Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 in Myanmar

Myanmar: 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%
World rank
2nd
of 218 countries
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 Myanmar, 1990–2023

5001.0k1.5k1990200620231990: 918.1 kt1991: 918.1 kt1992: 918.1 kt1993: 918.1 kt1994: 918.1 kt1995: 918.1 kt1996: 449.5 kt1997: 329.3 kt1998: 561.4 kt1999: 568.7 kt2000: 570.8 kt2001: 679.9 kt2002: 469.8 kt2003: 849.5 kt2004: 1.6k kt2005: 620.2 kt2006: 1.3k kt2007: 1.1k kt2008: 522.6 kt2009: 1.1k kt2010: 1.6k kt2011: 545.9 kt2012: 671.8 kt2013: 1.1k kt2014: 1.0k kt2015: 1.6k kt2016: 1.3k kt2017: 576.3 kt2018: 1.5k kt2019: 812.7 kt2020: 1.6k kt2021: 722 kt2022: 725.7 kt2023: 1.0k kt

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

Analysis

In 2023, fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 in Myanmar stood at 1,042 kt.

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 Myanmar peaked at 1,646 kt in 2020 and was at its lowest, 329.3 kt, in 1997.

Myanmar ranks 2nd of 218 countries 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 Myanmar, year by year

Annual values for Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) in Myanmar, 1990 to 2023.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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 Myanmar

