Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) by country

Name: Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Countries reporting

194

Highest

22,146 kt

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lowest

0 kt

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Median

3.14 kt

Years covered

1990–2023

Data points

9,567

What the numbers show

Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 22,146 kt in Democratic Republic of the Congo; the lowest is 0 kt in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

The median across all reporting countries is 3.14 kt, and the mean is 993.28 kt.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 14,801.5%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).

Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22,146 kt	2023	down 34.2%	flat
2	OECD	20,442 kt	2023	up 132.9%	volatile
3	Central African Republic	15,732 kt	2023	down 23.1%	rising
4	Zambia	14,941 kt	2023	down 37.1%	rising
5	Mozambique	14,132 kt	2023	down 46.9%	rising
6	Canada	13,919 kt	2023	up 1,013.7%	volatile
7	Brazil	10,211 kt	2023	up 198.9%	falling
8	Angola	10,149 kt	2023	down 43.4%	falling
9	Myanmar	9,658 kt	2023	down 13.3%	flat
10	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	9,195 kt	2023	up 461.5%	volatile
11	Laos	5,659 kt	2023	up 156.3%	volatile
11	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5,659 kt	2023	up 156.3%	volatile
13	United Republic of Tanzania	4,124 kt	2023	down 47.6%	rising
14	India	3,143 kt	2023	down 48.7%	volatile
15	Thailand	3,010 kt	2023	up 96.5%	rising
16	Russia	2,638 kt	2023	down 13.8%	volatile
16	Russian Federation	2,638 kt	2023	down 13.8%	volatile
18	Cambodia	1,997 kt	2023	down 66.2%	falling
19	Mexico	1,907 kt	2023	down 31.4%	volatile
20	Sudan (former)	1,792 kt	2011	up 26.7%	volatile
21	Chile	1,653 kt	2023	up 2,776.3%	volatile
22	South Sudan	1,643 kt	2023	up 12.1%	rising
23	United States	1,610 kt	2023	up 1.9%	rising
24	Nepal	1,341 kt	2023	up 11.8%	volatile
25	Indonesia	1,248 kt	2023	up 72.4%	volatile
26	Australia and New Zealand	981.82 kt	2023	down 67.2%	volatile
27	Australia	980 kt	2023	down 67.3%	volatile
28	Ethiopia	900.21 kt	2023	down 9.9%	volatile
29	Madagascar	727.78 kt	2023	down 25.7%	rising
30	China	672.74 kt	2023	up 56.8%	falling
30	China, mainland	672.74 kt	2023	up 57.4%	falling
32	Honduras	665.83 kt	2023	up 68.8%	volatile
33	Cameroon	627.74 kt	2023	down 25.9%	volatile
34	Chad	604.65 kt	2023	down 55.1%	volatile
35	Vietnam	529.64 kt	2023	up 24.7%	falling
35	Viet Nam	529.64 kt	2023	up 24.7%	falling
37	Nicaragua	396.97 kt	2023	up 257.2%	volatile
38	Nigeria	340.37 kt	2023	down 22.8%	volatile
39	Congo	288.28 kt	2023	up 2.3%	falling
40	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	216.22 kt	2023	down 33.2%	volatile
41	Malawi	207.58 kt	2023	down 59.0%	rising
42	Argentina	205.16 kt	2023	down 83.2%	volatile
43	Caribbean	189.42 kt	2023	up 35.7%	volatile
44	Colombia	186.08 kt	2023	up 10.9%	volatile
45	Greece	154.11 kt	2023	up 14,801.5%	volatile
46	Paraguay	142.73 kt	2023	down 74.6%	volatile
47	Cuba	140.45 kt	2023	up 175.7%	volatile
48	Spain	138.44 kt	2023	up 934.0%	volatile
49	Peru	132.07 kt	2023	down 2.1%	volatile
50	Belize	113.38 kt	2023	down 26.1%	volatile
51	Guatemala	103.47 kt	2023	down 61.8%	volatile
52	Melanesia	101.84 kt	2023	up 55.9%	volatile
53	South Africa	97.82 kt	2023	down 44.5%	volatile
54	Papua New Guinea	96.83 kt	2023	up 48.2%	volatile
55	Algeria	77.17 kt	2023	up 321.5%	volatile
56	Liberia	76.21 kt	2023	down 15.1%	volatile
57	Guinea-Bissau	60.82 kt	2023	down 84.1%	volatile
58	Philippines	53 kt	2023	up 43.3%	volatile
59	Guinea	49.98 kt	2023	down 83.6%	volatile
60	Bangladesh	48.12 kt	2023	down 85.5%	volatile
61	Zimbabwe	46.6 kt	2023	down 82.9%	volatile
62	Ghana	42.35 kt	2023	up 136.6%	volatile
63	Gabon	38.18 kt	2023	down 0.3%	falling
64	Portugal	34.81 kt	2023	down 46.9%	volatile
65	Dominican Republic	30.86 kt	2023	up 293.9%	volatile
66	Senegal	27.09 kt	2023	down 84.6%	volatile
67	Ukraine	26.58 kt	2023	down 79.8%	volatile
68	Sierra Leone	25.63 kt	2023	down 32.1%	volatile
69	Guyana	25.5 kt	2023	up 159.7%	volatile
