Forest fires — Emissions (CH4) by country
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.
Countries reporting
182
Highest
736.24 kt
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Lowest
0 kt
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
0.0399 kt
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,329
What the numbers show
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 736.24 kt in Bolivia (Plurinational State of); the lowest is 0 kt in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0399 kt, and the mean is 23.39 kt.
Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 10,372.0%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 736.24 kt | 2024 | up 3,795.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Brazil | 656.39 kt | 2024 | up 377.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 434.58 kt | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 4 | Zambia | 362.76 kt | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 299.74 kt | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 6 | Mozambique | 267.75 kt | 2024 | down 45.4% | rising |
| 7 | Angola | 228.87 kt | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 8 | OECD | 192.31 kt | 2024 | up 93.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Myanmar | 158.04 kt | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 70.54 kt | 2024 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Canada | 70.11 kt | 2024 | up 345.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 66.09 kt | 2024 | up 1,394.0% | volatile |
| 13 | India | 62.28 kt | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 58.13 kt | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Cambodia | 57.22 kt | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 16 | United Republic of Tanzania | 50.44 kt | 2024 | down 65.3% | rising |
| 17 | Nepal | 44.84 kt | 2024 | up 99.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Thailand | 43.95 kt | 2024 | down 40.1% | flat |
| 19 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 39.17 kt | 2024 | up 734.3% | volatile |
| 20 | South Sudan | 35.94 kt | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 21 | Sudan (former) | 34.33 kt | 2011 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Paraguay | 21.12 kt | 2024 | up 476.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Congo | 20.54 kt | 2024 | up 630.1% | flat |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 16.42 kt | 2024 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Australia and New Zealand | 14.68 kt | 2024 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Australia | 14.61 kt | 2024 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Guatemala | 14.31 kt | 2024 | up 3,630.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Honduras | 14.25 kt | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Madagascar | 13.94 kt | 2024 | up 68.5% | falling |
| 30 | Peru | 13.93 kt | 2024 | up 563.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Cameroon | 11.48 kt | 2024 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Chad | 10.42 kt | 2024 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 33 | China | 9.91 kt | 2024 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 33 | China, mainland | 9.91 kt | 2024 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Viet Nam | 9.24 kt | 2024 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 36 | South Africa | 7.94 kt | 2024 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Nicaragua | 7.61 kt | 2023 | up 257.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Nigeria | 7.57 kt | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Belize | 6.93 kt | 2024 | up 1,558.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Malawi | 5.36 kt | 2024 | down 55.3% | rising |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 4.58 kt | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Portugal | 3.61 kt | 2024 | up 4,738.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Ukraine | 3.44 kt | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Indonesia | 3.42 kt | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Colombia | 3.42 kt | 2024 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Gabon | 3.11 kt | 2024 | up 478.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Guyana | 2.93 kt | 2024 | up 1,402.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Liberia | 2.65 kt | 2024 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Argentina | 2.62 kt | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.31 kt | 2024 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Philippines | 2 kt | 2024 | up 81.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 1.98 kt | 2024 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Caribbean | 1.67 kt | 2024 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Guinea | 1.65 kt | 2024 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Malaysia | 1.56 kt | 2024 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Suriname | 1.5 kt | 2024 | up 3,422.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Chile | 1.31 kt | 2024 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.22 kt | 2024 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Ghana | 1.21 kt | 2024 | up 521.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Sierra Leone | 1.16 kt | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Melanesia | 1.1 kt | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Papua New Guinea | 1.07 kt | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Cuba | 1.06 kt | 2024 | up 162.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 0.8066 kt | 2024 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Ecuador | 0.8034 kt | 2024 | up 599.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Senegal | 0.588 kt | 2024 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Bahamas | 0.5183 kt | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Eswatini | 0.4148 kt | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Uganda | 0.364 kt | 2024 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Togo | 0.3192 kt | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Türkiye | 0.3188 kt | 2024 | up 1,063.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Romania | 0.3117 kt | 2024 | up 594.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Pakistan | 0.301 kt | 2024 | up 3,913.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Serbia | 0.2618 kt | 2024 | up 10,372.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Bhutan | 0.2265 kt | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Japan | 0.2214 kt | 2024 | down 69.3% | flat |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 0.1819 kt | 2024 | up 945.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.1435 kt | 2024 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Sudan | 0.1172 kt | 2024 | up 294.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 0.0972 kt | 2024 | up 254.