  1. 1 Indonesia 66,672 kt compare
  2. 3 Malaysia 444.03 kt compare
  3. 3 Türkiye 0 kt
  4. 4 Afghanistan 0 kt
  5. 4 Albania 0 kt
  6. 4 Algeria 0 kt
  7. 4 American Samoa 0 kt
  8. 4 Andorra 0 kt
  9. 4 Angola 0 kt
  10. 4 Anguilla 0 kt
  11. 4 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt
  12. 4 Argentina 0 kt
  13. 4 Armenia 0 kt
  14. 4 Aruba 0 kt
  15. 4 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt
  16. 4 Australia 0 kt
  17. 4 Austria 0 kt
  18. 4 Azerbaijan 0 kt
  19. 4 Bahamas 0 kt
  20. 4 Bahrain 0 kt
  21. 4 Bangladesh 0 kt
  22. 4 Barbados 0 kt
  23. 4 Belarus 0 kt
  24. 4 Belgium 0 kt
  25. 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 kt
  26. 4 Belize 0 kt
  27. 4 Benin 0 kt
  28. 4 Bermuda 0 kt
  29. 4 Bhutan 0 kt
  30. 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt
  31. 4 Botswana 0 kt
  32. 4 Brazil 0 kt
  33. 4 British Virgin Islands 0 kt
  34. 4 Brunei Darussalam 0 kt compare
  35. 4 Bulgaria 0 kt
  36. 4 Burkina Faso 0 kt
  37. 4 Burundi 0 kt
  38. 4 Cambodia 0 kt
  39. 4 Cameroon 0 kt
  40. 4 Canada 0 kt
  41. 4 Cayman Islands 0 kt
  42. 4 Central African Republic 0 kt
  43. 4 Chad 0 kt
  44. 4 Chile 0 kt
  45. 4 China 0 kt
  46. 4 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kt
  47. 4 China, Macao SAR 0 kt
  48. 4 China, mainland 0 kt
  49. 4 China, Taiwan Province of 0 kt
  50. 4 Colombia 0 kt
  51. 4 Comoros 0 kt
  52. 4 Congo 0 kt
  53. 4 Cook Islands 0 kt
  54. 4 Costa Rica 0 kt
  55. 4 Croatia 0 kt
  56. 4 Cuba 0 kt
  57. 4 Cyprus 0 kt
  58. 4 Czechia 0 kt
  59. 4 Denmark 0 kt
  60. 4 Djibouti 0 kt
  61. 4 Dominica 0 kt
  62. 4 Dominican Republic 0 kt
  63. 4 Ecuador 0 kt
  64. 4 Egypt 0 kt
  65. 4 El Salvador 0 kt
  66. 4 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt
  67. 4 Eritrea 0 kt
  68. 4 Estonia 0 kt
  69. 4 Eswatini 0 kt
  70. 4 Ethiopia 0 kt
  71. 4 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 kt
  72. 4 Faroe Islands 0 kt
  73. 4 Fiji 0 kt
  74. 4 Finland 0 kt
  75. 4 France 0 kt
  76. 4 French Guiana 0 kt
  77. 4 French Polynesia 0 kt
  78. 4 Gabon 0 kt
  79. 4 Gambia 0 kt
  80. 4 Georgia 0 kt
  81. 4 Germany 0 kt
  82. 4 Ghana 0 kt
  83. 4 Gibraltar 0 kt
  84. 4 Greece 0 kt
  85. 4 Greenland 0 kt
  86. 4 Grenada 0 kt
  87. 4 Guadeloupe 0 kt
  88. 4 Guam 0 kt
  89. 4 Guatemala 0 kt
  90. 4 Guinea 0 kt
  91. 4 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt
  92. 4 Guyana 0 kt
  93. 4 Haiti 0 kt
  94. 4 Honduras 0 kt
  95. 4 Hungary 0 kt
  96. 4 Iceland 0 kt
  97. 4 India 0 kt
  98. 4 Iraq 0 kt
  99. 4 Ireland 0 kt
  100. 4 Isle of Man 0 kt
  101. 4 Israel 0 kt
  102. 4 Italy 0 kt
  103. 4 Jamaica 0 kt
  104. 4 Japan 0 kt
  105. 4 Jordan 0 kt
  106. 4 Kazakhstan 0 kt
  107. 4 Kenya 0 kt
  108. 4 Kiribati 0 kt
  109. 4 Kuwait 0 kt
  110. 4 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt
  111. 4 Latvia 0 kt
  112. 4 Lebanon 0 kt
  113. 4 Lesotho 0 kt
  114. 4 Liberia 0 kt
  115. 4 Libya 0 kt
  116. 4 Lithuania 0 kt
  117. 4 Luxembourg 0 kt
  118. 4 Madagascar 0 kt
  119. 4 Malawi 0 kt
  120. 4 Maldives 0 kt
  121. 4 Mali 0 kt
  122. 4 Malta 0 kt
  123. 4 Marshall Islands 0 kt
  124. 4 Martinique 0 kt
  125. 4 Mauritania 0 kt
  126. 4 Mauritius 0 kt
  127. 4 Mayotte 0 kt
  128. 4 Mexico 0 kt
  129. 4 Mongolia 0 kt
  130. 4 Montenegro 0 kt
  131. 4 Montserrat 0 kt
  132. 4 Morocco 0 kt
  133. 4 Mozambique 0 kt
  134. 4 Namibia 0 kt
  135. 4 Nauru 0 kt
  136. 4 Nepal 0 kt
  137. 4 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 kt
  138. 4 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 kt
  139. 4 New Caledonia 0 kt
  140. 4 New Zealand 0 kt
  141. 4 Nicaragua 0 kt
  142. 4 Niger 0 kt
  143. 4 Nigeria 0 kt
  144. 4 Niue 0 kt
  145. 4 Norfolk Island 0 kt
  146. 4 North Macedonia 0 kt
  147. 4 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt
  148. 4 Norway 0 kt
  149. 4 Oman 0 kt
  150. 4 Pakistan 0 kt
  151. 4 Palau 0 kt
  152. 4 Palestine 0 kt
  153. 4 Panama 0 kt
  154. 4 Papua New Guinea 0 kt
  155. 4 Paraguay 0 kt
  156. 4 Peru 0 kt
  157. 4 Philippines 0 kt
  158. 4 Pitcairn 0 kt
  159. 4 Poland 0 kt
  160. 4 Portugal 0 kt
  161. 4 Puerto Rico 0 kt
  162. 4 Qatar 0 kt
  163. 4 Republic of Korea 0 kt
  164. 4 Réunion 0 kt
  165. 4 Romania 0 kt
  166. 4 Russian Federation 0 kt
  167. 4 Rwanda 0 kt
  168. 4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt
  169. 4 Saint Lucia 0 kt
  170. 4 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kt
  171. 4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt
  172. 4 Samoa 0 kt
  173. 4 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt
  174. 4 Saudi Arabia 0 kt
  175. 4 Senegal 0 kt
  176. 4 Serbia 0 kt
  177. 4 Serbia and Montenegro 0 kt
  178. 4 Seychelles 0 kt
  179. 4 Sierra Leone 0 kt
  180. 4 Singapore 0 kt
  181. 4 Slovakia 0 kt
  182. 4 Slovenia 0 kt
  183. 4 Solomon Islands 0 kt
  184. 4 Somalia 0 kt
  185. 4 South Africa 0 kt
  186. 4 South Sudan 0 kt
  187. 4 Spain 0 kt
  188. 4 Sri Lanka 0 kt
  189. 4 Sudan 0 kt
  190. 4 Sudan (former) 0 kt
  191. 4 Suriname 0 kt
  192. 4 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt
  193. 4 Sweden 0 kt
  194. 4 Switzerland 0 kt
  195. 4 Tajikistan 0 kt
  196. 4 Thailand 0 kt compare
  197. 4 Togo 0 kt
  198. 4 Tokelau 0 kt
  199. 4 Tonga 0 kt
  200. 4 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt
  201. 4 Tunisia 0 kt
  202. 4 Turkmenistan 0 kt
  203. 4 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt
  204. 4 Tuvalu 0 kt
  205. 4 Uganda 0 kt
  206. 4 Ukraine 0 kt
  207. 4 United Arab Emirates 0 kt
  208. 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 kt
  209. 4 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt
  210. 4 Uruguay 0 kt
  211. 4 Uzbekistan 0 kt
  212. 4 Vanuatu 0 kt
  213. 4 Western Sahara 0 kt
  214. 4 Yemen 0 kt
  215. 4 Zambia 0 kt
  216. 4 Zimbabwe 0 kt
  217. 4 Australia and New Zealand 0 kt
  218. 4 OECD 0 kt

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Frequently asked questions

What is fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 in Myanmar?
Fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 in Myanmar 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 Myanmar?
The highest recorded value was 1,646 kt in 2020.
What is the lowest fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 recorded in Myanmar?
The lowest recorded value was 329.3 kt in 1997.
How does Myanmar rank for fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4?
Myanmar ranks 2nd out of 218 countries with data for 2023.
Is fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 rising or falling in Myanmar?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Myanmar 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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Indicator
Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
271 places, 8,993 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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