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Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at...

Countries reporting
164
Highest
51.58 million t
OECD
Lowest
0 t
Saint Lucia
Median
99,035 t
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
12,342

What the numbers show

Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 51.58 million t in OECD; the lowest is 0 t in Saint Lucia.

The median across all reporting countries is 99,035 t, and the mean is 1.42 million t.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium-Luxembourg (up 385.2%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).

Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 51.58 million t 2050 — rising
2 China 34.27 million t 2050 — rising
3 China, mainland 34.22 million t 2050 — rising
4 Brazil 14.83 million t 2050 — rising
5 India 7.75 million t 2050 — rising
6 Mexico 7.09 million t 2050 — flat
7 Indonesia 6.19 million t 2050 — rising
8 Nigeria 5.60 million t 2050 — volatile
9 South Africa 4.32 million t 2050 — falling
10 Argentina 4.13 million t 2050 — rising
11 Ethiopia 3.38 million t 2050 — rising
12 USSR 2.97 million t 1991 down 16.1% falling
13 Philippines 2.61 million t 2050 — flat
14 Kenya 2.37 million t 2050 — rising
15 Romania 2.26 million t 2050 — falling
16 Yugoslav SFR 2.17 million t 1991 down 5.7% falling
17 Thailand 2.15 million t 2050 — rising
18 Mozambique 2.13 million t 2050 — volatile
19 Ukraine 1.81 million t 2050 — volatile
20 Malawi 1.77 million t 2050 — rising
21 Peru 1.75 million t 2050 — rising
22 Zimbabwe 1.72 million t 2050 — rising
23 Ghana 1.48 million t 2050 — rising
24 Colombia 1.44 million t 2050 — falling
25 France 1.44 million t 2050 — rising
26 Angola 1.43 million t 2050 — volatile
27 Canada 1.32 million t 2050 — rising
28 Egypt 1.23 million t 2050 — rising
29 Serbia and Montenegro 1.22 million t 2005 down 11.1% falling
30 Serbia 1.22 million t 2050 — falling
31 Benin 1.18 million t 2050 — volatile
32 Russian Federation 1.07 million t 2050 — volatile
33 Hungary 1.07 million t 2050 — falling
34 Italy 1.00 million t 2050 — falling
35 Ethiopia PDR 999,190 t 1992 up 53.1% rising
36 Uganda 985,812 t 2050 — volatile
37 Nepal 933,465 t 2050 — rising
38 Myanmar 857,273 t 2050 — volatile
39 Pakistan 852,067 t 2050 — rising
40 Guinea 795,153 t 2050 — volatile
41 Ecuador 750,714 t 2050 — rising
42 Mali 735,030 t 2050 — volatile
43 Cameroon 707,187 t 2050 — volatile
44 Zambia 694,841 t 2050 — rising
45 Burkina Faso 680,280 t 2050 — volatile
46 Guatemala 647,274 t 2050 — rising
47 Paraguay 555,783 t 2050 — volatile
48 Togo 509,016 t 2050 — volatile
49 Madagascar 503,959 t 2050 — rising
50 El Salvador 468,564 t 2050 — rising
51 Morocco 439,947 t 2050 — falling
52 Honduras 427,765 t 2050 — rising
53 Cambodia 414,832 t 2050 — volatile
54 Nicaragua 408,154 t 2050 — rising
55 Germany 382,254 t 2050 — volatile
56 Spain 343,145 t 2050 — falling
57 Chad 327,768 t 2050 — volatile
58 Iraq 326,588 t 2050 — volatile
59 Croatia 308,924 t 2050 — falling
60 Afghanistan 281,385 t 2050 — falling
61 Poland 277,133 t 2050 — volatile
62 Central African Republic 275,851 t 2050 — volatile
63 Haiti 271,644 t 2050 — rising
64 Chile 265,499 t 2050 — rising
65 Bulgaria 264,591 t 2050 — falling
66 Cuba 260,729 t 2050 — rising
67 Greece 219,985 t 2050 — rising
68 Rwanda 211,840 t 2050 — volatile
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 201,700 t 2050 — rising
70 Georgia 190,907 t 2050 — falling
71 Czechoslovakia 180,771 t 1992 up 2.4% rising
72 Senegal 179,565 t 2050 — volatile
73 Austria 172,922 t 2050 — rising
74 Somalia 151,442 t 2050 — falling
75 Bangladesh 148,671 t 2050 — volatile
76 Slovakia 141,723 t 2050 — rising
77 South Sudan 141,063 t 2023 down 56.2% falling
78 Burundi 135,278 t 2050 — volatile
79 Kazakhstan 125,622 t 2050 — rising
80 Lesotho 115,112 t 2050 — falling
81 Yemen 114,797 t 2050 — volatile
82 Australia and New Zealand 100,577 t 2050 — flat
