Forest fires — Emissions (CH4) by country
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...
Countries reporting
194
Highest
424.29 kt
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lowest
0 kt
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
0.0602 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,567
What the numbers show
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 424.29 kt in Democratic Republic of the Congo; the lowest is 0 kt in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0602 kt, and the mean is 19.03 kt.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 14,736.2%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 424.29 kt | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 2 | OECD | 391.63 kt | 2023 | up 132.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 301.41 kt | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 4 | Zambia | 286.25 kt | 2023 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 5 | Mozambique | 270.76 kt | 2023 | down 46.9% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 266.67 kt | 2023 | up 1,013.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 195.63 kt | 2023 | up 198.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Angola | 194.44 kt | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 9 | Myanmar | 185.04 kt | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 176.17 kt | 2023 | up 461.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Laos | 108.41 kt | 2023 | up 156.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 108.41 kt | 2023 | up 156.3% | volatile |
| 13 | United Republic of Tanzania | 79.02 kt | 2023 | down 47.6% | rising |
| 14 | India | 60.21 kt | 2023 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Thailand | 57.68 kt | 2023 | up 96.5% | flat |
| 16 | Russia | 50.55 kt | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 50.55 kt | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Cambodia | 38.26 kt | 2023 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 19 | Mexico | 36.53 kt | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Sudan (former) | 34.33 kt | 2011 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Chile | 31.66 kt | 2023 | up 2,776.2% | volatile |
| 22 | South Sudan | 31.48 kt | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 23 | United States | 30.85 kt | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 24 | Nepal | 25.7 kt | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Indonesia | 23.92 kt | 2023 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Australia and New Zealand | 18.81 kt | 2023 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 18.78 kt | 2023 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 17.25 kt | 2023 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Madagascar | 13.94 kt | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 30 | China | 12.89 kt | 2023 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 30 | China, mainland | 12.89 kt | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Honduras | 12.76 kt | 2023 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Cameroon | 12.03 kt | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Chad | 11.58 kt | 2023 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Vietnam | 10.15 kt | 2023 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Viet Nam | 10.15 kt | 2023 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Nicaragua | 7.61 kt | 2023 | up 257.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Nigeria | 6.52 kt | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Congo | 5.52 kt | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 40 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4.14 kt | 2023 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Malawi | 3.98 kt | 2023 | down 59.0% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | 3.93 kt | 2023 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Caribbean | 3.63 kt | 2023 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Colombia | 3.57 kt | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Greece | 2.95 kt | 2023 | up 14,736.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Paraguay | 2.73 kt | 2023 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Cuba | 2.69 kt | 2023 | up 175.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Spain | 2.65 kt | 2023 | up 933.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Peru | 2.53 kt | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Belize | 2.17 kt | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Guatemala | 1.98 kt | 2023 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Melanesia | 1.95 kt | 2023 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 53 | South Africa | 1.87 kt | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 1.85 kt | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Algeria | 1.48 kt | 2023 | up 321.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Liberia | 1.46 kt | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.17 kt | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Philippines | 1.02 kt | 2023 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Guinea | 0.9577 kt | 2023 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Bangladesh | 0.9218 kt | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 0.8929 kt | 2023 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Ghana | 0.8112 kt | 2023 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Gabon | 0.7313 kt | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 64 | Portugal | 0.6669 kt | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 0.591 kt | 2023 | up 293.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Senegal | 0.5189 kt | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Ukraine | 0.5092 kt | 2023 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 0.4912 kt | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Guyana | 0.4885 kt | 2023 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Bhutan | 0.4687 kt | 2023 | up 106.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Bahamas | 0.3393 kt | 2023 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Italy | 0.3112 kt | 2023 | up 108.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Benin | 0.3006 kt | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.3006 kt | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.3006 kt | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Uganda | 0.2789 kt | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 77 | France | 0.2219 kt | 2023 | up 1,168.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Togo | 0.1942 kt | 2023 | up 305.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Suriname | 0.1941 kt | 2023 | up 712.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Georgia | 0.1844 kt | 2023 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Eswatini | 0.1714 kt | 2023 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Malaysia | 0.1586 kt | 2023 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 83 | East Timor | 0.1489 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Timor-Leste | 0.1489 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.142 kt | 2023 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Ecuador | 0.1405 kt | 2023 | up 268.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Turkey | 0.1295 kt | 2023 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Türkiye | 0.1295 kt | 2023 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Syria | 0.1269 kt | 2023 | up 466.