Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
182
Highest
66.59 % change on previous year
Lesotho
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Saint Lucia
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
62
1962–2023
Data points
11,661
What the numbers show
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), annual growth rate is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 66.59 % change on previous year in Lesotho; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Saint Lucia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is -1.91 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in United Republic of Tanzania (up 9,477.0%), and the largest decrease in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (down 58,505.5%).
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 66.59 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 485.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Benin | 49.24 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 585.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Mozambique | 47.91 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 400.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Australia | 47.79 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 272.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Mauritius | 44.94 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Australia and New Zealand | 40.21 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Gambia | 34.24 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Cambodia | 33.89 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 4,052.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 27.33 % change on previous year | 1999 | up 4,064.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Zambia | 27.15 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 480.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Réunion | 26.16 % change on previous year | 2006 | up 1,062.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 24.92 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 190.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Belize | 24.07 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 24 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 245.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Switzerland | 23.75 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 488.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Uruguay | 23.29 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 3,306.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Niger | 19.92 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 515.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Guinea | 19.67 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 737.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Sudan (former) | 17.46 % change on previous year | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Kuwait | 16.12 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 179.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Caribbean | 0.3831 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 21 | New Zealand | 15.77 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 480.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 15.08 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Kenya | 14.97 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 993.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Namibia | 13.77 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 125.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 11.81 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Sweden | 11.3 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Republic of Moldova | 11.18 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 648.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Czechoslovakia | 8.61 % change on previous year | 1992 | up 96.7% | volatile |
| 29 | China, Taiwan Province of | 8.32 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 7.98 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 3,609.8% | volatile |
| 31 | India | 7.89 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Iraq | 7.2 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Guatemala | 7.01 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 297.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Slovenia | 6.47 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Rwanda | 6.27 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Thailand | 6.07 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 614.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Brazil | 5.93 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Togo | 5.8 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 39 | OECD | 5.62 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 461.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 5.4 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Canada | 5.19 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Türkiye | 5.1 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 43 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 9,477.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Poland | 4.98 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.98 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 259.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Honduras | 4.88 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 47 | USSR | 4.76 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Cabo Verde | 4.4 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Qatar | 4.35 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Egypt | 4.02 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 480.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Fiji | 4.01 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 3.9 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Mali | 3.79 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Comoros | 3.48 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Greece | 3.01 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,744.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Central African Republic | 3 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 115.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Republic of Korea | 2.8 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 143.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 2.72 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 133.0% | volatile |
| 59 | China | 2.67 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 60 | China, mainland | 2.67 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Libya | 2.39 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 246.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.36 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Colombia | 2.28 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 199.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Germany | 2.12 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 138.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.43 % change on previous year | 2005 | up 228.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Angola | 1.39 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.03 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 106.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Portugal | 1 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Philippines | 0.6157 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 152.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Papua New Guinea | 0.5945 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 0.5838 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Croatia | 0.388 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 110.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Grenada | 0.2571 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Gabon | 0.2466 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Guyana | 0.1027 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Bahamas | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Congo | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Djibouti | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Dominica | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Algeria | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Eritrea | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Ethiopia | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Ghana | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Lebanon | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Maldives | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Sierra Leone | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Somalia | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Suriname | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Yemen | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 % change on previous year | 1980 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Cuba | -0.1178 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Madagascar | -0.2263 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 98.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Viet Nam | -0.5902 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 148.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Senegal | -0.809 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 113.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Vanuatu | -0.8934 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 112.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Chad | -1.28 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 158.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Malawi | -1.37 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 184.7% | volatile |
