Fires in organic soils — Emissions in Thailand

Thailand: Fires in organic soils — Emissions was 0.3803 kt in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
0.3803 kt
World rank
4th
of 218 countries
All-time high
16.35 kt
in 2004
All-time low
0 kt
in 2001
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Fires in organic soils — Emissions in Thailand, 1990–2024

0510151990200720241990: 1.2 kt1991: 1.2 kt1992: 1.2 kt1993: 1.2 kt1994: 1.2 kt1995: 1.2 kt1996: 0.273 kt1997: 0.455 kt1998: 2.1 kt1999: 0.321 kt2000: 0.27 kt2001: 0 kt2002: 4.2 kt2003: 0 kt2004: 16.4 kt2005: 0 kt2006: 0 kt2007: 0 kt2008: 0 kt2009: 0 kt2010: 4.3 kt2011: 0 kt2012: 0 kt2013: 0 kt2014: 6.5 kt2015: 0 kt2016: 0.254 kt2017: 0 kt2018: 0 kt2019: 0 kt2020: 0 kt2021: 0 kt2022: 0 kt2023: 0 kt2024: 0.38 kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

Thailand recorded 0.3803 kt for fires in organic soils — emissions in 2024.

The figure is down 94.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fires in organic soils — emissions in Thailand peaked at 16.35 kt in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0 kt, in 2001.

That places Thailand 4th out of 218 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 — Emissions in Thailand, year by year

Annual values for Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CH4) in Thailand, 1990 to 2024.
Year kt Change
1990 1.22 kt
1991 1.22 kt +0.0%
1992 1.22 kt +0.0%
1993 1.22 kt +0.0%
1994 1.22 kt +0.0%
1995 1.22 kt +0.0%
1996 0.2726 kt -77.6%
1997 0.4551 kt +66.9%
1998 2.08 kt +357.9%
1999 0.3214 kt -84.6%
2000 0.2699 kt -16.0%
2001 0 kt -100.0%
2002 4.18 kt
2003 0 kt -100.0%
2004 16.35 kt
2005 0 kt -100.0%
2006 0 kt
2007 0 kt
2008 0 kt
2009 0 kt
2010 4.31 kt
2011 0 kt -100.0%
2012 0 kt
2013 0 kt
2014 6.46 kt
2015 0 kt -100.0%
2016 0.2535 kt
2017 0 kt -100.0%
2018 0 kt
2019 0 kt
2020 0 kt
2021 0 kt
2022 0 kt
2023 0 kt
2024 0.3803 kt

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.04 kt 0.2726 kt 2.08 kt 10
2000s 2.08 kt 0 kt 16.35 kt 10
2010s 1.1 kt 0 kt 6.46 kt 10
2020s 0.0761 kt 0 kt 0.3803 kt 5

