Grassland — 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
176
Highest
23.32 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
0.0102 kt
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,329
What the numbers show
Grassland — Emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 23.32 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0102 kt, and the mean is 1.05 kt.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 45,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Grassland — Emissions (N2O): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 23.32 kt | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 21.25 kt | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 3 | Australia | 21.25 kt | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.17 kt | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 4 | Sudan (former) | 15.81 kt | 2011 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 4 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.71 kt | 2024 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 5 | Angola | 14.74 kt | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 6 | South Sudan | 9.12 kt | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.65 kt | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 7.14 kt | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.23 kt | 2024 | up 322.7% | rising |
| 8 | Mali | 7.01 kt | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 8 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.1663 kt | 2024 | up 587.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Sudan | 5.57 kt | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 10 | Chad | 4.9 kt | 2024 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0878 kt | 2024 | up 145.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Zambia | 3.92 kt | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 11 | Türkiye | 0.0356 kt | 2024 | up 334.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 3.56 kt | 2024 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 0.03 kt | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 13 | Madagascar | 3.55 kt | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 13 | Melanesia | 0.0277 kt | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 14 | South Africa | 3.48 kt | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.004 kt | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Senegal | 3.41 kt | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 0.0008 kt | 2024 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.0008 kt | 2024 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Ghana | 3.25 kt | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 17 | Nigeria | 3.15 kt | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 17 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Mozambique | 2.9 kt | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 19 | Congo | 2.13 kt | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 20 | Central African Republic | 1.55 kt | 2024 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 21 | Botswana | 1.33 kt | 2024 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Namibia | 1.06 kt | 2024 | down 57.7% | rising |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 1.05 kt | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 24 | Argentina | 0.8959 kt | 2024 | down 18.3% | flat |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.2287 kt | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 0.8436 kt | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 0.804 kt | 2024 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 27 | Niger | 0.7914 kt | 2024 | up 177.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Uganda | 0.6047 kt | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 28 | Caribbean | 0.0086 kt | 2024 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 29 | Benin | 0.5851 kt | 2024 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 30 | Colombia | 0.5527 kt | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 31 | Guinea | 0.4881 kt | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 31 | Cabo Verde | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 0.432 kt | 2024 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Gabon | 0.3983 kt | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 34 | Cameroon | 0.3778 kt | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 35 | Togo | 0.3643 kt | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 36 | Myanmar | 0.3467 kt | 2024 | up 116.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Kenya | 0.3189 kt | 2024 | up 127.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Cambodia | 0.2838 kt | 2024 | up 80.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Mongolia | 0.2264 kt | 2024 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Paraguay | 0.1958 kt | 2024 | up 122.0% | rising |
| 41 | Mauritania | 0.1923 kt | 2024 | up 390.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Mexico | 0.1589 kt | 2024 | up 96.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Gambia | 0.1566 kt | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 44 | Iraq | 0.1564 kt | 2024 | up 185.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Ukraine | 0.1323 kt | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 46 | China | 0.1224 kt | 2024 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 46 | China, mainland | 0.1224 kt | 2024 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 48 | Peru | 0.0966 kt | 2024 | up 288.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Nicaragua | 0.089 kt | 2023 | up 103.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Malawi | 0.0808 kt | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 51 | India | 0.0802 kt | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Eswatini | 0.078 kt | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Guyana | 0.073 kt | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Pakistan | 0.0694 kt | 2024 | up 308.2% | volatile |
| 55 | North Macedonia | 0.0453 kt | 2024 | up 45,200.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Canada | 0.0434 kt | 2024 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Egypt | 0.0429 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Honduras | 0.0403 kt | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Rwanda | 0.0391 kt | 2024 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Lesotho | 0.0385 kt | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Guatemala | 0.0324 kt | 2024 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 61 | Thailand | 0.0324 kt | 2024 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 63 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0273 kt | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Belize | 0.0207 kt | 2024 | up 204.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Sierra Leone | 0.0197 kt | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Indonesia | 0.0176 kt | 2024 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 0.0158 kt | 2024 | up 2,157.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Albania | 0.0144 kt | 2024 | up 14,300.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0144 kt | 2024 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 0.0131 kt | 2024 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Nepal | 0.013 kt | 2024 | up 113.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Somalia | 0.0124 kt | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Ecuador | 0.0123 kt | 2024 | up 2,975.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Spain | 0.0114 kt | 2024 | up 86.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Philippines | 0.0113 kt | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Chile | 0.011 kt | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Greece | 0.0108 kt | 2024 | up 116.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Eritrea | 0.0104 kt | 2024 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Suriname | 0.01 kt | 2024 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Burundi | 0.0077 kt | 2024 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0072 kt | 2024 | up 3,500.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 0.0065 kt | 2024 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Panama | 0.0063 kt | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Croatia | 0.0051 kt | 2024 | up 920.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Turkmenistan | 0.0046 kt | 2024 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Georgia | 0.0043 kt | 2024 | up 616.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Portugal | 0.0043 kt | 2024 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Serbia | 0.0043 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Cuba | 0.0039 kt | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Montenegro | 0.0037 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Belarus | 0.0031 kt | 2024 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Malaysia | 0.0031 kt | 2024 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0031 kt | 2024 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Romania | 0.0024 kt | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Uruguay | 0.0024 kt | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0019 kt | 2024 | up 171.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Israel | 0.0015 kt | 2024 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Algeria | 0.0014 kt | 2024 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Cyprus | 0.0013 kt | 2024 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 0.0011 kt | 2024 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Bahamas | 0.0011 kt | 2024 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Bhutan | 0.0011 kt | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 103 | Armenia | 0.001 kt | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Haiti | 0.001 kt | 2024 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Italy | 0.0009 kt | 2024 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 106 | France | 0.0007 kt | 2024 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Japan | 0.0007 kt | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Afghanistan | 0.0006 kt | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 0.0006 kt | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Comoros | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Uzbekistan | 0.0004 kt | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Liberia | 0.0003 kt | 2024 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Estonia | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Fiji | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Jamaica | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Lebanon | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | New Caledonia | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Germany | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 118 | Hungary | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Lithuania | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Latvia | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Morocco | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 118 | New Zealand | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Poland | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 118 | Palestine | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | El Salvador | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Réunion | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Austria | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Belgium | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Barbados | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Switzerland | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Czechia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Denmark | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Finland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Greenland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Iceland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Jordan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Libya | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Mauritius | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Norway | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Slovakia | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Slovenia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Sweden | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Tunisia | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Vanuatu | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Yemen | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | French Guiana | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Montserrat | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0 kt | 2005 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Republic of Korea | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | 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 125.77 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 70.24 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 101.66 kt
- Middle Africa 25.75 kt
- Africa 86.2 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 76.85 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 54.59 kt
- Asia 2.15 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 37.17 kt
- Eastern Africa 25.63 kt
- Annex I countries 24.11 kt
- Western Africa 23.21 kt
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.1557 kt
- Oceania 21.28 kt
- Americas 15.07 kt
- South America 12.92 kt
- Southern Africa 5.99 kt
- Northern Africa 5.61 kt
- Northern America 1.83 kt
- United States of America 1.78 kt
- Europe 1.07 kt
- Eastern Europe 0.9582 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 0.8135 kt
- Central Asia 0.437 kt
- Eastern Asia 0.3503 kt
- Southern Asia 0.3317 kt
- Central America 0.3162 kt
- Western Asia 0.2206 kt
- Southern Europe 0.1074 kt
- European Union (27) 0.0533 kt
- Western Europe 0.0008 kt
- Northern Europe 0.0005 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.