Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) in World
World: Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) was 265,444 kt in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2023)
265,444 kt
Change on year
up 2,727.8%
Rank
1st
of 32 groups
All-time high
1.00 million kt
in 1997
All-time low
9,387 kt
in 2022
Years of data
34
1990–2023
Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) in World, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
In 2023, fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) in World stood at 265,444 kt.
The figure is up 2,727.8% on the previous year and up 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) in World peaked at 1.00 million kt in 1997 and was at its lowest, 9,387 kt, in 2022.
World ranks 1st of 32 groups 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 (CO2eq) in World, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 247,681 kt | — |
| 1991 | 247,681 kt | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 247,681 kt | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 247,681 kt | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 247,681 kt | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 247,681 kt | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 77,276 kt | -68.8% |
| 1997 | 1.00 million kt | +1195.6% |
| 1998 | 250,266 kt | -75.0% |
| 1999 | 113,794 kt | -54.5% |
| 2000 | 39,760 kt | -65.1% |
| 2001 | 40,611 kt | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 543,864 kt | +1239.2% |
| 2003 | 174,582 kt | -67.9% |
| 2004 | 534,769 kt | +206.3% |
| 2005 | 250,365 kt | -53.2% |
| 2006 | 641,006 kt | +156.0% |
| 2007 | 59,457 kt | -90.7% |
| 2008 | 37,815 kt | -36.4% |
| 2009 | 442,691 kt | +1070.7% |
| 2010 | 43,809 kt | -90.1% |
| 2011 | 218,157 kt | +398.0% |
| 2012 | 225,949 kt | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 205,226 kt | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 555,527 kt | +170.7% |
| 2015 | 577,556 kt | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 74,353 kt | -87.1% |
| 2017 | 25,665 kt | -65.5% |
| 2018 | 219,785 kt | +756.4% |
| 2019 | 451,626 kt | +105.5% |
| 2020 | 47,755 kt | -89.4% |
| 2021 | 20,504 kt | -57.1% |
| 2022 | 9,387 kt | -54.2% |
| 2023 | 265,444 kt | +2727.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 292,861 kt | 77,276 kt | 1.00 million kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 276,492 kt | 37,815 kt | 641,006 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 259,765 kt | 25,665 kt | 577,556 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 85,772 kt | 9,387 kt | 265,444 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
- 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 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 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 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 (co2eq) in World?
- Fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) in World was 265,444 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 1.00 million kt in 1997.
- What is the lowest fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,387 kt in 2022.
- How does World rank for fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq)?
- World ranks 1st out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) 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 (CO2eq) (AR5). 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