Forest fires — Emissions (CO2) 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
157
Highest
460,333 kt
Brazil
Lowest
0 kt
Réunion
Median
82.19 kt
Years covered
24
2001–2024
Data points
5,513
What the numbers show
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2) is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 460,333 kt in Brazil; the lowest is 0 kt in Réunion.
The median across all reporting countries is 82.19 kt, and the mean is 19,019 kt.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 10,397.6%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 100.0%).
Forest fires — Emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 460,333 kt | 2024 | up 377.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Zambia | 254,403 kt | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 516,327 kt | 2024 | up 3,795.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 210,211 kt | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 4 | Mozambique | 187,773 kt | 2024 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 304,772 kt | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 5 | Angola | 160,510 kt | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 6 | OECD | 134,865 kt | 2024 | up 93.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 40,769 kt | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Myanmar | 110,834 kt | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 35,372 kt | 2024 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 49,472 kt | 2024 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 27,468 kt | 2024 | up 734.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Canada | 49,170 kt | 2024 | up 345.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Mexico | 46,350 kt | 2024 | up 1,394.0% | rising |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 6,480 kt | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 11 | India | 43,675 kt | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 857.93 kt | 2024 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Cambodia | 40,127 kt | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 12 | Melanesia | 770.87 kt | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Nepal | 31,446 kt | 2024 | up 99.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Türkiye | 223.57 kt | 2024 | up 1,063.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Thailand | 30,823 kt | 2024 | down 40.1% | rising |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 13.9 kt | 2024 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 15 | South Sudan | 25,207 kt | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 15 | Polynesia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Sudan (former) | 24,078 kt | 2011 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 17 | Paraguay | 14,810 kt | 2024 | up 476.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Congo | 14,405 kt | 2024 | up 630.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 11,513 kt | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 20 | Australia and New Zealand | 10,296 kt | 2024 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Australia | 10,244 kt | 2024 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Guatemala | 10,035 kt | 2024 | up 3,630.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Honduras | 9,994 kt | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Madagascar | 9,774 kt | 2024 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 24 | Caribbean | 1,171 kt | 2024 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Peru | 9,772 kt | 2024 | up 563.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Cameroon | 8,050 kt | 2024 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Chad | 7,305 kt | 2024 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 100.61 kt | 2024 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 28 | China | 6,948 kt | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 28 | China, mainland | 6,948 kt | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 30 | South Africa | 5,571 kt | 2024 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Nicaragua | 5,334 kt | 2023 | up 257.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Nigeria | 5,312 kt | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Belize | 4,861 kt | 2024 | up 1,558.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Malawi | 3,756 kt | 2024 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 3,210 kt | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Portugal | 2,535 kt | 2024 | up 4,735.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Ukraine | 2,415 kt | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Indonesia | 2,401 kt | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Colombia | 2,399 kt | 2024 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Gabon | 2,178 kt | 2024 | up 478.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Guyana | 2,057 kt | 2024 | up 1,401.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Liberia | 1,861 kt | 2024 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Argentina | 1,840 kt | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,621 kt | 2024 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Philippines | 1,403 kt | 2024 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 1,392 kt | 2024 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Guinea | 1,155 kt | 2024 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Malaysia | 1,097 kt | 2024 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Suriname | 1,050 kt | 2024 | up 3,419.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Chile | 916.77 kt | 2024 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Ghana | 846.86 kt | 2024 | up 522.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 811.92 kt | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 752.19 kt | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Cuba | 741.3 kt | 2024 | up 162.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 565.68 kt | 2024 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Ecuador | 563.41 kt | 2024 | up 599.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Senegal | 412.39 kt | 2024 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Bahamas | 363.46 kt | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Eswatini | 290.89 kt | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Uganda | 255.26 kt | 2024 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Togo | 223.82 kt | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Romania | 218.62 kt | 2024 | up 594.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Pakistan | 211.08 kt | 2024 | up 3,932.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Serbia | 183.59 kt | 2024 | up 10,397.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Bhutan | 158.84 kt | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Japan | 155.26 kt | 2024 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 127.58 kt | 2024 | up 942.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Sudan | 82.19 kt | 2024 | up 294.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 68.16 kt | 2024 | up 254.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Austria | 61.24 kt | 2024 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Georgia | 61.18 kt | 2024 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Equatorial Guinea | 58.23 kt | 2024 | up 1,461.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Greece | 54.14 kt | 2024 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Spain | 52.43 kt | 2024 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 75 | New Zealand | 52.39 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Panama | 50.37 kt | 2024 | up 170.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 42.01 kt | 2024 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Benin | 39.17 kt | 2024 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Mongolia | 32.77 kt | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.73 kt | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Belarus | 26.28 kt | 2024 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Italy | 24.46 kt | 2024 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 83 | El Salvador | 24.13 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.39 kt | 2024 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 85 | French Guiana | 22.38 kt | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Botswana | 19.14 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Comoros | 18.66 kt | 2024 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Fiji | 14.94 kt | 2024 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Hungary | 14 kt | 2024 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Tunisia | 13.97 kt | 2024 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Kenya | 12.42 kt | 2024 | up 257.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Croatia | 12.24 kt | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Mayotte | 9.33 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Brunei Darussalam | 9.32 kt | 2024 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Czechia | 7 kt | 2024 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Montenegro | 6.99 kt | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Albania | 6.99 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Algeria | 6.98 kt | 2024 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Burundi | 5.34 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | New Caledonia | 3.74 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Mali | 3.73 kt | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3.5 kt | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 3.49 kt | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Uruguay | 3.49 kt | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Slovakia | 1.75 kt | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Switzerland | 1.75 kt | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Slovenia | 1.75 kt | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 108 | France | 1.75 kt | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Morocco | 1.75 kt | 2024 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 110 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.74 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Armenia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Belgium | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Germany | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Estonia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Finland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Haiti | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Jamaica | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Lebanon | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Lesotho | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Lithuania | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Latvia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Namibia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Norway | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Poland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Rwanda | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Sweden | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Vanuatu | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Samoa | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Montserrat | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Republic of Korea | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Réunion | 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 2.83 million kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.44 million kt
- Non-Annex I countries 2.69 million kt
- Middle Africa 707,488 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.49 million kt
- Africa 1.26 million kt
- Asia 320,939 kt
- Americas 1.19 million kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.12 million kt
- South America 1.04 million kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 862,158 kt
- Eastern Africa 529,490 kt
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 11,564 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 233,957 kt
- Annex I countries 139,847 kt
- Southern Asia 78,701 kt
- Central America 75,705 kt
- Northern America 74,168 kt
- Europe 55,322 kt
- Eastern Europe 52,222 kt
- United States of America 24,998 kt
- Western Africa 12,388 kt
- Oceania 11,067 kt
- Eastern Asia 7,994 kt
- Southern Africa 5,881 kt
- European Union (27) 3,052 kt
- Southern Europe 3,035 kt
- Western Asia 288.25 kt
- Northern Africa 104.89 kt
- Western Europe 64.74 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.