Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 was 1,042 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
1,042 kt
Change on year
up 43.6%
Rank
2nd
of 21 groups
All-time high
1,646 kt
in 2020
All-time low
329.3 kt
in 1997
Years of data
34
1990–2023
Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 1,042 kt, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it 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) from ch4 in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 1,646 kt in 2020 and was at its lowest, 329.3 kt, in 1997.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd of 21 groups on this measure, 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) from CH4 in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 918.08 kt | — |
| 1991 | 918.08 kt | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 918.08 kt | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 918.08 kt | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 918.08 kt | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 918.08 kt | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 449.52 kt | -51.0% |
| 1997 | 329.3 kt | -26.7% |
| 1998 | 561.35 kt | +70.5% |
| 1999 | 568.67 kt | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 570.82 kt | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 679.88 kt | +19.1% |
| 2002 | 469.83 kt | -30.9% |
| 2003 | 849.47 kt | +80.8% |
| 2004 | 1,580 kt | +86.0% |
| 2005 | 620.19 kt | -60.7% |
| 2006 | 1,254 kt | +102.2% |
| 2007 | 1,117 kt | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 522.63 kt | -53.2% |
| 2009 | 1,063 kt | +103.4% |
| 2010 | 1,558 kt | +46.5% |
| 2011 | 545.94 kt | -64.9% |
| 2012 | 671.75 kt | +23.0% |
| 2013 | 1,128 kt | +67.9% |
| 2014 | 1,027 kt | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 1,593 kt | +55.1% |
| 2016 | 1,252 kt | -21.4% |
| 2017 | 576.28 kt | -54.0% |
| 2018 | 1,475 kt | +156.0% |
| 2019 | 812.68 kt | -44.9% |
| 2020 | 1,646 kt | +102.5% |
| 2021 | 721.99 kt | -56.1% |
| 2022 | 725.72 kt | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,042 kt | +43.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 741.73 kt | 329.3 kt | 918.08 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 872.67 kt | 469.83 kt | 1,580 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,064 kt | 545.94 kt | 1,593 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,034 kt | 721.99 kt | 1,646 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Indonesia 66,672 kt compare
- 2 Myanmar 1,042 kt compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 kt
- 3 Malaysia 444.03 kt compare
- 3 Timor-Leste 0 kt
- 3 Türkiye 0 kt
- 3 Viet Nam 0 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
- 5 Cabo Verde 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) from ch4 in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 1,042 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1,646 kt in 2020.
- What is the lowest fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 329.3 kt in 1997.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 21 groups with data for 2023.
- Is fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 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) from CH4 (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