Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.
Countries reporting
177
Highest
59.93 kt
Brazil
Lowest
0 kt
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
0.0051 kt
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,294
What the numbers show
Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 59.93 kt in Brazil; the lowest is 0 kt in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0051 kt, and the mean is 2.2 kt.
Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 11,850.0%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 100.0%).
Forest fires — Emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 59.93 kt | 2024 | up 377.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Zambia | 33.12 kt | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 67.22 kt | 2024 | up 3,795.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 27.37 kt | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 4 | Mozambique | 24.45 kt | 2024 | down 45.4% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 39.68 kt | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 5 | Angola | 20.9 kt | 2024 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 6 | OECD | 17.56 kt | 2024 | up 93.5% | rising |
| 6 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.31 kt | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Myanmar | 14.43 kt | 2024 | down 39.9% | rising |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.61 kt | 2024 | down 65.3% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 6.44 kt | 2024 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.58 kt | 2024 | up 734.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Canada | 6.4 kt | 2024 | up 345.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Mexico | 6.03 kt | 2024 | up 1,394.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 0.8436 kt | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 11 | India | 5.69 kt | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.1117 kt | 2024 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Cambodia | 5.22 kt | 2024 | down 44.6% | flat |
| 12 | Melanesia | 0.1004 kt | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Nepal | 4.09 kt | 2024 | up 99.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Türkiye | 0.0291 kt | 2024 | up 1,064.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Thailand | 4.01 kt | 2024 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 0.0018 kt | 2024 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 15 | South Sudan | 3.28 kt | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 15 | Polynesia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Sudan (former) | 3.13 kt | 2011 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Paraguay | 1.93 kt | 2024 | up 476.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Congo | 1.88 kt | 2024 | up 630.0% | rising |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 1.5 kt | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 20 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.34 kt | 2024 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Australia | 1.33 kt | 2024 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Guatemala | 1.31 kt | 2024 | up 3,632.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Honduras | 1.3 kt | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Madagascar | 1.27 kt | 2024 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 24 | Caribbean | 0.1524 kt | 2024 | up 76.4% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 1.27 kt | 2024 | up 563.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Cameroon | 1.05 kt | 2024 | up 31.7% | falling |
| 27 | Chad | 0.951 kt | 2024 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0131 kt | 2024 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 28 | China | 0.9045 kt | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 28 | China, mainland | 0.9045 kt | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 30 | South Africa | 0.7253 kt | 2024 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Nicaragua | 0.6944 kt | 2023 | up 257.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Nigeria | 0.6915 kt | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Belize | 0.6329 kt | 2024 | up 1,556.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Malawi | 0.4889 kt | 2024 | down 55.3% | rising |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 0.4179 kt | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Portugal | 0.33 kt | 2024 | up 4,752.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Ukraine | 0.3144 kt | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Indonesia | 0.3127 kt | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Colombia | 0.3124 kt | 2024 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Gabon | 0.2836 kt | 2024 | up 478.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Guyana | 0.2678 kt | 2024 | up 1,404.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Liberia | 0.2424 kt | 2024 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Argentina | 0.2396 kt | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2111 kt | 2024 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Philippines | 0.1827 kt | 2024 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 0.1812 kt | 2024 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Guinea | 0.1503 kt | 2024 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 48 | Malaysia | 0.1428 kt | 2024 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Suriname | 0.1367 kt | 2024 | up 3,405.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Chile | 0.1194 kt | 2024 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Ghana | 0.1103 kt | 2024 | up 523.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 0.1057 kt | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0979 kt | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Cuba | 0.0965 kt | 2024 | up 162.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 0.0736 kt | 2024 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Ecuador | 0.0734 kt | 2024 | up 599.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Senegal | 0.0537 kt | 2024 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Bahamas | 0.0473 kt | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Eswatini | 0.0379 kt | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Uganda | 0.0332 kt | 2024 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Togo | 0.0291 kt | 2024 | up 493.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Romania | 0.0285 kt | 2024 | up 595.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Pakistan | 0.0275 kt | 2024 | up 3,828.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Serbia | 0.0239 kt | 2024 | up 11,850.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Bhutan | 0.0207 kt | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Japan | 0.0202 kt | 2024 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 0.0166 kt | 2024 | up 937.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Sudan | 0.0107 kt | 2024 | up 296.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 0.0089 kt | 2024 | up 256.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Austria | 0.008 kt | 2024 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Georgia | 0.008 kt | 2024 | up 105.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0076 kt | 2024 | up 1,420.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Greece | 0.007 kt | 2024 | up 118.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Spain | 0.0068 kt | 2024 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 74 | New Zealand | 0.0068 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Panama | 0.0066 kt | 2024 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 0.0055 kt | 2024 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Benin | 0.0051 kt | 2024 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Mongolia | 0.0043 kt | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0039 kt | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Belarus | 0.0034 kt | 2024 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Italy | 0.0032 kt | 2024 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 83 | El Salvador | 0.0031 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0029 kt | 2024 | up 1,350.0% | volatile |
| 84 | French Guiana | 0.0029 kt | 2024 | up 190.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Botswana | 0.0025 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Comoros | 0.0024 kt | 2024 | up 242.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Fiji | 0.0019 kt | 2024 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Hungary | 0.0018 kt | 2024 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Tunisia | 0.0018 kt | 2024 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Croatia | 0.0016 kt | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Kenya | 0.0016 kt | 2024 | up 220.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Mayotte | 0.0012 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0012 kt | 2024 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Albania | 0.0009 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Czechia | 0.0009 kt | 2024 | down 90.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Algeria | 0.0009 kt | 2024 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Montenegro | 0.0009 kt | 2024 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Burundi | 0.0007 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Mali | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 100 | New Caledonia | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Uruguay | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.0005 kt | 2005 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.0003 kt | 1999 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Switzerland | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 106 | France | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Morocco | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Slovakia | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Slovenia | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 106 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Afghanistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Armenia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Belgium | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Cyprus | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Germany | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Denmark | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Egypt | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Eritrea | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Estonia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Finland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Gibraltar | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Gambia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Haiti | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Iraq | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Jamaica | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Lebanon | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Lesotho | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Lithuania | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Latvia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Mauritania | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Mauritius | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Namibia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Niger | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Norway | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Poland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Rwanda | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Singapore | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Somalia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Sweden | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Vanuatu | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Samoa | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Montserrat | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Republic of Korea | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Réunion | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 368.61 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 187.93 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 350.4 kt
- Middle Africa 92.11 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 194.58 kt
- Africa 163.44 kt
- Asia 41.78 kt
- Americas 154.75 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 145.56 kt
- South America 135.08 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 112.25 kt
- Eastern Africa 68.94 kt
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.51 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 30.46 kt
- Annex I countries 18.21 kt
- Southern Asia 10.25 kt
- Central America 9.86 kt
- Northern America 9.66 kt
- Europe 7.2 kt
- Eastern Europe 6.8 kt
- United States of America 3.25 kt
- Western Africa 1.61 kt
- Oceania 1.44 kt
- Eastern Asia 1.04 kt
- Southern Africa 0.7656 kt
- European Union (27) 0.3974 kt
- Southern Europe 0.3951 kt
- Western Asia 0.0375 kt
- Northern Africa 0.0137 kt
- Western Europe 0.0084 kt
- Central Asia 0 kt
- Northern Europe 0 kt
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.