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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
182
Highest
51.58 million t
OECD
Lowest
0 t
Saint Lucia
Median
120,367 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 182 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 120,367 t, and the mean is 1.36 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 (Biomass burned, dry matter): 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 United Republic of Tanzania 3.01 million t 2050 — volatile
13 USSR 2.97 million t 1991 down 16.1% falling
14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.65 million t 2050 — volatile
15 Philippines 2.61 million t 2050 — flat
16 Kenya 2.37 million t 2050 — rising
17 Romania 2.26 million t 2050 — falling
18 Yugoslav SFR 2.17 million t 1991 down 5.7% falling
19 Thailand 2.15 million t 2050 — rising
20 Mozambique 2.13 million t 2050 — volatile
21 Viet Nam 2.13 million t 2050 — volatile
22 Ukraine 1.81 million t 2050 — volatile
23 Malawi 1.77 million t 2050 — rising
24 Peru 1.75 million t 2050 — rising
25 Zimbabwe 1.72 million t 2050 — rising
26 Ghana 1.48 million t 2050 — rising
27 Colombia 1.44 million t 2050 — falling
28 France 1.44 million t 2050 — rising
29 Angola 1.43 million t 2050 — volatile
30 Canada 1.32 million t 2050 — rising
31 Egypt 1.23 million t 2050 — rising
32 Serbia and Montenegro 1.22 million t 2005 down 11.1% falling
33 Serbia 1.22 million t 2050 — falling
34 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.19 million t 2050 — rising
35 Benin 1.18 million t 2050 — volatile
36 Russian Federation 1.07 million t 2050 — volatile
37 Hungary 1.07 million t 2050 — falling
38 Italy 1.00 million t 2050 — falling
39 Ethiopia PDR 999,190 t 1992 up 53.1% rising
40 Uganda 985,812 t 2050 — volatile
41 Nepal 933,465 t 2050 — rising
42 Myanmar 857,273 t 2050 — volatile
43 Pakistan 852,067 t 2050 — rising
44 Guinea 795,153 t 2050 — volatile
45 Ecuador 750,714 t 2050 — rising
46 Mali 735,030 t 2050 — volatile
47 Cameroon 707,187 t 2050 — volatile
48 Côte d'Ivoire 697,008 t 2050 — rising
49 Zambia 694,841 t 2050 — rising
50 Burkina Faso 680,280 t 2050 — volatile
51 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 662,581 t 2050 — falling
52 Guatemala 647,274 t 2050 — rising
53 Republic of Moldova 586,492 t 2050 — rising
54 Caribbean 577,005 t 2050 — rising
55 Paraguay 555,783 t 2050 — volatile
56 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 542,106 t 2050 — rising
57 Türkiye 524,264 t 2050 — flat
58 Togo 509,016 t 2050 — volatile
59 Madagascar 503,959 t 2050 — rising
60 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 475,131 t 2050 — volatile
61 El Salvador 468,564 t 2050 — rising
62 Morocco 439,947 t 2050 — falling
63 Honduras 427,765 t 2050 — rising
64 Cambodia 414,832 t 2050 — volatile
65 Nicaragua 408,154 t 2050 — rising
66 Lao People's Democratic Republic 390,655 t 2050 — volatile
67 Germany 382,254 t 2050 — volatile
68 Spain 343,145 t 2050 — falling
69 Chad 327,768 t 2050 — volatile
70 Iraq 326,588 t 2050 — volatile
71 Croatia 308,924 t 2050 — falling
72 Afghanistan 281,385 t 2050 — falling
73 Poland 277,133 t 2050 — volatile
74 Central African Republic 275,851 t 2050 — volatile
75 Haiti 271,644 t 2050 — rising
76 Chile 265,499 t 2050 — rising
77 Bulgaria 264,591 t 2050 — falling
78 Cuba 260,729 t 2050 — rising
79 Greece 219,985 t 2050 — rising
80 Rwanda 211,840 t 2050 — volatile
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 201,700 t 2050 — rising
82 Georgia 190,907 t 2050 — falling
83 Czechoslovakia 180,771 t 1992 up 2.4% rising
84 Senegal 179,565 t 2050 — volatile
85 Austria 172,922 t 2050 — rising
86 Somalia 151,442 t 2050 — falling
