Forest fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita in Congo
Congo: Forest fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita was 1.41 t per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) in Congo, 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Congo recorded 1.41 t per person for forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 263.1% on the previous year and up 473.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in Congo peaked at 1.41 t per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2308 t per person, in 2002.
Congo ranks 8th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Forest fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita in Congo, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.19 t per person | — |
| 1991 | 1.16 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 1.13 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 1.09 t per person | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 1.06 t per person | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 1.03 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 0.7298 t per person | -29.3% |
| 1997 | 0.6693 t per person | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 0.5281 t per person | -21.1% |
| 1999 | 0.5755 t per person | +9.0% |
| 2000 | 0.4385 t per person | -23.8% |
| 2001 | 0.4557 t per person | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 0.2308 t per person | -49.3% |
| 2003 | 1.1 t per person | +376.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7999 t per person | -27.2% |
| 2005 | 0.769 t per person | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9301 t per person | +20.9% |
| 2007 | 0.6338 t per person | -31.9% |
| 2008 | 0.4663 t per person | -26.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4572 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.757 t per person | +65.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9292 t per person | +22.7% |
| 2012 | 0.5575 t per person | -40.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4832 t per person | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 0.2458 t per person | -49.1% |
| 2015 | 0.5635 t per person | +129.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9125 t per person | +61.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3264 t per person | -64.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6861 t per person | +110.2% |
| 2019 | 0.7161 t per person | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 0.5707 t per person | -20.3% |
| 2021 | 0.3828 t per person | -32.9% |
| 2022 | 0.6546 t per person | +71.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3884 t per person | -40.7% |
| 2024 | 1.41 t per person | +263.1% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 1.41 t per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0115 t per person, 123.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Congo's 1.41 t per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0147 t per person, 95.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forest fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita in Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +376.0% | 0.2308 t per person | 1.1 t per person |
| 2024 | +263.1% | 0.3884 t per person | 1.41 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9164 t per person | 0.5281 t per person | 1.19 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.628 t per person | 0.2308 t per person | 1.1 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6177 t per person | 0.2458 t per person | 0.9292 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6813 t per person | 0.3828 t per person | 1.41 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More climate change data for Congo
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 226,333 kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 762.73 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 278.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 484.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1.05 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 17.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 13.23 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 6.62 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 6.61 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.025 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in Congo?
- Forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in Congo was 1.41 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1.41 t per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2308 t per person in 2002.
- How does Congo rank for forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter)?
- Congo ranks 8th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 473.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Forest fires — Burning crop residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.