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.1269 kt | 2023 | up 466.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Japan | 0.1169 kt | 2023 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 92 | Kenya | 0.1164 kt | 2023 | up 681.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Panama | 0.1117 kt | 2023 | up 252.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Tunisia | 0.1045 kt | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Fiji | 0.0852 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 0.0673 kt | 2023 | up 861.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Sudan | 0.0623 kt | 2023 | up 149.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 0.0582 kt | 2023 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Rwanda | 0.057 kt | 2023 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Morocco | 0.0523 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Uruguay | 0.0398 kt | 2023 | up 696.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Republic of Korea | 0.0398 kt | 2023 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 103 | New Zealand | 0.0349 kt | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Namibia | 0.0322 kt | 2023 | up 544.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0299 kt | 2023 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.0274 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | French Guiana | 0.0239 kt | 2023 | up 350.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Albania | 0.0199 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Armenia | 0.0174 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | United Kingdom | 0.0166 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0166 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0133 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | New Caledonia | 0.0107 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 114 | El Salvador | 0.0103 kt | 2023 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 0.0075 kt | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Belarus | 0.0075 kt | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Haiti | 0.0074 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Brunei | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.0053 kt | 1999 | up 178.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0053 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Hungary | 0.005 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.005 kt | 2005 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Burundi | 0.0025 kt | 2023 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Croatia | 0.0025 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | 0.0025 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Latvia | 0.0025 kt | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Moldova | 0.0025 kt | 2023 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 123 | North Macedonia | 0.0025 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Romania | 0.0025 kt | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0025 kt | 2023 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Mongolia | 0.002 kt | 2023 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Austria | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Azerbaijan | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Belgium | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Botswana | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Switzerland | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Comoros | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Cyprus | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Czechia | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Germany | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Denmark | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Egypt | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Eritrea | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Estonia | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Finland | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Gibraltar | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Gambia | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Grenada | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Isle of Man | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Ireland | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Iraq | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Israel | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Jamaica | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Lebanon | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Lesotho | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Lithuania | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Mali | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Montenegro | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Mauritania | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Mauritius | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Niger | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Norway | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Pakistan | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Poland | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | French Polynesia | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Singapore | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Somalia | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Serbia | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Slovakia | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Slovenia | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Sweden | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Uzbekistan | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Vanuatu | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Samoa | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Mayotte | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Reunion | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Montserrat | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Polynesia | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 kt | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Réunion | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3,059 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 2,684 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2,023 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,998 kt
- Africa 1,671 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1,211 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 966.93 kt
- Middle Africa 950.02 kt
- Americas 783.62 kt
- Eastern Africa 704.03 kt
- Asia 525.82 kt
- Latin America and the Caribbean 486.11 kt
- South-eastern Asia 424.78 kt
- South America 421.25 kt
- Annex I countries 374.52 kt
- Northern America 297.52 kt
- Southern Asia 87.33 kt
- Central America 61.23 kt
- Europe 57.96 kt
- Eastern Europe 51.08 kt
- United States of America 30.85 kt
- Oceania 20.76 kt
- Eastern Asia 13.19 kt
- Western Africa 12.72 kt
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 9.75 kt
- European Union (27) 6.82 kt
- Southern Europe 6.64 kt
- Southern Africa 2.08 kt
- Northern Africa 1.7 kt
- Western Asia 0.4582 kt
- Western Europe 0.2219 kt
- Central Asia 0.0673 kt
- Northern Europe 0.0191 kt
About this data
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