Forest fires — Emissions (CO2), per capita by country
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2) 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
126
Highest
0.0394 kt per person
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 kt per person
Samoa
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
24
2001–2024
Data points
3,825
What the numbers show
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2), per capita is currently reported for 126 countries. The highest value is 0.0394 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 0.0008 kt per person.
Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 11,266.8%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2), per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 0.0394 kt per person | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 2 | Zambia | 0.0119 kt per person | 2024 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 3 | Belize | 0.0117 kt per person | 2024 | up 1,287.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Mozambique | 0.0054 kt per person | 2024 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 5 | Angola | 0.0042 kt per person | 2024 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 6 | Guyana | 0.0025 kt per person | 2024 | up 1,262.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Cambodia | 0.0023 kt per person | 2024 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 8 | Congo | 0.0023 kt per person | 2024 | up 473.7% | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 0.0022 kt per person | 2024 | up 350.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Paraguay | 0.0021 kt per person | 2024 | up 404.6% | volatile |
| 11 | South Sudan | 0.0021 kt per person | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 12 | Myanmar | 0.002 kt per person | 2024 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 13 | Suriname | 0.0017 kt per person | 2024 | up 3,091.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Canada | 0.0012 kt per person | 2024 | up 282.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Nepal | 0.0011 kt per person | 2024 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Honduras | 0.0009 kt per person | 2024 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Bahamas | 0.0009 kt per person | 2024 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Gabon | 0.0009 kt per person | 2024 | up 350.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | up 213.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0007 kt per person | 2024 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Guatemala | 0.0005 kt per person | 2024 | up 3,078.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Thailand | 0.0004 kt per person | 2024 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 23 | Australia | 0.0004 kt per person | 2024 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Chad | 0.0004 kt per person | 2024 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 25 | Mexico | 0.0004 kt per person | 2024 | up 1,267.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Liberia | 0.0003 kt per person | 2024 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Madagascar | 0.0003 kt per person | 2024 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 28 | Peru | 0.0003 kt per person | 2024 | up 484.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Cameroon | 0.0003 kt per person | 2024 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Portugal | 0.0002 kt per person | 2024 | up 4,602.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Eswatini | 0.0002 kt per person | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Bhutan | 0.0002 kt per person | 2024 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Malawi | 0.0002 kt per person | 2024 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 0.0001 kt per person | 2024 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 0.0001 kt per person | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 0.0001 kt per person | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 37 | South Africa | 0.0001 kt per person | 2024 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 0.0001 kt per person | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Guinea | 0.0001 kt per person | 2024 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0001 kt per person | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 0.0001 kt per person | 2024 | up 996.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Cuba | 0.0001 kt per person | 2024 | up 169.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Ukraine | 0.0001 kt per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Chile | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Colombia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Argentina | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Ecuador | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 518.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Malaysia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 1,054.7% | volatile |
| 50 | India | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Serbia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 11,266.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Togo | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 395.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Ghana | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 406.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Nigeria | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Senegal | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Comoros | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 173.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 58 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 1,079.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Fiji | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Georgia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 62 | New Caledonia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Philippines | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Romania | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 625.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Montenegro | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Panama | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 289.2% | volatile |
| 68 | New Zealand | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Mongolia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Indonesia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Botswana | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Austria | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 132.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Greece | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Uganda | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 76 | China | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 77 | El Salvador | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Croatia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Albania | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Belarus | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Benin | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Sudan | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 203.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Hungary | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Japan | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 68.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Tunisia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Spain | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Uruguay | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Pakistan | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 3,338.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Slovenia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Czechia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Italy | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Burundi | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Slovakia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Kenya | 0 kt per person | 2024 | up 191.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Switzerland | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Mali | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Algeria | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Morocco | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 101 | France | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Armenia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Belgium | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Germany | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Estonia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Finland | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Haiti | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Ireland | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Jamaica | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Lebanon | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Lesotho | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Lithuania | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Latvia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Namibia | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Norway | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Poland | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Rwanda | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Sweden | 0 kt per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Vanuatu | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Samoa | 0 kt per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0003 kt per person
How this figure is calculated
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2) 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 (CO2) ÷ 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 (CO2) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.