Countries ranked near Thailand

  1. 1 Indonesia 205.22 kt compare
  2. 2 Malaysia 61.14 kt compare
  3. 3 Myanmar 43.34 kt compare
  4. 5 Afghanistan 0 kt
  5. 5 Albania 0 kt
  6. 5 Algeria 0 kt
  7. 5 American Samoa 0 kt
  8. 5 Andorra 0 kt
  9. 5 Angola 0 kt
  10. 5 Anguilla 0 kt
  11. 5 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt
  12. 5 Argentina 0 kt
  13. 5 Armenia 0 kt
  14. 5 Aruba 0 kt
  15. 5 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt
  16. 5 Australia 0 kt
  17. 5 Austria 0 kt
  18. 5 Azerbaijan 0 kt
  19. 5 Bahamas 0 kt
  20. 5 Bahrain 0 kt
  21. 5 Bangladesh 0 kt
  22. 5 Barbados 0 kt
  23. 5 Belarus 0 kt
  24. 5 Belgium 0 kt
  25. 5 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 kt
  26. 5 Belize 0 kt
  27. 5 Benin 0 kt
  28. 5 Bermuda 0 kt
  29. 5 Bhutan 0 kt
  30. 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt
  31. 5 Botswana 0 kt
  32. 5 Brazil 0 kt
  33. 5 British Virgin Islands 0 kt
  34. 5 Brunei Darussalam 0 kt compare
  35. 5 Bulgaria 0 kt
  36. 5 Burkina Faso 0 kt
  37. 5 Burundi 0 kt
  38. 5 Cambodia 0 kt
  39. 5 Cameroon 0 kt
  40. 5 Canada 0 kt
  41. 5 Cayman Islands 0 kt
  42. 5 Central African Republic 0 kt
  43. 5 Chad 0 kt
  44. 5 Chile 0 kt
  45. 5 China 0 kt
  46. 5 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kt
  47. 5 China, Macao SAR 0 kt
  48. 5 China, mainland 0 kt
  49. 5 China, Taiwan Province of 0 kt
  50. 5 Colombia 0 kt
  51. 5 Comoros 0 kt
  52. 5 Congo 0 kt
  53. 5 Cook Islands 0 kt
  54. 5 Costa Rica 0 kt
  55. 5 Croatia 0 kt
  56. 5 Cuba 0 kt
  57. 5 Cyprus 0 kt
  58. 5 Czechia 0 kt
  59. 5 Denmark 0 kt
  60. 5 Djibouti 0 kt
  61. 5 Dominica 0 kt
  62. 5 Dominican Republic 0 kt
  63. 5 Ecuador 0 kt
  64. 5 Egypt 0 kt
  65. 5 El Salvador 0 kt
  66. 5 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt
  67. 5 Eritrea 0 kt
  68. 5 Estonia 0 kt
  69. 5 Eswatini 0 kt
  70. 5 Ethiopia 0 kt
  71. 5 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 kt
  72. 5 Faroe Islands 0 kt
  73. 5 Fiji 0 kt
  74. 5 Finland 0 kt
  75. 5 France 0 kt
  76. 5 French Guiana 0 kt
  77. 5 French Polynesia 0 kt
  78. 5 Gabon 0 kt
  79. 5 Gambia 0 kt
  80. 5 Georgia 0 kt
  81. 5 Germany 0 kt
  82. 5 Ghana 0 kt
  83. 5 Gibraltar 0 kt
  84. 5 Greece 0 kt
  85. 5 Greenland 0 kt
  86. 5 Grenada 0 kt
  87. 5 Guadeloupe 0 kt
  88. 5 Guam 0 kt
  89. 5 Guatemala 0 kt
  90. 5 Guinea 0 kt
  91. 5 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt
  92. 5 Guyana 0 kt
  93. 5 Haiti 0 kt
  94. 5 Honduras 0 kt
  95. 5 Hungary 0 kt
  96. 5 Iceland 0 kt
  97. 5 India 0 kt
  98. 5 Iraq 0 kt
  99. 5 Ireland 0 kt
  100. 5 Isle of Man 0 kt
  101. 5 Israel 0 kt
  102. 5 Italy 0 kt
  103. 5 Jamaica 0 kt
  104. 5 Japan 0 kt
  105. 5 Jordan 0 kt
  106. 5 Kazakhstan 0 kt
  107. 5 Kenya 0 kt
  108. 5 Kiribati 0 kt
  109. 5 Kuwait 0 kt
  110. 5 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt
  111. 5 Latvia 0 kt
  112. 5 Lebanon 0 kt
  113. 5 Lesotho 0 kt
  114. 5 Liberia 0 kt
  115. 5 Libya 0 kt
  116. 5 Lithuania 0 kt
  117. 5 Luxembourg 0 kt
  118. 5 Madagascar 0 kt
  119. 5 Malawi 0 kt
  120. 5 Maldives 0 kt
  121. 5 Mali 0 kt
  122. 5 Malta 0 kt
  123. 5 Marshall Islands 0 kt
  124. 5 Martinique 0 kt
  125. 5 Mauritania 0 kt
  126. 5 Mauritius 0 kt
  127. 5 Mayotte 0 kt
  128. 5 Mexico 0 kt
  129. 5 Mongolia 0 kt
  130. 5 Montenegro 0 kt
  131. 5 Montserrat 0 kt
  132. 5 Morocco 0 kt
  133. 5 Mozambique 0 kt
  134. 5 Namibia 0 kt
  135. 5 Naoero 0 kt
  136. 5 Nepal 0 kt
