Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 in World
World: Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 was 68,158 kt in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2023)
68,158 kt
Change on year
up 2,727.2%
Rank
1st
of 32 groups
All-time high
255,139 kt
in 1997
All-time low
2,411 kt
in 2022
Years of data
34
1990–2023
Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 in World, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
World recorded 68,158 kt for fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 in 2023.
The figure is up 2,727.2% on the previous year and up 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 in World peaked at 255,139 kt in 1997 and was at its lowest, 2,411 kt, in 2022.
That places World 1st out of 32 groups with data for 2023, putting it 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) from CH4 in World, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 63,491 kt | — |
| 1991 | 63,491 kt | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 63,491 kt | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 63,491 kt | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 63,491 kt | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 63,491 kt | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 19,693 kt | -69.0% |
| 1997 | 255,139 kt | +1195.6% |
| 1998 | 63,776 kt | -75.0% |
| 1999 | 28,999 kt | -54.5% |
| 2000 | 10,132 kt | -65.1% |
| 2001 | 10,430 kt | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 139,609 kt | +1238.6% |
| 2003 | 44,827 kt | -67.9% |
| 2004 | 137,294 kt | +206.3% |
| 2005 | 64,244 kt | -53.2% |
| 2006 | 164,604 kt | +156.2% |
| 2007 | 15,268 kt | -90.7% |
| 2008 | 9,711 kt | -36.4% |
| 2009 | 113,683 kt | +1070.6% |
| 2010 | 11,245 kt | -90.1% |
| 2011 | 56,027 kt | +398.3% |
| 2012 | 58,027 kt | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 52,698 kt | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 142,577 kt | +170.6% |
| 2015 | 148,255 kt | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 19,084 kt | -87.1% |
| 2017 | 6,587 kt | -65.5% |
| 2018 | 56,432 kt | +756.7% |
| 2019 | 115,946 kt | +105.5% |
| 2020 | 12,252 kt | -89.4% |
| 2021 | 5,264 kt | -57.0% |
| 2022 | 2,411 kt | -54.2% |
| 2023 | 68,158 kt | +2727.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 74,855 kt | 19,693 kt | 255,139 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,980 kt | 9,711 kt | 164,604 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 66,688 kt | 6,587 kt | 148,255 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,021 kt | 2,411 kt | 68,158 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Indonesia 66,672 kt compare
- 2 Myanmar 1,042 kt compare
- 3 Malaysia 444.03 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 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) from ch4 in World?
- Fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 in World was 68,158 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 255,139 kt in 1997.
- What is the lowest fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,411 kt in 2022.
- How does World rank for fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4?
- World ranks 1st out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is fires in organic soils — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 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) 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