 Cyprus 0 kt
- 4 Czechia 0 kt
- 4 Denmark 0 kt
- 4 Djibouti 0 kt
- 4 Dominica 0 kt
- 4 Dominican Republic 0 kt
- 4 Ecuador 0 kt
- 4 Egypt 0 kt
- 4 El Salvador 0 kt
- 4 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt
- 4 Eritrea 0 kt
- 4 Estonia 0 kt
- 4 Eswatini 0 kt
- 4 Ethiopia 0 kt
- 4 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 kt
- 4 Faroe Islands 0 kt
- 4 Fiji 0 kt
- 4 Finland 0 kt
- 4 France 0 kt
- 4 French Guiana 0 kt
- 4 French Polynesia 0 kt
- 4 Gabon 0 kt
- 4 Gambia 0 kt
- 4 Georgia 0 kt
- 4 Germany 0 kt
- 4 Ghana 0 kt
- 4 Gibraltar 0 kt
- 4 Greece 0 kt
- 4 Greenland 0 kt
- 4 Grenada 0 kt
- 4 Guadeloupe 0 kt
- 4 Guam 0 kt
- 4 Guatemala 0 kt
- 4 Guinea 0 kt
- 4 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt
- 4 Guyana 0 kt
- 4 Haiti 0 kt
- 4 Honduras 0 kt
- 4 Hungary 0 kt
- 4 Iceland 0 kt
- 4 India 0 kt
- 4 Iraq 0 kt
- 4 Ireland 0 kt
- 4 Isle of Man 0 kt
- 4 Israel 0 kt
- 4 Italy 0 kt
- 4 Jamaica 0 kt
- 4 Japan 0 kt
- 4 Jordan 0 kt
- 4 Kazakhstan 0 kt
- 4 Kenya 0 kt
- 4 Kiribati 0 kt
- 4 Kuwait 0 kt
- 4 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt
- 4 Latvia 0 kt
- 4 Lebanon 0 kt
- 4 Lesotho 0 kt
- 4 Liberia 0 kt
- 4 Libya 0 kt
- 4 Lithuania 0 kt
- 4 Luxembourg 0 kt
- 4 Madagascar 0 kt
- 4 Malawi 0 kt
- 4 Maldives 0 kt
- 4 Mali 0 kt
- 4 Malta 0 kt
- 4 Marshall Islands 0 kt
- 4 Martinique 0 kt
- 4 Mauritania 0 kt
- 4 Mauritius 0 kt
- 4 Mayotte 0 kt
- 4 Mexico 0 kt
- 4 Mongolia 0 kt
- 4 Montenegro 0 kt
- 4 Montserrat 0 kt
- 4 Morocco 0 kt
- 4 Mozambique 0 kt
- 4 Namibia 0 kt
- 4 Naoero 0 kt
- 4 Nepal 0 kt
- 4 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 kt
- 4 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 kt
- 4 New Caledonia 0 kt
- 4 New Zealand 0 kt
- 4 Nicaragua 0 kt
- 4 Niger 0 kt
- 4 Nigeria 0 kt
- 4 Niue 0 kt
- 4 Norfolk Island 0 kt
- 4 North Macedonia 0 kt
- 4 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt
- 4 Norway 0 kt
- 4 Oman 0 kt
- 4 Pakistan 0 kt
- 4 Palau 0 kt
- 4 Palestine, State of 0 kt
- 4 Panama 0 kt
- 4 Papua New Guinea 0 kt
- 4 Paraguay 0 kt
- 4 Peru 0 kt
- 4 Philippines 0 kt
- 4 Pitcairn 0 kt
- 4 Poland 0 kt
- 4 Portugal 0 kt
- 4 Puerto Rico 0 kt
- 4 Qatar 0 kt
- 4 Republic of Korea 0 kt
- 4 Réunion 0 kt
- 4 Romania 0 kt
- 4 Russian Federation 0 kt
- 4 Rwanda 0 kt
- 4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt
- 4 Saint Lucia 0 kt
- 4 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kt
- 4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt
- 4 Samoa 0 kt
- 4 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt
- 4 Saudi Arabia 0 kt
- 4 Senegal 0 kt
- 4 Serbia 0 kt
- 4 Serbia and Montenegro 0 kt
- 4 Seychelles 0 kt
- 4 Sierra Leone 0 kt
- 4 Singapore 0 kt
- 4 Slovak Republic 0 kt
- 4 Slovenia 0 kt
- 4 Solomon Islands 0 kt
- 4 Somalia 0 kt
- 4 South Africa 0 kt
- 4 South Sudan 0 kt
- 4 Spain 0 kt
- 4 Sri Lanka 0 kt
- 4 Sudan 0 kt
- 4 Sudan (former) 0 kt
- 4 Suriname 0 kt
- 4 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt
- 4 Sweden 0 kt
- 4 Switzerland 0 kt
- 4 Tajikistan 0 kt
- 4 Thailand 0 kt compare
- 4 Togo 0 kt
- 4 Tokelau 0 kt
- 4 Tonga 0 kt
- 4 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt
- 4 Tunisia 0 kt
- 4 Turkmenistan 0 kt
- 4 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt
- 4 Tuvalu 0 kt
- 4 Uganda 0 kt
- 4 Ukraine 0 kt
- 4 United Arab Emirates 0 kt
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 kt
- 4 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt
- 4 Uruguay 0 kt
- 4 Uzbekistan 0 kt
- 4 Vanuatu 0 kt
- 4 Western Sahara 0 kt
- 4 Yemen 0 kt
- 4 Zambia 0 kt
- 4 Zimbabwe 0 kt
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 0 kt
- 4 OECD 0 kt
More climate change data for World
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 4.94 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1.27 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3.67 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4,791 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 130,918 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.64 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 957,726 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 685,096 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3,614 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 24,468 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fires in organic soils — emissions in World?
- Fires in organic soils — emissions in World was 2,434 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fires in organic soils — emissions recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 9,112 kt in 1997.
- What is the lowest fires in organic soils — emissions recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.1 kt in 2022.
- How does World rank for fires in organic soils — emissions?
- World ranks 1st out of 32 regions with data for 2023.
- Is fires in organic soils — emissions rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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