Forest fires — Emissions (N2O), per capita by country

Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
0 kt per person
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 kt per person
Samoa
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,434

What the numbers show

Forest fires — Emissions (N2O), per capita is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 0 kt per person in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per person, and the mean is 0 kt per person.

Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 12,839.4%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).

Forest fires — Emissions (N2O), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Central African Republic 0 kt per person 2024 down 21.7% falling
2 Zambia 0 kt per person 2024 down 40.1% falling
3 Belize 0 kt per person 2024 up 1,286.1% volatile
4 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2024 down 59.3% falling
5 Angola 0 kt per person 2024 down 50.5% falling
6 Guyana 0 kt per person 2024 up 1,265.4% volatile
7 Cambodia 0 kt per person 2024 down 51.6% falling
8 Congo 0 kt per person 2024 up 473.6% falling
9 Brazil 0 kt per person 2024 up 350.3% volatile
10 Paraguay 0 kt per person 2024 up 404.6% volatile
11 South Sudan 0 kt per person 2024 down 4.8% rising
12 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2024 down 44.1% flat
13 Suriname 0 kt per person 2024 up 3,078.8% volatile
14 Canada 0 kt per person 2024 up 282.7% volatile
15 Nepal 0 kt per person 2024 up 86.3% volatile
16 Honduras 0 kt per person 2024 up 20.5% volatile
17 Bahamas 0 kt per person 2024 up 69.4% volatile
18 Gabon 0 kt per person 2024 up 351.0% volatile
19 Nicaragua 0 kt per person 2023 up 213.2% volatile
20 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per person 2024 down 79.5% volatile
21 Guatemala 0 kt per person 2024 up 3,080.3% volatile
22 Thailand 0 kt per person 2024 down 41.3% rising
23 Australia 0 kt per person 2024 down 70.2% volatile
24 Chad 0 kt per person 2024 down 68.6% volatile
25 Mexico 0 kt per person 2024 up 1,267.6% volatile
26 Liberia 0 kt per person 2024 down 73.6% volatile
27 Madagascar 0 kt per person 2024 up 30.5% falling
28 Peru 0 kt per person 2024 up 484.1% volatile
29 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2024 down 0.2% volatile
30 Portugal 0 kt per person 2024 up 4,619.7% volatile
31 Eswatini 0 kt per person 2024 down 37.9% volatile
32 Bhutan 0 kt per person 2024 down 72.5% volatile
33 Malawi 0 kt per person 2024 down 65.7% falling
34 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2024 up 51.7% volatile
35 Sierra Leone 0 kt per person 2024 down 28.2% volatile
36 Ethiopia 0 kt per person 2024 down 42.9% falling
37 South Africa 0 kt per person 2024 up 47.2% volatile
38 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2024 down 52.7% falling
39 Guinea 0 kt per person 2024 down 70.2% volatile
40 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per person 2024 down 27.4% volatile
41 North Macedonia 0 kt per person 2024 up 990.5% volatile
42 Cuba 0 kt per person 2024 up 169.5% volatile
43 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2024 down 6.0% volatile
44 Chile 0 kt per person 2024 down 72.3% volatile
45 Colombia 0 kt per person 2024 down 59.5% volatile
46 Argentina 0 kt per person 2024 down 6.5% volatile
47 Ecuador 0 kt per person 2024 up 518.1% volatile
48 Malaysia 0 kt per person 2024 down 61.3% volatile
49 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt per person 2024 up 1,024.3% volatile
50 India 0 kt per person 2024 down 41.3% volatile
51 Serbia 0 kt per person 2024 up 12,839.4% volatile
52 Togo 0 kt per person 2024 up 390.1% volatile
53 Ghana 0 kt per person 2024 up 407.6% volatile
54 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2024 up 22.6% volatile
55 Senegal 0 kt per person 2024 down 78.1% volatile
56 Comoros 0 kt per person 2024 up 181.5% volatile
57 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 2024 down 22.0% volatile
58 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per person 2024 up 1,325.6% volatile
59 Georgia 0 kt per person 2024 up 100.1% volatile
60 Fiji 0 kt per person 2024 down 91.5% volatile
61 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
62 New Caledonia 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
63 Philippines 0 kt per person 2024 up 62.7% volatile
64 Romania 0 kt per person 2024 up 626.4% volatile
65 Panama 0 kt per person 2024 up 137.0% volatile
66 Montenegro 0 kt per person 2024 up 28.6% volatile
67 Bulgaria 0 kt per person 2024 up 290.9% volatile
68 New Zealand 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per person 2024 down 8.5% volatile
70 Mongolia 0 kt per person 2024 down 19.7% volatile
71 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2024 down 94.6% volatile
72 Botswana 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
73 Austria 0 kt per person 2024 up 132.8% volatile
74 Greece 0 kt per person 2024 up 129.0% volatile
75 Uganda 0 kt per person 2024 down 80.8% volatile
76 China 0 kt per person 2024 down 37.1% falling
77 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
78 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2024 down 77.7% volatile
79 Croatia 0 kt per person 2024 down 13.1% volatile
80 Albania 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
81 Belarus 0 kt per person 2024 down 96.7% volatile
82 Benin 0 kt per person 2024 down 70.3% volatile
83 Sudan 0 kt per person 2024 up 205.0% volatile
84 Hungary 0 kt per person 2024 down 83.8% volatile
85 Japan 0 kt per person 2024 down 68.5% volatile
86 Uruguay 0 kt per person 2024 down 55.0% volatile
87 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2024 down 83.8% volatile
88 Spain 0 kt per person 2024 down 64.5% volatile
89 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2024 up 3,250.0% volatile
90 Slovenia 0 kt per person 2024 down 72.3% volatile
91 Czechia 0 kt per person 2024 down 90.5% volatile
92 Italy 0 kt per person 2024 down 72.9% volatile
93 Burundi 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
94 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2024 down 79.7% volatile
95 Slovakia 0 kt per person 2024 down 81.8% volatile
96 Kenya 0 kt per person 2024 up 161.1% volatile
97 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2024 down 95.3% volatile
98 Mali 0 kt per person 2024 down 84.7% volatile
99 Algeria 0 kt per person 2024 down 98.7% volatile
100 Morocco 0 kt per person 2024 down 92.8% volatile
101 France 0 kt per person 2024 down 99.5% volatile
102 Afghanistan 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Armenia 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Belgium 0 kt per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Burkina Faso 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Cayman Islands 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Cyprus 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Germany 0 kt per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Denmark 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Egypt 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Eritrea 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Estonia 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Finland 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Gibraltar 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Gambia 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Haiti 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Ireland 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Iraq 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Kazakhstan 0 kt per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Lebanon 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Lesotho 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Latvia 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Mauritania 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Mauritius 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Namibia 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Niger 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Norway 0 kt per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Poland 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Puerto Rico 0 kt per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Rwanda 0 kt per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Singapore 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Solomon Islands 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Somalia 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Sweden 0 kt per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
102 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Turkmenistan 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Vanuatu 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile
102 Samoa 0 kt per person 2024 — volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Forest fires — Emissions (N2O), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
188 places, 6,434 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.