83 Portugal 97,493 t 2050 — volatile
84 Kyrgyzstan 96,893 t 2050 — rising
85 Sierra Leone 92,601 t 2050 — volatile
86 Czechia 91,786 t 2050 — rising
87 Niger 88,450 t 2050 — volatile
88 Sri Lanka 82,467 t 2050 — volatile
89 Belarus 79,883 t 2050 — volatile
90 Australia 76,505 t 2050 — falling
91 Uruguay 72,559 t 2050 — volatile
92 Eswatini 68,031 t 2050 — falling
93 China, Taiwan Province of 53,333 t 2050 — volatile
94 Mauritania 50,557 t 2050 — volatile
95 Belgium 50,258 t 2050 — flat
96 Albania 49,075 t 2050 — falling
97 Gambia 47,515 t 2050 — volatile
98 Tajikistan 47,386 t 2050 — volatile
99 Panama 47,306 t 2050 — falling
100 Eritrea 44,895 t 2050 — rising
101 Uzbekistan 44,276 t 2050 — falling
102 Botswana 43,454 t 2050 — volatile
103 Azerbaijan 43,046 t 2050 — rising
104 Guinea-Bissau 42,539 t 2050 — volatile
105 Dominican Republic 38,649 t 2050 — falling
106 Slovenia 37,730 t 2050 — falling
107 Bhutan 36,220 t 2050 — falling
108 Namibia 34,584 t 2050 — rising
109 Gabon 34,196 t 2050 — volatile
110 Belgium-Luxembourg 33,488 t 1999 up 385.2% volatile
111 North Macedonia 32,676 t 2050 — falling
112 Sudan (former) 31,080 t 2011 down 56.7% rising
113 Saudi Arabia 30,490 t 2050 — volatile
114 Congo 24,412 t 2050 — rising
115 New Zealand 24,072 t 2050 — rising
116 Republic of Korea 23,364 t 2050 — falling
117 Sudan 23,267 t 2023 down 13.4% falling
118 Belize 21,153 t 2050 — rising
119 Switzerland 19,182 t 2050 — rising
120 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 18,340 t 2050 — volatile
121 Costa Rica 15,262 t 2050 — volatile
122 Turkmenistan 14,955 t 2050 — volatile
123 Denmark 7,500 t 2023 down 41.4% falling
124 Israel 5,897 t 2050 — rising
125 Guyana 5,263 t 2050 — rising
126 Comoros 3,604 t 2050 — volatile
127 Armenia 3,156 t 2050 — flat
128 Oman 2,911 t 2050 — falling
129 Lithuania 2,758 t 2050 — volatile
130 Jamaica 2,594 t 2050 — falling
131 Réunion 2,379 t 2050 — falling
132 Trinidad and Tobago 2,178 t 2050 — volatile
133 Sweden 1,970 t 2023 up 77.5% rising
134 Sao Tome and Principe 1,695 t 2050 — volatile
135 Montenegro 1,654 t 2050 — volatile
136 Papua New Guinea 1,578 t 2050 — volatile
137 Libya 1,554 t 2050 — rising
138 Lebanon 1,434 t 2050 — volatile
139 Vanuatu 1,412 t 2050 — rising
140 New Caledonia 1,315 t 2050 — volatile
141 Kuwait 891.15 t 2050 — volatile
142 Algeria 883.02 t 2050 — volatile
143 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 500 t 1980 unchanged falling
144 Grenada 396.41 t 2050 — falling
145 Fiji 338.38 t 2050 — volatile
146 Puerto Rico 260.9 t 2050 — volatile
147 Luxembourg 240.27 t 2050 — falling
148 Malaysia 233 t 2023 — volatile
149 Dominica 180.07 t 2050 — flat
150 French Guiana 147.39 t 2050 — volatile
151 Bahamas 126.51 t 2050 — volatile
151 Barbados 126.51 t 2050 — volatile
153 United Arab Emirates 112.6 t 2050 — volatile
154 Qatar 90.26 t 2050 — volatile
155 Japan 79.61 t 2050 — volatile
156 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70.85 t 2050 — volatile
157 Mauritius 60.26 t 2050 — volatile
158 Guadeloupe 50 t 1977 down 88.8% falling
159 Antigua and Barbuda 49.76 t 2050 — rising
160 Suriname 24.04 t 2050 — volatile
161 Maldives 24.01 t 2050 — volatile
162 Djibouti 8.38 t 2050 — rising
163 Jordan 0 t 2050 — volatile
163 Saint Lucia 0 t 1980 down 100.0% rising

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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Comparisons with other indicators across countries. Each was re-measured with population and national income held constant, so a relationship that only reflected country size is not listed here.

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Indicator
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter)
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
220 places, 12,342 data points, 1961–2050
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at Tier 1 following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 2006).