Forest fires — Burning crop residues in World
World: Forest fires — Burning crop residues was 1.76 billion t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest fires — Burning crop residues in World, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
World recorded 1.76 billion t for forest fires — burning crop residues in 2024.
That represents a change of up 32.0% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest fires — burning crop residues in World peaked at 2.14 billion t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 699.19 million t, in 2000.
That places World 1st out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Forest fires — Burning crop residues in World, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.54 billion t | — |
| 1991 | 1.54 billion t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1.54 billion t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1.54 billion t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.54 billion t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.54 billion t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 782.36 million t | -49.2% |
| 1997 | 1.07 billion t | +37.3% |
| 1998 | 1.33 billion t | +24.2% |
| 1999 | 1.05 billion t | -21.5% |
| 2000 | 699.19 million t | -33.2% |
| 2001 | 1.11 billion t | +58.4% |
| 2002 | 1.31 billion t | +18.8% |
| 2003 | 1.77 billion t | +34.4% |
| 2004 | 1.90 billion t | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 1.84 billion t | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 1.63 billion t | -11.4% |
| 2007 | 1.93 billion t | +18.5% |
| 2008 | 1.61 billion t | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 1.56 billion t | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 2.14 billion t | +37.1% |
| 2011 | 1.68 billion t | -21.5% |
| 2012 | 1.86 billion t | +10.4% |
| 2013 | 1.58 billion t | -15.0% |
| 2014 | 1.61 billion t | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.72 billion t | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 1.70 billion t | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 1.71 billion t | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 1.46 billion t | -14.6% |
| 2019 | 1.86 billion t | +26.8% |
| 2020 | 1.77 billion t | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 1.55 billion t | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 1.26 billion t | -18.7% |
| 2023 | 1.33 billion t | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 1.76 billion t | +32.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.35 billion t | 782.36 million t | 1.54 billion t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.54 billion t | 699.19 million t | 1.93 billion t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.73 billion t | 1.46 billion t | 2.14 billion t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.53 billion t | 1.26 billion t | 1.77 billion t | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Brazil 285.39 million t compare
- 2 Zambia 157.72 million t compare
- 3 Central African Republic 130.32 million t compare
- 4 Mozambique 116.41 million t compare
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 forest fires — burning crop residues in World?
- Forest fires — burning crop residues in World was 1.76 billion t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest fires — burning crop residues recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 2.14 billion t in 2010.
- What is the lowest forest fires — burning crop residues recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 699.19 million t in 2000.
- How does World rank for forest fires — burning crop residues?
- World ranks 1st out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is forest fires — burning crop residues rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.