Grassland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 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
176
Highest
111.03 million t
OECD
Lowest
0 t
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
21,237 t
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,329
What the numbers show
Grassland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 111.03 million t in OECD; the lowest is 0 t in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 21,237 t, and the mean is 4.79 million t.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 48,880.8%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Grassland — Burning crop residues: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 111.03 million t | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 101.21 million t | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 3 | Australia | 101.21 million t | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 4 | Sudan (former) | 75.27 million t | 2011 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 5 | Angola | 70.19 million t | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 6 | South Sudan | 43.44 million t | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7.84 million t | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 34.00 million t | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 8 | Mali | 33.39 million t | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 9 | Sudan | 26.52 million t | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 10 | Chad | 23.34 million t | 2024 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 11 | Zambia | 18.66 million t | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 11 | Türkiye | 169,681 t | 2024 | up 333.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 16.94 million t | 2024 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 142,884 t | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 13 | Madagascar | 16.90 million t | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 14 | South Africa | 16.59 million t | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 15 | Senegal | 16.24 million t | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 3,694 t | 2024 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Ghana | 15.46 million t | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 17 | Nigeria | 14.98 million t | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 18 | Mozambique | 13.83 million t | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 19 | Congo | 10.16 million t | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 20 | Central African Republic | 7.38 million t | 2024 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 21 | Botswana | 6.33 million t | 2024 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Namibia | 5.07 million t | 2024 | down 57.7% | rising |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 4.99 million t | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 24 | Argentina | 4.27 million t | 2024 | down 18.3% | flat |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 4.02 million t | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 3.83 million t | 2024 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 27 | Niger | 3.77 million t | 2024 | up 177.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Uganda | 2.88 million t | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 29 | Benin | 2.79 million t | 2024 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 30 | Colombia | 2.63 million t | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 31 | Guinea | 2.32 million t | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 31 | Cabo Verde | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 2.06 million t | 2024 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Gabon | 1.90 million t | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 34 | Cameroon | 1.80 million t | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 35 | Togo | 1.73 million t | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 36 | Myanmar | 1.65 million t | 2024 | up 116.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Kenya | 1.52 million t | 2024 | up 127.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Cambodia | 1.35 million t | 2024 | up 80.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Mongolia | 1.08 million t | 2024 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Paraguay | 932,505 t | 2024 | up 121.9% | rising |
| 41 | Mauritania | 915,650 t | 2024 | up 390.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Mexico | 756,710 t | 2024 | up 96.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Gambia | 745,882 t | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 44 | Iraq | 744,980 t | 2024 | up 185.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Ukraine | 630,073 t | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 46 | China | 582,915 t | 2024 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 47 | China, mainland | 582,827 t | 2024 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 48 | Peru | 460,060 t | 2024 | up 288.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Nicaragua | 423,645 t | 2023 | up 103.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Malawi | 384,804 t | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 51 | India | 381,918 t | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Eswatini | 371,354 t | 2024 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Guyana | 347,467 t | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Pakistan | 330,266 t | 2024 | up 306.8% | volatile |
| 55 | North Macedonia | 215,840 t | 2024 | up 48,880.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Canada | 206,662 t | 2024 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Egypt | 204,322 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Honduras | 191,968 t | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Rwanda | 186,104 t | 2024 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Lesotho | 183,360 t | 2024 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Guatemala | 154,306 t | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 62 | Thailand | 154,283 t | 2024 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 63 | Papua New Guinea | 130,117 t | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Belize | 98,767 t | 2024 | up 203.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Sierra Leone | 93,670 t | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Indonesia | 83,718 t | 2024 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 75,015 t | 2024 | up 2,199.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Guinea-Bissau | 68,541 t | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Albania | 68,382 t | 2024 | up 15,422.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 62,284 t | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Nepal | 61,681 t | 2024 | up 111.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Somalia | 59,232 t | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Ecuador | 58,406 t | 2024 | up 3,070.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Spain | 54,169 t | 2024 | up 85.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Philippines | 53,791 t | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Chile | 52,378 t | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Greece | 51,398 t | 2024 | up 113.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Eritrea | 49,709 t | 2024 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Suriname | 47,786 t | 2024 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Burundi | 36,553 t | 2024 | up 437.