Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) was 4,060 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
4,060 kt
Change on year
up 43.6%
Rank
2nd
of 21 regions
All-time high
6,415 kt
in 2020
All-time low
1,292 kt
in 1997
Years of data
34
1990–2023
Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
In 2023, fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 4,060 kt.
The figure is up 43.6% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 6,415 kt in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,292 kt, in 1997.
That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2nd out of 21 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3,579 kt | — |
| 1991 | 3,579 kt | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 3,579 kt | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3,579 kt | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,579 kt | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 3,579 kt | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,764 kt | -50.7% |
| 1997 | 1,292 kt | -26.7% |
| 1998 | 2,203 kt | +70.5% |
| 1999 | 2,232 kt | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 2,240 kt | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 2,647 kt | +18.2% |
| 2002 | 1,829 kt | -30.9% |
| 2003 | 3,308 kt | +80.9% |
| 2004 | 6,152 kt | +86.0% |
| 2005 | 2,416 kt | -60.7% |
| 2006 | 4,886 kt | +102.2% |
| 2007 | 4,350 kt | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 2,035 kt | -53.2% |
| 2009 | 4,139 kt | +103.4% |
| 2010 | 6,065 kt | +46.5% |
| 2011 | 2,127 kt | -64.9% |
| 2012 | 2,617 kt | +23.0% |
| 2013 | 4,395 kt | +67.9% |
| 2014 | 3,997 kt | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 6,205 kt | +55.2% |
| 2016 | 4,877 kt | -21.4% |
| 2017 | 2,248 kt | -53.9% |
| 2018 | 5,746 kt | +155.6% |
| 2019 | 3,170 kt | -44.8% |
| 2020 | 6,415 kt | +102.4% |
| 2021 | 2,817 kt | -56.1% |
| 2022 | 2,826 kt | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 4,060 kt | +43.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,896 kt | 1,292 kt | 3,579 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,400 kt | 1,829 kt | 6,152 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,145 kt | 2,127 kt | 6,205 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,029 kt | 2,817 kt | 6,415 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Indonesia 259,655 kt compare
- 2 Myanmar 4,060 kt compare
- 3 Malaysia 1,729 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 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 Nauru 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 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 Slovakia 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 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 (co2eq) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 4,060 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 6,415 kt in 2020.
- What is the lowest fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,292 kt in 1997.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq)?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 21 regions with data for 2023.
- Is fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. 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 (CO2eq) (AR5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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