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Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre (CO2eq) in World

World: Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre (CO2eq) was 0.0012 kt per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.0012 kt per square kilometre
Change on year
up 5.4%
Rank
1st
of 1 groups
All-time high
0.0025 kt per square kilometre
in 1998
All-time low
0.001 kt per square kilometre
in 2001
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre in World, 1990–2023

00.0010.0010.0020.0020.0031990200620231990: 0.002 kt per square kilometre1991: 0.002 kt per square kilometre1992: 0.002 kt per square kilometre1993: 0.002 kt per square kilometre1994: 0.002 kt per square kilometre1995: 0.002 kt per square kilometre1996: 0.001 kt per square kilometre1997: 0.002 kt per square kilometre1998: 0.002 kt per square kilometre1999: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2000: 0.001 kt per square kilometre2001: 0.001 kt per square kilometre2002: 0.001 kt per square kilometre2003: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2004: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2005: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2006: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2007: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2008: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2009: 0.001 kt per square kilometre2010: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2011: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2012: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2013: 0.001 kt per square kilometre2014: 0.001 kt per square kilometre2015: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2016: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2017: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2018: 0.001 kt per square kilometre2019: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2020: 0.002 kt per square kilometre2021: 0.001 kt per square kilometre2022: 0.001 kt per square kilometre2023: 0.001 kt per square kilometre

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kt per square kilometre.

Analysis

The most recent figure for forest fires — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per square kilometre in World is 0.0012 kt per square kilometre, measured in 2023.

The figure is up 5.4% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, forest fires — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per square kilometre in World peaked at 0.0025 kt per square kilometre in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.001 kt per square kilometre, in 2001.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.

Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre (CO2eq) in World, year by year

Year kt per square kilometre Change
1990 0.002 kt per square kilometre —
1991 0.002 kt per square kilometre -0.0%
1992 0.0016 kt per square kilometre -17.2%
1993 0.0016 kt per square kilometre -1.0%
1994 0.0016 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
1995 0.0016 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
1996 0.0014 kt per square kilometre -11.1%
1997 0.002 kt per square kilometre +40.5%
1998 0.0025 kt per square kilometre +23.2%
1999 0.002 kt per square kilometre -21.2%
2000 0.0013 kt per square kilometre -33.9%
2001 0.001 kt per square kilometre -19.2%
2002 0.0012 kt per square kilometre +18.8%
2003 0.0017 kt per square kilometre +34.4%
2004 0.0018 kt per square kilometre +7.3%
2005 0.0017 kt per square kilometre -3.2%
2006 0.0015 kt per square kilometre -11.5%
2007 0.0018 kt per square kilometre +18.5%
2008 0.0015 kt per square kilometre -16.7%
2009 0.0015 kt per square kilometre -2.7%
2010 0.002 kt per square kilometre +37.1%
2011 0.0016 kt per square kilometre -21.5%
2012 0.0017 kt per square kilometre +8.3%
2013 0.0015 kt per square kilometre -15.0%
2014 0.0015 kt per square kilometre +1.9%
2015 0.0016 kt per square kilometre +6.9%
2016 0.0016 kt per square kilometre -1.1%
2017 0.0016 kt per square kilometre +0.7%
2018 0.0014 kt per square kilometre -14.6%
2019 0.0017 kt per square kilometre +26.8%
2020 0.0016 kt per square kilometre -4.5%
2021 0.0014 kt per square kilometre -12.3%
2022 0.0012 kt per square kilometre -18.7%
2023 0.0012 kt per square kilometre +5.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0018 kt per square kilometre 0.0014 kt per square kilometre 0.0025 kt per square kilometre 10
2000s 0.0015 kt per square kilometre 0.001 kt per square kilometre 0.0018 kt per square kilometre 10
2010s 0.0016 kt per square kilometre 0.0014 kt per square kilometre 0.002 kt per square kilometre 10
2020s 0.0014 kt per square kilometre 0.0012 kt per square kilometre 0.0016 kt per square kilometre 4

Countries ranked near World

  1. 1 Central African Republic 0.0253 kt per square kilometre compare
  2. 2 Laos 0.0245 kt per square kilometre compare
  3. 3 Zambia 0.0201 kt per square kilometre compare
  4. 4 Mozambique 0.018 kt per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is forest fires — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per square kilometre in World?
Forest fires — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per square kilometre in World was 0.0012 kt per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest forest fires — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per square kilometre recorded in World?
The highest recorded value was 0.0025 kt per square kilometre in 1998.
What is the lowest forest fires — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per square kilometre recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 0.001 kt per square kilometre in 2001.
How does World rank for forest fires — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per square kilometre?
World ranks 1st out of 1 groups with data for 2023.
Is forest fires — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per square kilometre rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this World data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Indicator
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
201 places, 6,681 data points, 1990–2023
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Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.