| 102 | South Africa | -1.41 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 146.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Peru | -1.52 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 250.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Austria | -1.55 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Micronesia | -1.56 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 121.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | -1.56 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 121.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Japan | -1.59 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 203.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Nigeria | -1.72 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 969.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Albania | -1.85 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Georgia | -2.03 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 105.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Uzbekistan | -2.26 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 112 | El Salvador | -2.51 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 171.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Sudan | -2.52 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Melanesia | -2.77 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 119.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Haiti | -2.82 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 104.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Yugoslav SFR | -2.83 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 165.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -2.97 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 138.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Serbia | -3.07 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 794.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Ukraine | -3.62 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 134.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Jamaica | -3.74 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 177.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Antigua and Barbuda | -4.35 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 291.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Pakistan | -4.54 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 144.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Nepal | -4.6 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Montenegro | -5.16 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Mexico | -5.48 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 320.9% | volatile |
| 126 | North Macedonia | -5.5 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 184.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Luxembourg | -5.56 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Hungary | -5.63 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 230.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Myanmar | -5.69 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 213.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | -6.14 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 173.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Saudi Arabia | -6.83 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,181.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Bhutan | -7.02 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Argentina | -7.57 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 124.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Cameroon | -7.69 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Malaysia | -7.91 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Israel | -7.95 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 117.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Afghanistan | -8.63 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,317.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Panama | -8.7 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Chile | -9.18 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 459.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Russian Federation | -9.24 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 146.6% | volatile |
| 141 | France | -9.71 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 224.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Sri Lanka | -9.72 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 166.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Romania | -9.89 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 144 | United Arab Emirates | -10.17 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Tajikistan | -10.19 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,158.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Indonesia | -10.43 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 203.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Denmark | -10.71 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,282.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Ecuador | -11.38 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 649.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Italy | -11.58 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Eswatini | -12.5 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 130.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Slovakia | -12.75 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 394.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -13.33 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 277.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Ethiopia PDR | -13.44 % change on previous year | 1992 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Nicaragua | -13.53 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 163.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Oman | -14.06 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 339.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Syrian Arab Republic | -14.52 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Armenia | -16.13 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,340.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Belgium | -16.26 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 296.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Barbados | -16.67 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 183.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Timor-Leste | -17.68 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 235.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Czechia | -19.99 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Zimbabwe | -20.35 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 126.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Botswana | -20.91 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Belarus | -22.41 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 458.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Spain | -23.67 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 278.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Guinea-Bissau | -25 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,520.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Mauritania | -25.93 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | -26.37 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 58,505.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Morocco | -26.81 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 152.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Paraguay | -28.47 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 909.3% | volatile |
| 171 | New Caledonia | -34.05 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 406.5% | volatile |
| 172 | South Sudan | -35.88 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 385.1% | volatile |
| 173 | French Guiana | -37.06 % change on previous year | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Lithuania | -40.11 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 220.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Puerto Rico | -43.82 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 104.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Burundi | -44.02 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,650.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Uganda | -48.93 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 7,087.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Guadeloupe | -50 % change on previous year | 1977 | down 159.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Turkmenistan | -54.4 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 246.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Jordan | -100 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 415.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Saint Lucia | -100 % change on previous year | 1980 | down 833.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Oceania 37.45 % change on previous year
- United States of America 9.92 % change on previous year
- Northern America 9.72 % change on previous year
- Western Africa 6.91 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia 4.95 % change on previous year
- Annex I countries 4.64 % change on previous year
- Americas 4.3 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3.57 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.46 % change on previous year
- Western Asia 2.76 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia 2.64 % change on previous year
- Asia 2.48 % change on previous year
- World 2.39 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.14 % change on previous year
- Africa 2.1 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.97 % change on previous year
- Non-Annex I countries 1.66 % change on previous year
- South America 1.05 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 0.502 % change on previous year
- Central Asia 0.274 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa 0.193 % change on previous year
- Middle Africa 0.1573 % change on previous year
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.0602 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa -0.1903 % change on previous year
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) -1.07 % change on previous year
- South-eastern Asia -2.41 % change on previous year
- Central America -3.65 % change on previous year
- Eastern Europe -5.11 % change on previous year
- Europe -5.63 % change on previous year
- European Union (27) -6.11 % change on previous year
- Western Europe -6.64 % change on previous year
- Southern Europe -7.02 % change on previous year
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) -8.73 % change on previous year
- Northern Europe -28.44 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.