70	Bhutan	24.47 kt	2023	up 106.0%	volatile
71	Bahamas	17.72 kt	2023	down 78.1%	volatile
72	Italy	16.24 kt	2023	up 107.8%	volatile
73	Benin	15.68 kt	2023	down 58.9%	volatile
73	Cote d'Ivoire	15.68 kt	2023	down 47.7%	volatile
73	Côte d'Ivoire	15.68 kt	2023	down 47.7%	volatile
76	Uganda	14.57 kt	2023	down 61.3%	volatile
77	France	11.59 kt	2023	up 1,168.3%	volatile
78	Togo	10.13 kt	2023	up 304.0%	volatile
79	Suriname	10.13 kt	2023	up 708.6%	volatile
80	Georgia	9.62 kt	2023	up 68.1%	volatile
81	Eswatini	8.93 kt	2023	down 69.5%	volatile
82	Malaysia	8.28 kt	2023	down 81.9%	volatile
83	East Timor	7.77 kt	2023	—	volatile
83	Timor-Leste	7.77 kt	2023	—	volatile
85	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	7.42 kt	2023	down 76.1%	volatile
86	Ecuador	7.33 kt	2023	up 267.3%	volatile
87	Turkey	6.75 kt	2023	up 40.5%	volatile
87	Türkiye	6.75 kt	2023	up 40.5%	volatile
89	Syria	6.63 kt	2023	up 472.7%	volatile
89	Syrian Arab Republic	6.63 kt	2023	up 472.7%	volatile
91	Japan	6.11 kt	2023	down 7.8%	rising
92	Kenya	6.07 kt	2023	up 669.9%	volatile
93	Panama	5.83 kt	2023	up 252.1%	volatile
94	Tunisia	5.44 kt	2023	down 2.7%	volatile
95	Fiji	4.45 kt	2023	—	volatile
96	Kazakhstan	3.5 kt	2023	up 886.2%	volatile
97	Sudan	3.25 kt	2023	up 148.6%	volatile
98	Costa Rica	3.03 kt	2023	down 94.9%	volatile
99	Rwanda	2.97 kt	2023	down 38.0%	volatile
100	Morocco	2.74 kt	2023	—	volatile
101	Uruguay	2.07 kt	2023	up 659.0%	volatile
101	Republic of Korea	2.07 kt	2023	down 75.9%	volatile
103	New Zealand	1.83 kt	2023	up 17.6%	volatile
104	Namibia	1.67 kt	2023	up 512.9%	volatile
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.55 kt	2023	up 34.2%	volatile
106	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.43 kt	2023	—	volatile
107	French Guiana	1.25 kt	2023	up 345.8%	volatile
108	Albania	1.03 kt	2023	—	volatile
109	Armenia	0.9112 kt	2023	—	volatile
110	United Kingdom	0.8623 kt	2023	—	volatile
110	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	0.8623 kt	2023	—	volatile
112	Equatorial Guinea	0.6904 kt	2023	—	volatile
113	New Caledonia	0.5646 kt	2023	—	volatile
114	El Salvador	0.5269 kt	2023	down 98.6%	volatile
115	Bulgaria	0.3955 kt	2023	up 221.5%	volatile
115	Belarus	0.3955 kt	2023	down 91.6%	volatile
117	Haiti	0.3927 kt	2023	—	volatile
118	Brunei	0.2809 kt	2023	—	volatile
118	Brunei Darussalam	0.2809 kt	2023	—	volatile
120	Hungary	0.2725 kt	2023	—	volatile
120	Serbia and Montenegro	0.2725 kt	2005	down 80.0%	volatile
122	Belgium-Luxembourg	0.2279 kt	1999	up 185.9%	volatile
123	Burundi	0.123 kt	2023	down 98.5%	volatile
123	Croatia	0.123 kt	2023	—	volatile
123	Sri Lanka	0.123 kt	2023	—	volatile
123	Latvia	0.123 kt	2023	down 68.9%	volatile
123	Moldova	0.123 kt	2023	down 95.7%	volatile
123	North Macedonia	0.123 kt	2023	—	volatile
123	Romania	0.123 kt	2023	down 97.9%	volatile
123	Republic of Moldova	0.123 kt	2023	down 95.7%	volatile
131	Mongolia	0.109 kt	2023	down 72.4%	volatile
132	Afghanistan	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Austria	0 kt	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Azerbaijan	0 kt	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Belgium	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Burkina Faso	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Botswana	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Switzerland	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Comoros	0 kt	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Cayman Islands	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Cyprus	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Czechia	0 kt	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Germany	0 kt	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Denmark	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Egypt	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Eritrea	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Estonia	0 kt	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Finland	0 kt	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Gibraltar	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Gambia	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Grenada	