Forest fires — Emissions in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs): Forest fires — Emissions was 1.12 million kt in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest fires — Emissions in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs), 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest fires — emissions in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) is 1.12 million kt, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 64.9% on the previous year and up 64.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest fires — emissions in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) peaked at 1.12 million kt in 2024 and was at its lowest, 542,945 kt, in 2009.
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) ranks 6th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Forest fires — Emissions in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs), year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 546,845 kt | — |
| 2002 | 563,658 kt | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 740,372 kt | +31.4% |
| 2004 | 879,210 kt | +18.8% |
| 2005 | 836,738 kt | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 711,612 kt | -15.0% |
| 2007 | 964,662 kt | +35.6% |
| 2008 | 741,242 kt | -23.2% |
| 2009 | 542,945 kt | -26.8% |
| 2010 | 1.09 million kt | +101.4% |
| 2011 | 820,068 kt | -25.0% |
| 2012 | 834,019 kt | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 731,955 kt | -12.2% |
| 2014 | 678,576 kt | -7.3% |
| 2015 | 741,893 kt | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 912,598 kt | +23.0% |
| 2017 | 781,257 kt | -14.4% |
| 2018 | 754,271 kt | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 934,772 kt | +23.9% |
| 2020 | 848,208 kt | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 788,582 kt | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 690,198 kt | -12.5% |
| 2023 | 678,113 kt | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.12 million kt | +64.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forest fires — Emissions in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +101.4% | 542,945 kt | 1.09 million kt |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 725,254 kt | 542,945 kt | 964,662 kt | 9 |
| 2010s | 828,271 kt | 678,576 kt | 1.09 million kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 824,626 kt | 678,113 kt | 1.12 million kt | 5 |
Countries ranked near Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 516,327 kt compare
- 3 Central African Republic 210,211 kt compare
- 4 Mozambique 187,773 kt compare
- 5 Angola 160,510 kt compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 304,772 kt compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 40,769 kt compare
- 6 OECD 134,865 kt compare
- 7 Myanmar 110,834 kt compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 35,372 kt compare
- 8 Russian Federation 49,472 kt compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 27,468 kt compare
- 9 Canada 49,170 kt compare
More climate change data for Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 3.82 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 537,618 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 157,414 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 380,204 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 594.01 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 13,579 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 51,187 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 33,999 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 17,188 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 128.3 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest fires — emissions in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- Forest fires — emissions in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) was 1.12 million kt in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest fires — emissions recorded in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.12 million kt in 2024.
- What is the lowest forest fires — emissions recorded in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 542,945 kt in 2009.
- How does Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) rank for forest fires — emissions?
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) ranks 6th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is forest fires — emissions rising or falling in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest fires — Emissions (CO2). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.