Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre by country
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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.
Countries reporting
159
Highest
0.0135 kt per square kilometre
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Samoa
Median
0 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,681
What the numbers show
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 0.0135 kt per square kilometre in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0006 kt per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 14,736.2%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 0.0135 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 2 | Laos | 0.0132 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 156.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Zambia | 0.0108 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 4 | Mozambique | 0.0096 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.9% | rising |
| 5 | Myanmar | 0.0079 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 6 | Cambodia | 0.0061 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 7 | Nepal | 0.005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Angola | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 9 | Honduras | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Thailand | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.5% | flat |
| 11 | Belize | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Nicaragua | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 257.2% | volatile |
| 13 | South Sudan | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 14 | Chile | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,778.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Malawi | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.0% | rising |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Bahamas | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Vietnam | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Canada | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,036.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Cuba | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 176.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Cameroon | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Madagascar | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 23 | Brazil | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 198.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Greece | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14,736.2% | volatile |
| 25 | India | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Mexico | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Guatemala | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Congo | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 29 | Ethiopia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Liberia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Indonesia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Bhutan | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 294.7% | volatile |
| 34 | East Timor | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Eswatini | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Chad | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Nigeria | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Bangladesh | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Paraguay | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Sierra Leone | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Spain | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 934.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Fiji | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Guinea | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Togo | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 305.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Ghana | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Philippines | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 49 | United States | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 50 | Colombia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Russia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Gabon | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 53 | Senegal | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Benin | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Georgia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Australia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Rwanda | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Guyana | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Peru | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 61 | South Africa | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Panama | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 253.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Argentina | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Uganda | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 65 | China | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Suriname | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 712.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Italy | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Brunei | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Ukraine | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Albania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Syria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 466.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Tunisia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Algeria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 321.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Armenia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 78 | New Caledonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Ecuador | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 268.8% | volatile |
| 80 | El Salvador | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Malaysia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | France | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,168.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Japan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 85 | Haiti | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Uruguay | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 696.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Kenya | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 665.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Turkey | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 89 | New Zealand | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Morocco | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Burundi | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Moldova | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 95 | United Kingdom | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Hungary | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Croatia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Latvia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Namibia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 544.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Belarus | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Sudan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 149.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 861.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Romania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Mongolia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Afghanistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Austria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Belgium | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Botswana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Switzerland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Comoros | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Cyprus | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Czechia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Germany | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Denmark | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Egypt | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Eritrea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Estonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Finland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Gibraltar | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Gambia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Grenada | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Isle of Man | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Ireland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Iraq | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Israel | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Jamaica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Lebanon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Lesotho | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Lithuania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Mali | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Montenegro | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Mauritania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Mauritius | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Niger | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Norway | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Pakistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Poland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | French Polynesia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Singapore | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Somalia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Serbia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Slovakia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Slovenia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Sweden | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Vanuatu | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Samoa | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0007 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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.
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Forest fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 (CO2eq) from CH4 (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.