Fires in organic soils — Emissions in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Fires in organic soils — Emissions was 3,511 kt in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
3,511 kt
Change on year
up 16.4%
Rank
2nd
of 21 regions
All-time high
4,769 kt
in 2020
All-time low
962.9 kt
in 1997
Years of data
35
1990–2024
Fires in organic soils — Emissions in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fires in organic soils — emissions in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 3,511 kt, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.4% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fires in organic soils — emissions in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 4,769 kt in 2020 and was at its lowest, 962.9 kt, in 1997.
That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2nd out of 21 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Fires in organic soils — Emissions in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,661 kt | — |
| 1991 | 2,661 kt | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,661 kt | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 2,661 kt | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,661 kt | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,661 kt | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,314 kt | -50.6% |
| 1997 | 962.9 kt | -26.7% |
| 1998 | 1,641 kt | +70.5% |
| 1999 | 1,663 kt | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 1,669 kt | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 1,967 kt | +17.8% |
| 2002 | 1,359 kt | -30.9% |
| 2003 | 2,458 kt | +80.9% |
| 2004 | 4,572 kt | +86.0% |
| 2005 | 1,796 kt | -60.7% |
| 2006 | 3,632 kt | +102.2% |
| 2007 | 3,233 kt | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 1,513 kt | -53.2% |
| 2009 | 3,076 kt | +103.3% |
| 2010 | 4,508 kt | +46.5% |
| 2011 | 1,581 kt | -64.9% |
| 2012 | 1,945 kt | +23.0% |
| 2013 | 3,267 kt | +68.0% |
| 2014 | 2,971 kt | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 4,613 kt | +55.3% |
| 2016 | 3,625 kt | -21.4% |
| 2017 | 1,672 kt | -53.9% |
| 2018 | 4,271 kt | +155.4% |
| 2019 | 2,357 kt | -44.8% |
| 2020 | 4,769 kt | +102.3% |
| 2021 | 2,095 kt | -56.1% |
| 2022 | 2,100 kt | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,017 kt | +43.7% |
| 2024 | 3,511 kt | +16.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,155 kt | 962.9 kt | 2,661 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,528 kt | 1,359 kt | 4,572 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,081 kt | 1,581 kt | 4,613 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,098 kt | 2,095 kt | 4,769 kt | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Indonesia 16,651 kt compare
- 2 Malaysia 4,959 kt compare
- 3 Myanmar 3,511 kt compare
- 4 Thailand 30.8 kt compare
- 5 Afghanistan 0 kt
- 5 Albania 0 kt
- 5 Algeria 0 kt
- 5 American Samoa 0 kt
- 5 Andorra 0 kt
- 5 Angola 0 kt
- 5 Anguilla 0 kt
- 5 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt
- 5 Argentina 0 kt
- 5 Armenia 0 kt
- 5 Aruba 0 kt
- 5 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt
- 5 Australia 0 kt
- 5 Austria 0 kt
- 5 Azerbaijan 0 kt
- 5 Bahamas 0 kt
- 5 Bahrain 0 kt
- 5 Bangladesh 0 kt
- 5 Barbados 0 kt
- 5 Belarus 0 kt
- 5 Belgium 0 kt
- 5 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 kt
- 5 Belize 0 kt
- 5 Benin 0 kt
- 5 Bermuda 0 kt
- 5 Bhutan 0 kt
- 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt
- 5 Botswana 0 kt
- 5 Brazil 0 kt
- 5 British Virgin Islands 0 kt
- 5 Brunei Darussalam 0 kt compare
- 5 Bulgaria 0 kt
- 5 Burkina Faso 0 kt
- 5 Burundi 0 kt
- 5 Cambodia 0 kt
- 5 Cameroon 0 kt
- 5 Canada 0 kt
- 5 Cayman Islands 0 kt
- 5 Central African Republic 0 kt
- 5 Chad 0 kt
- 5 Chile 0 kt
- 5 China 0 kt
- 5 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kt
- 5 China, Macao SAR 0 kt
- 5 China, mainland 0 kt
- 5 China, Taiwan Province of 0 kt
- 5 Colombia 0 kt
- 5 Comoros 0 kt
- 5 Congo 0 kt
- 5 Cook Islands 0 kt
- 5 Costa Rica 0 kt
- 5 Croatia 0 kt
- 5 Cuba 0 kt
- 5 Cyprus 0 kt
- 5 Czechia 0 kt
- 5 Denmark 0 kt
- 5 Djibouti 0 kt
- 5 Dominica 0 kt
- 5 Dominican Republic 0 kt
- 5 Ecuador 0 kt
- 5 Egypt 0 kt
- 5 El Salvador 0 kt
- 5 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt
- 5 Eritrea 0 kt
- 5 Estonia 0 kt
- 5 Eswatini 0 kt
- 5 Ethiopia 0 kt
- 5 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 kt
- 5 Faroe Islands 0 kt
- 5 Fiji 0 kt
- 5 Finland 0 kt
- 5 France 0 kt
- 5 French Guiana 0 kt
- 5 French Polynesia 0 kt
- 5 Gabon 0 kt
- 5 Gambia 0 kt
- 5 Georgia 0 kt
- 5 Germany 0 kt
