Forest fires — Emissions (N2O), per square kilometre by country

Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) 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
143
Highest
0 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
6,245

What the numbers show

Forest fires — Emissions (N2O), per square kilometre is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 0 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 kt per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 14,877.8%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Central African Republic 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 23.1% rising
2 Zambia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 37.1% rising
3 Mozambique 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 46.9% rising
4 Myanmar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.2% rising
5 Cambodia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 66.2% rising
6 Nepal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.8% volatile
7 Angola 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 43.4% rising
8 Honduras 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 68.7% volatile
9 Thailand 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 96.5% volatile
10 Belize 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 26.1% volatile
11 Nicaragua 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 257.2% volatile
12 South Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.1% rising
13 Chile 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2,779.1% volatile
14 Malawi 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 59.0% rising
15 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 84.1% volatile
16 Bahamas 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 78.0% volatile
17 Canada 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1,036.1% volatile
18 Cuba 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 176.9% volatile
19 Cameroon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 25.9% falling
20 Madagascar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 25.7% rising
21 Brazil 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 198.9% flat
22 Greece 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14,877.8% volatile
23 India 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 48.7% volatile
24 Mexico 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 31.4% volatile
25 Guatemala 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 61.8% volatile
26 Congo 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
27 Ethiopia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.9% falling
28 Liberia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 15.1% volatile
29 Indonesia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 71.0% volatile
30 Bhutan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 105.6% volatile
31 Dominican Republic 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 295.1% volatile
32 Eswatini 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 69.5% volatile
33 Chad 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 55.1% falling
34 Portugal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 46.9% volatile
35 Nigeria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 22.8% volatile
36 Bangladesh 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 85.5% volatile
37 Paraguay 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 74.5% volatile
38 Sierra Leone 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 32.1% volatile
39 Spain 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 936.1% volatile
40 Fiji 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
41 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 48.2% volatile
42 Guinea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 83.6% falling
43 Ghana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 136.7% volatile
44 Togo 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 302.3% volatile
45 Philippines 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 43.3% volatile
46 Colombia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.9% volatile
47 Gabon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% rising
48 Senegal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 84.6% volatile
49 Benin 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 59.0% volatile
50 Georgia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 68.0% volatile
51 Australia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 67.3% volatile
52 Guyana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 141.8% volatile
53 Rwanda 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 38.1% volatile
54 Zimbabwe 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 82.9% volatile
55 Peru 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.1% volatile
56 South Africa 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 44.5% volatile
57 Panama 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 252.5% volatile
58 Argentina 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 83.2% volatile
59 Uganda 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 61.3% volatile
60 China 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 56.8% falling
61 Suriname 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 704.5% volatile
62 Costa Rica 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 94.9% volatile
63 Italy 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 107.3% volatile
64 Ukraine 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 79.8% volatile
65 Albania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
66 Tunisia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.1% volatile
67 Armenia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
68 Algeria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 321.9% volatile
69 New Caledonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 35.0% volatile
71 Ecuador 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 265.7% volatile
72 Malaysia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 81.9% volatile
73 El Salvador 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 98.6% volatile
74 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
75 France 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1,168.8% volatile
76 Japan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% volatile
77 Haiti 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
78 Uruguay 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 620.0% volatile
79 Kenya 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 641.8% volatile
80 New Zealand 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 18.5% volatile
81 Morocco 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
82 North Macedonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
83 Burundi 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 98.6% volatile
84 Bulgaria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 250.0% volatile
85 Hungary 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
86 Croatia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
87 Namibia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 480.0% volatile
88 Belarus 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 91.5% volatile
89 Sri Lanka 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
90 Latvia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 71.4% volatile
91 Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 147.8% volatile
92 Kazakhstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 916.7% volatile
93 Romania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 98.1% volatile
94 Mongolia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 71.5% volatile
95 Afghanistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Austria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Azerbaijan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Belgium 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Burkina Faso 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Botswana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Switzerland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Comoros 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Cayman Islands 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Cyprus 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Czechia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Germany 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Denmark 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Egypt 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Eritrea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Estonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Finland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Gibraltar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Gambia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Ireland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Iraq 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Jamaica 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Lebanon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Lesotho 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Lithuania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Mali 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Montenegro 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Mauritania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Mauritius 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Niger 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Norway 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Pakistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Poland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Puerto Rico 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Singapore 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Solomon Islands 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Somalia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Serbia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Slovakia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Slovenia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Sweden 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Tajikistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Turkmenistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Uzbekistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Vanuatu 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
95 Samoa 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile

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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 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 (N2O) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Forest fires — Emissions (N2O), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
188 places, 6,245 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) 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.