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34,477 t | 2024 | up 2,907.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 31,045 t | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Panama | 29,999 t | 2024 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Croatia | 24,427 t | 2024 | up 925.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Turkmenistan | 21,930 t | 2024 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Serbia | 20,544 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Georgia | 20,358 t | 2024 | up 560.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Portugal | 20,354 t | 2024 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Cuba | 18,427 t | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Montenegro | 17,454 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Malaysia | 14,869 t | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Belarus | 14,671 t | 2024 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 14,605 t | 2024 | up 122.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Romania | 11,379 t | 2024 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Uruguay | 11,340 t | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,817 t | 2024 | up 173.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Israel | 7,181 t | 2024 | up 89.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Algeria | 6,690 t | 2024 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Cyprus | 5,967 t | 2024 | up 171.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Bahamas | 5,236 t | 2024 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Bhutan | 5,227 t | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 5,098 t | 2024 | up 316.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Armenia | 4,758 t | 2024 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Haiti | 4,563 t | 2024 | up 247.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Italy | 4,404 t | 2024 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Japan | 3,519 t | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 107 | France | 3,175 t | 2024 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Afghanistan | 2,991 t | 2024 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Dominican Republic | 2,915 t | 2024 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Comoros | 2,335 t | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Uzbekistan | 1,673 t | 2024 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Liberia | 1,445 t | 2024 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Estonia | 1,150 t | 2024 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 114 | New Caledonia | 1,090 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Lebanon | 1,068 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Jamaica | 866.61 t | 2024 | up 289.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Fiji | 778.73 t | 2024 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Morocco | 704.01 t | 2024 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Palestine, State of | 669.28 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 120 | El Salvador | 667.21 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Lithuania | 619 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Réunion | 485.93 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Poland | 441.94 t | 2024 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Germany | 441.76 t | 2024 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Latvia | 353.72 t | 2024 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Hungary | 353.02 t | 2024 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 127 | New Zealand | 264.58 t | 2024 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Sri Lanka | 222.32 t | 2024 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Iceland | 177.14 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Kyrgyzstan | 176.3 t | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 131 | French Guiana | 111.14 t | 2024 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Tunisia | 88.03 t | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 133 | China, Taiwan Province of | 87.81 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 6.64 t | 1999 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Austria | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Belgium | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Barbados | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Switzerland | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Czechia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Djibouti | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Denmark | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Finland | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Gibraltar | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Grenada | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Greenland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Isle of Man | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Ireland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Jordan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Kuwait | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Libya | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Mauritius | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Norway | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Oman | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Solomon Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Slovakia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Slovenia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Sweden | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Tajikistan | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Vanuatu | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Yemen | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Montserrat | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0 t | 2005 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Republic of Korea | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 598.91 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 334.47 million t
- Non-Annex I countries 484.11 million t
- Middle Africa 122.61 million t
- Africa 410.46 million t
- United Republic of Tanzania 15.09 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 365.93 million t
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12.88 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 259.94 million t
- Asia 10.25 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 177.01 million t
- Eastern Africa 122.04 million t
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5.85 million t
- Annex I countries 114.81 million t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 791,950 t
- Western Africa 110.53 million t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 741,399 t
- Oceania 101.34 million t
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 418,186 t
- Americas 71.78 million t
- South America 61.54 million t
- Southern Africa 28.54 million t
- Melanesia 131,986 t
- Northern Africa 26.73 million t
- Syrian Arab Republic 18,866 t
- Northern America 8.69 million t
- United States of America 8.49 million t
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3,613 t
- Europe 5.08 million t
- Republic of Moldova 2,471 t
- Eastern Europe 4.56 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 3.87 million t
- Central Asia 2.08 million t
- Eastern Asia 1.67 million t
- Southern Asia 1.58 million t
- Central America 1.51 million t
- Côte d'Ivoire 1.09 million t
- Western Asia 1.05 million t
- Southern Europe 511,449 t
- European Union (27) 253,647 t
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.