- 5 Ghana 0 kt
- 5 Gibraltar 0 kt
- 5 Greece 0 kt
- 5 Greenland 0 kt
- 5 Grenada 0 kt
- 5 Guadeloupe 0 kt
- 5 Guam 0 kt
- 5 Guatemala 0 kt
- 5 Guinea 0 kt
- 5 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt
- 5 Guyana 0 kt
- 5 Haiti 0 kt
- 5 Honduras 0 kt
- 5 Hungary 0 kt
- 5 Iceland 0 kt
- 5 India 0 kt
- 5 Iraq 0 kt
- 5 Ireland 0 kt
- 5 Isle of Man 0 kt
- 5 Israel 0 kt
- 5 Italy 0 kt
- 5 Jamaica 0 kt
- 5 Japan 0 kt
- 5 Jordan 0 kt
- 5 Kazakhstan 0 kt
- 5 Kenya 0 kt
- 5 Kiribati 0 kt
- 5 Kuwait 0 kt
- 5 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt
- 5 Latvia 0 kt
- 5 Lebanon 0 kt
- 5 Lesotho 0 kt
- 5 Liberia 0 kt
- 5 Libya 0 kt
- 5 Lithuania 0 kt
- 5 Luxembourg 0 kt
- 5 Madagascar 0 kt
- 5 Malawi 0 kt
- 5 Maldives 0 kt
- 5 Mali 0 kt
- 5 Malta 0 kt
- 5 Marshall Islands 0 kt
- 5 Martinique 0 kt
- 5 Mauritania 0 kt
- 5 Mauritius 0 kt
- 5 Mayotte 0 kt
- 5 Mexico 0 kt
- 5 Mongolia 0 kt
- 5 Montenegro 0 kt
- 5 Montserrat 0 kt
- 5 Morocco 0 kt
- 5 Mozambique 0 kt
- 5 Namibia 0 kt
- 5 Naoero 0 kt
- 5 Nepal 0 kt
- 5 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 kt
- 5 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 kt
- 5 New Caledonia 0 kt
- 5 New Zealand 0 kt
- 5 Nicaragua 0 kt
- 5 Niger 0 kt
- 5 Nigeria 0 kt
- 5 Niue 0 kt
- 5 Norfolk Island 0 kt
- 5 North Macedonia 0 kt
- 5 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt
- 5 Norway 0 kt
- 5 Oman 0 kt
- 5 Pakistan 0 kt
- 5 Palau 0 kt
- 5 Palestine, State of 0 kt
- 5 Panama 0 kt
- 5 Papua New Guinea 0 kt
- 5 Paraguay 0 kt
- 5 Peru 0 kt
- 5 Philippines 0 kt
- 5 Pitcairn 0 kt
- 5 Poland 0 kt
- 5 Portugal 0 kt
- 5 Puerto Rico 0 kt
- 5 Qatar 0 kt
- 5 Republic of Korea 0 kt
- 5 Réunion 0 kt
- 5 Romania 0 kt
- 5 Russian Federation 0 kt
- 5 Rwanda 0 kt
- 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt
- 5 Saint Lucia 0 kt
- 5 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kt
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt
- 5 Samoa 0 kt
- 5 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt
- 5 Saudi Arabia 0 kt
- 5 Senegal 0 kt
- 5 Serbia 0 kt
- 5 Serbia and Montenegro 0 kt
- 5 Seychelles 0 kt
- 5 Sierra Leone 0 kt
- 5 Singapore 0 kt
- 5 Slovakia 0 kt
- 5 Slovenia 0 kt
- 5 Solomon Islands 0 kt
- 5 Somalia 0 kt
- 5 South Africa 0 kt
- 5 South Sudan 0 kt
- 5 Spain 0 kt
- 5 Sri Lanka 0 kt
- 5 Sudan 0 kt
- 5 Sudan (former) 0 kt
- 5 Suriname 0 kt
- 5 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt
- 5 Sweden 0 kt
- 5 Switzerland 0 kt
- 5 Tajikistan 0 kt
- 5 Togo 0 kt
- 5 Tokelau 0 kt
- 5 Tonga 0 kt
- 5 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt
- 5 Tunisia 0 kt
- 5 Turkmenistan 0 kt
- 5 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt
- 5 Tuvalu 0 kt
- 5 Uganda 0 kt
- 5 Ukraine 0 kt
- 5 United Arab Emirates 0 kt
- 5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 kt
- 5 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt
- 5 Uruguay 0 kt
- 5 Uzbekistan 0 kt
- 5 Vanuatu 0 kt
- 5 Western Sahara 0 kt
- 5 Yemen 0 kt
- 5 Zambia 0 kt
- 5 Zimbabwe 0 kt
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 0 kt
- 5 OECD 0 kt
More climate change data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 708,280 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 216,438 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 491,841 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 816.75 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 17,566 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 179,120 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 48,410 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 130,710 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 182.68 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 4,668 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fires in organic soils — emissions in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Fires in organic soils — emissions in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 3,511 kt in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fires in organic soils — emissions recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 4,769 kt in 2020.
- What is the lowest fires in organic soils — emissions recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 962.9 kt in 1997.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for fires in organic soils — emissions?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 21 regions with data for 2024.
- Is fires in organic soils — emissions rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2). 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.