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Isle of Man	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Ireland	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Iraq	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Israel	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Jamaica	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Kyrgyzstan	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Lebanon	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Lesotho	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Lithuania	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Mali	0 kt	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Montenegro	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Mauritania	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Mauritius	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Niger	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Norway	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Pakistan	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Poland	0 kt	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Puerto Rico	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	French Polynesia	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Singapore	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Solomon Islands	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Somalia	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Serbia	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Slovakia	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Slovenia	0 kt	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Sweden	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Turks and Caicos Islands	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Tajikistan	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Turkmenistan	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Trinidad and Tobago	0 kt	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Uzbekistan	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	United States Virgin Islands	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Vanuatu	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Samoa	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Mayotte	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Reunion	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Montserrat	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Polynesia	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	China, Hong Kong SAR	0 kt	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
132	China, Taiwan Province of	0 kt	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Réunion	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
132	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0 kt	2023	—	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 159,651 kt
Non-Annex I countries 140,103 kt
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 105,596 kt
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 104,307 kt
Africa 87,195 kt
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 63,227 kt
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 50,470 kt
Middle Africa 49,587 kt
Americas 40,902 kt
Eastern Africa 36,747 kt
Asia 27,446 kt
Latin America and the Caribbean 25,372 kt
South-eastern Asia 22,172 kt
South America 21,988 kt
Annex I countries 19,548 kt
Northern America 15,529 kt
Southern Asia 4,558 kt
Central America 3,196 kt
Europe 3,025 kt
Eastern Europe 2,666 kt
United States of America 1,610 kt
Oceania 1,084 kt
Eastern Asia 688.45 kt
Western Africa 663.92 kt
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 508.86 kt
European Union (27) 356.24 kt
Southern Europe 346.44 kt
Southern Africa 108.43 kt
Northern Africa 88.61 kt
Western Asia 23.91 kt
Western Europe 11.59 kt
Central Asia 3.5 kt
Northern Europe 0.9853 kt

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Indicator: Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 288 places, 9,567 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 26 October 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf