Forest fires — Emissions (CH4), per capita by country
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
159
Highest
0.0001 kt per person
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 kt per person
Samoa
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,685
What the numbers show
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4), per capita is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 0.0001 kt per person in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per person, and the mean is 0 kt per person.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 15,531.3%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4), per capita (CH4 capita): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 2 | Laos | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 121.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Zambia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 4 | Mozambique | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 5 | Canada | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 875.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Angola | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 7 | Belize | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Myanmar | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 9 | South Sudan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 10 | Cambodia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 70.6% | falling |
| 11 | Chile | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 2,487.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Honduras | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Nicaragua | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 213.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Brazil | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 181.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Congo | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Nepal | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Bahamas | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Thailand | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 91.4% | falling |
| 19 | Australia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Chad | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Bhutan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Guyana | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Madagascar | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Cameroon | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Paraguay | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Russia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Suriname | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 634.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Gabon | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Greece | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 15,531.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Mexico | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Liberia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Cuba | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 182.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Malawi | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Eswatini | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Guatemala | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 39 | East Timor | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Vietnam | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Fiji | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 42 | United States | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 43 | Argentina | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Indonesia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Peru | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Colombia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Guinea | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Portugal | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Sierra Leone | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Spain | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 895.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 254.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Georgia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 54 | India | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 53.8% | flat |
| 55 | New Caledonia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Algeria | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 250.5% | volatile |
| 57 | South Africa | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Senegal | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Nigeria | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Panama | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 202.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Ghana | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Togo | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 235.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Benin | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Ukraine | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Uruguay | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 686.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Brunei | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Namibia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 389.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 71 | China | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Philippines | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Tunisia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Albania | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Ecuador | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 224.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 77 | New Zealand | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Armenia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Uganda | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Syria | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 420.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Bangladesh | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Italy | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 112.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Malaysia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Rwanda | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 730.3% | volatile |
| 86 | France | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 1,124.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Kenya | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 535.1% | volatile |
| 88 | El Salvador | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Turkey | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Morocco | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Latvia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Sudan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 233.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Moldova | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Japan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 97 | Belarus | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Croatia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Haiti | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Mongolia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Hungary | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 102 | United Kingdom | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Burundi | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Romania | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Afghanistan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Austria | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Belgium | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Botswana | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Switzerland | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Comoros | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Cyprus | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Czechia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Germany | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Denmark | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Egypt | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Eritrea | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Estonia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Finland | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Gibraltar | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Gambia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Grenada | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Isle of Man | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Ireland | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Iraq | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Israel | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Jamaica | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Lebanon | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Lesotho | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Lithuania | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Mali | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Montenegro | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Mauritania | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Mauritius | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Niger | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Norway | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Pakistan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Poland | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | French Polynesia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Singapore | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Somalia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Serbia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Slovakia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Slovenia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Sweden | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Vanuatu | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Samoa | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0 kt per person
How this figure is calculated
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4) 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 — Emissions (CH4) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Forest fires — Emissions 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 — Emissions (CH4) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.