  137. 5 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 kt
  138. 5 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 kt
  139. 5 New Caledonia 0 kt
  140. 5 New Zealand 0 kt
  141. 5 Nicaragua 0 kt
  142. 5 Niger 0 kt
  143. 5 Nigeria 0 kt
  144. 5 Niue 0 kt
  145. 5 Norfolk Island 0 kt
  146. 5 North Macedonia 0 kt
  147. 5 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt
  148. 5 Norway 0 kt
  149. 5 Oman 0 kt
  150. 5 Pakistan 0 kt
  151. 5 Palau 0 kt
  152. 5 Palestine, State of 0 kt
  153. 5 Panama 0 kt
  154. 5 Papua New Guinea 0 kt
  155. 5 Paraguay 0 kt
  156. 5 Peru 0 kt
  157. 5 Philippines 0 kt
  158. 5 Pitcairn 0 kt
  159. 5 Poland 0 kt
  160. 5 Portugal 0 kt
  161. 5 Puerto Rico 0 kt
  162. 5 Qatar 0 kt
  163. 5 Republic of Korea 0 kt
  164. 5 Réunion 0 kt
  165. 5 Romania 0 kt
  166. 5 Russian Federation 0 kt
  167. 5 Rwanda 0 kt
  168. 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt
  169. 5 Saint Lucia 0 kt
  170. 5 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kt
  171. 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt
  172. 5 Samoa 0 kt
  173. 5 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt
  174. 5 Saudi Arabia 0 kt
  175. 5 Senegal 0 kt
  176. 5 Serbia 0 kt
  177. 5 Serbia and Montenegro 0 kt
  178. 5 Seychelles 0 kt
  179. 5 Sierra Leone 0 kt
  180. 5 Singapore 0 kt
  181. 5 Slovakia 0 kt
  182. 5 Slovenia 0 kt
  183. 5 Solomon Islands 0 kt
  184. 5 Somalia 0 kt
  185. 5 South Africa 0 kt
  186. 5 South Sudan 0 kt
  187. 5 Spain 0 kt
  188. 5 Sri Lanka 0 kt
  189. 5 Sudan 0 kt
  190. 5 Sudan (former) 0 kt
  191. 5 Suriname 0 kt
  192. 5 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt
  193. 5 Sweden 0 kt
  194. 5 Switzerland 0 kt
  195. 5 Tajikistan 0 kt
  196. 5 Togo 0 kt
  197. 5 Tokelau 0 kt
  198. 5 Tonga 0 kt
  199. 5 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt
  200. 5 Tunisia 0 kt
  201. 5 Turkmenistan 0 kt
  202. 5 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt
  203. 5 Tuvalu 0 kt
  204. 5 Uganda 0 kt
  205. 5 Ukraine 0 kt
  206. 5 United Arab Emirates 0 kt
  207. 5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 kt
  208. 5 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt
  209. 5 Uruguay 0 kt
  210. 5 Uzbekistan 0 kt
  211. 5 Vanuatu 0 kt
  212. 5 Western Sahara 0 kt
  213. 5 Yemen 0 kt
  214. 5 Zambia 0 kt
  215. 5 Zimbabwe 0 kt
  216. 5 Australia and New Zealand 0 kt
  217. 5 OECD 0 kt

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Frequently asked questions

What is fires in organic soils — emissions in Thailand?
Fires in organic soils — emissions in Thailand was 0.3803 kt in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fires in organic soils — emissions recorded in Thailand?
The highest recorded value was 16.35 kt in 2004.
What is the lowest fires in organic soils — emissions recorded in Thailand?
The lowest recorded value was 0 kt in 2001.
How does Thailand rank for fires in organic soils — emissions?
Thailand ranks 4th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is fires in organic soils — emissions rising or falling in Thailand?
Over the last ten years it is down 94.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Thailand 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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Indicator
Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 9,224 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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.