Forest fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita in India
India: Forest fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita was 0.0187 t per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) in India, 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in India is 0.0187 t per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and down 41.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in India peaked at 0.0723 t per person in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.0049 t per person, in 2002.
India ranks 50th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Forest fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita in India, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0419 t per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.041 t per person | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0401 t per person | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0393 t per person | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0385 t per person | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0377 t per person | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0075 t per person | -80.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0063 t per person | -15.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0063 t per person | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0129 t per person | +104.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0072 t per person | -44.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0073 t per person | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0049 t per person | -33.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0243 t per person | +398.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0384 t per person | +58.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0229 t per person | -40.5% |
| 2006 | 0.025 t per person | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0396 t per person | +58.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0228 t per person | -42.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0723 t per person | +217.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0588 t per person | -18.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0287 t per person | -51.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0673 t per person | +134.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0394 t per person | -41.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0318 t per person | -19.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0229 t per person | -28.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0301 t per person | +31.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0468 t per person | +55.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0385 t per person | -17.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0227 t per person | -40.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0116 t per person | -49.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0653 t per person | +464.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0269 t per person | -58.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0182 t per person | -32.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0187 t per person | +2.5% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 0.0187 t per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0115 t per person, 1.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- India's 0.0187 t per person is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0151 t per person, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forest fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +464.6% | 0.0116 t per person | 0.0653 t per person |
| 2003 | +398.4% | 0.0049 t per person | 0.0243 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0272 t per person | 0.0063 t per person | 0.0419 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0265 t per person | 0.0049 t per person | 0.0723 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0387 t per person | 0.0227 t per person | 0.0673 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0281 t per person | 0.0116 t per person | 0.0653 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More climate change data for India
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 27.69 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 602,760 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 105,678 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 497,082 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 398.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 17,753 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 279,594 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 176,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 103,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 664.21 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in India?
- Forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in India was 0.0187 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0723 t per person in 2009.
- What is the lowest forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0049 t per person in 2002.
- How does India rank for forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter)?
- India ranks 50th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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.