Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 in Congo

Congo: Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 was 0.5043 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.5043 kt
Change on year
down 39.2%
World rank
34th
of 236 countries
All-time high
1 kt
in 2016
All-time low
0.1624 kt
in 2002
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 in Congo, 1990–2023

0.20.40.60.811990200620231990: 0.593 kt1991: 0.593 kt1992: 0.593 kt1993: 0.593 kt1994: 0.593 kt1995: 0.593 kt1996: 0.413 kt1997: 0.387 kt1998: 0.312 kt1999: 0.349 kt2000: 0.276 kt2001: 0.313 kt2002: 0.162 kt2003: 0.795 kt2004: 0.599 kt2005: 0.597 kt2006: 0.75 kt2007: 0.53 kt2008: 0.403 kt2009: 0.411 kt2010: 0.709 kt2011: 0.899 kt2012: 0.555 kt2013: 0.493 kt2014: 0.257 kt2015: 0.603 kt2016: 1 kt2017: 0.367 kt2018: 0.79 kt2019: 0.845 kt2020: 0.689 kt2021: 0.474 kt2022: 0.83 kt2023: 0.504 kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

The most recent figure for forest fires — emissions (n2o) — fao tier 1 in Congo is 0.5043 kt, measured in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 39.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, forest fires — emissions (n2o) — fao tier 1 in Congo peaked at 1 kt in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.1624 kt, in 2002.

Congo ranks 34th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5016 kt 0.3118 kt 0.5927 kt 10
2000s 0.4836 kt 0.1624 kt 0.7951 kt 10
2010s 0.6519 kt 0.2569 kt 1 kt 10
2020s 0.6242 kt 0.4736 kt 0.8297 kt 4

Countries ranked near Congo

  1. 31 Viet Nam 0.9265 kt compare
  2. 32 Nicaragua 0.6944 kt compare
  3. 33 Nigeria 0.5954 kt compare
  4. 35 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.3782 kt compare
  5. 36 Malawi 0.3631 kt compare
  6. 37 Argentina 0.3589 kt compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is forest fires — emissions (n2o) — fao tier 1 in Congo?
Forest fires — emissions (n2o) — fao tier 1 in Congo was 0.5043 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest forest fires — emissions (n2o) — fao tier 1 recorded in Congo?
The highest recorded value was 1 kt in 2016.
What is the lowest forest fires — emissions (n2o) — fao tier 1 recorded in Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1624 kt in 2002.
How does Congo rank for forest fires — emissions (n2o) — fao tier 1?
Congo ranks 34th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is forest fires — emissions (n2o) — fao tier 1 rising or falling in Congo?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Congo data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
273 places, 9,061 data points, 1990–2023
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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