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Austria | 0.0873 kt | 2024 | up 150.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Georgia | 0.0872 kt | 2024 | up 105.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.083 kt | 2024 | up 1,466.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Greece | 0.0772 kt | 2024 | up 121.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Spain | 0.0748 kt | 2024 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 86 | New Zealand | 0.0747 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Panama | 0.0718 kt | 2024 | up 169.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 0.0599 kt | 2024 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Benin | 0.0559 kt | 2024 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Mongolia | 0.0467 kt | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0424 kt | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Belarus | 0.0375 kt | 2024 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Italy | 0.0349 kt | 2024 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 94 | El Salvador | 0.0344 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0319 kt | 2024 | up 1,081.5% | volatile |
| 95 | French Guiana | 0.0319 kt | 2024 | up 200.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Botswana | 0.0273 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Comoros | 0.0266 kt | 2024 | up 232.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Fiji | 0.0213 kt | 2024 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Hungary | 0.02 kt | 2024 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Tunisia | 0.0199 kt | 2024 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Timor-Leste | 0.0198 kt | 2024 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Kenya | 0.0177 kt | 2024 | up 254.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Croatia | 0.0175 kt | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Mayotte | 0.0133 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0133 kt | 2024 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Albania | 0.01 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Czechia | 0.01 kt | 2024 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Algeria | 0.01 kt | 2024 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Montenegro | 0.01 kt | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Burundi | 0.0076 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Mali | 0.0053 kt | 2024 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 112 | New Caledonia | 0.0053 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.0053 kt | 1999 | up 178.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 0.005 kt | 2024 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Uruguay | 0.005 kt | 2024 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.005 kt | 2005 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Switzerland | 0.0025 kt | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 118 | France | 0.0025 kt | 2024 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Morocco | 0.0025 kt | 2024 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Slovakia | 0.0025 kt | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Slovenia | 0.0025 kt | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 118 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0025 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Armenia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Belgium | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Cyprus | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Germany | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Denmark | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Egypt | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Eritrea | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Estonia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Finland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Gibraltar | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Gambia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Grenada | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Haiti | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Isle of Man | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Iraq | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Israel | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Jamaica | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Lebanon | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Lesotho | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Lithuania | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Latvia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Mauritania | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Mauritius | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Namibia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Niger | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Norway | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Poland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | French Polynesia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Rwanda | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Singapore | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Somalia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Sweden | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Tajikistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Uzbekistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Vanuatu | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Samoa | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Montserrat | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Polynesia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Republic of Korea | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Republic of Moldova | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Réunion | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4,037 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 3,838 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2,131 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2,058 kt
- Africa 1,790 kt
- Americas 1,695 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,594 kt
- South America 1,479 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1,229 kt
- Middle Africa 1,009 kt
- Eastern Africa 755.01 kt
- Asia 457.63 kt
- South-eastern Asia 333.6 kt
- Annex I countries 199.41 kt
- Southern Asia 112.22 kt
- Central America 107.95 kt
- Northern America 105.76 kt
- Europe 78.88 kt
- Eastern Europe 74.46 kt
- United States of America 35.64 kt
- Western Africa 17.66 kt
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 16.49 kt
- Oceania 15.78 kt
- Eastern Asia 11.4 kt
- Southern Africa 8.39 kt
- European Union (27) 4.35 kt
- Southern Europe 4.33 kt
- Western Asia 0.411 kt
- Northern Africa 0.1496 kt
- Western Europe 0.0923 kt
- Central Asia 0 kt
- Northern Europe 0 kt
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.