87 Bangladesh 148,671 t 2050 — volatile
88 Slovakia 141,723 t 2050 — rising
89 South Sudan 141,063 t 2023 down 56.2% falling
90 Burundi 135,278 t 2050 — volatile
91 Kazakhstan 125,622 t 2050 — rising
92 Lesotho 115,112 t 2050 — falling
93 Yemen 114,797 t 2050 — volatile
94 Timor-Leste 112,347 t 2050 — rising
95 Australia and New Zealand 100,577 t 2050 — flat
96 Portugal 97,493 t 2050 — volatile
97 Kyrgyzstan 96,893 t 2050 — rising
98 Sierra Leone 92,601 t 2050 — volatile
99 Czechia 91,786 t 2050 — rising
100 Niger 88,450 t 2050 — volatile
101 Sri Lanka 82,467 t 2050 — volatile
102 Belarus 79,883 t 2050 — volatile
103 Syrian Arab Republic 77,552 t 2050 — falling
104 Australia 76,505 t 2050 — falling
105 Uruguay 72,559 t 2050 — volatile
106 Eswatini 68,031 t 2050 — falling
107 China, Taiwan Province of 53,333 t 2050 — volatile
108 Mauritania 50,557 t 2050 — volatile
109 Belgium 50,258 t 2050 — flat
110 Albania 49,075 t 2050 — falling
111 Gambia 47,515 t 2050 — volatile
112 Tajikistan 47,386 t 2050 — volatile
113 Panama 47,306 t 2050 — falling
114 Eritrea 44,895 t 2050 — rising
115 Uzbekistan 44,276 t 2050 — falling
116 Botswana 43,454 t 2050 — volatile
117 Azerbaijan 43,046 t 2050 — rising
118 Guinea-Bissau 42,539 t 2050 — volatile
119 Dominican Republic 38,649 t 2050 — falling
120 Slovenia 37,730 t 2050 — falling
121 Bhutan 36,220 t 2050 — falling
122 Namibia 34,584 t 2050 — rising
123 Gabon 34,196 t 2050 — volatile
124 Cabo Verde 33,588 t 2050 — rising
125 Belgium-Luxembourg 33,488 t 1999 up 385.2% volatile
126 North Macedonia 32,676 t 2050 — falling
127 Sudan (former) 31,080 t 2011 down 56.7% rising
128 Saudi Arabia 30,490 t 2050 — volatile
129 Congo 24,412 t 2050 — rising
130 New Zealand 24,072 t 2050 — rising
131 Republic of Korea 23,364 t 2050 — falling
132 Sudan 23,267 t 2023 down 13.4% falling
133 Belize 21,153 t 2050 — rising
134 Switzerland 19,182 t 2050 — rising
135 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 18,340 t 2050 — volatile
136 Costa Rica 15,262 t 2050 — volatile
137 Turkmenistan 14,955 t 2050 — volatile
138 Denmark 7,500 t 2023 down 41.4% falling
139 Israel 5,897 t 2050 — rising
140 Guyana 5,263 t 2050 — rising
141 Melanesia 4,645 t 2050 — rising
142 Comoros 3,604 t 2050 — volatile
143 Armenia 3,156 t 2050 — flat
144 Oman 2,911 t 2050 — falling
145 Lithuania 2,758 t 2050 — volatile
146 Jamaica 2,594 t 2050 — falling
147 Réunion 2,379 t 2050 — falling
148 Trinidad and Tobago 2,178 t 2050 — volatile
149 Sweden 1,970 t 2023 up 77.5% rising
150 Sao Tome and Principe 1,695 t 2050 — volatile
151 Montenegro 1,654 t 2050 — volatile
152 Papua New Guinea 1,578 t 2050 — volatile
153 Libya 1,554 t 2050 — rising
154 Lebanon 1,434 t 2050 — volatile
155 Vanuatu 1,412 t 2050 — rising
156 New Caledonia 1,315 t 2050 — volatile
157 Kuwait 891.15 t 2050 — volatile
158 Algeria 883.02 t 2050 — volatile
159 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 500 t 1980 unchanged falling
160 Grenada 396.41 t 2050 — falling
161 Fiji 338.38 t 2050 — volatile
162 Puerto Rico 260.9 t 2050 — volatile
163 Luxembourg 240.27 t 2050 — falling
164 Malaysia 233 t 2023 — volatile
165 Dominica 180.07 t 2050 — flat
166 French Guiana 147.39 t 2050 — volatile
167 Bahamas 126.51 t 2050 — volatile
167 Barbados 126.51 t 2050 — volatile
169 United Arab Emirates 112.6 t 2050 — volatile
170 Qatar 90.26 t 2050 — volatile
171 Japan 79.61 t 2050 — volatile
172 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70.85 t 2050 — volatile
173 Mauritius 60.26 t 2050 — volatile
174 Guadeloupe 50 t 1977 down 88.8% falling
175 Antigua and Barbuda 49.76 t 2050 — rising
176 Micronesia 46.73 t 2050 — rising
176 Micronesia (Federated States of) 46.73 t 2050 — rising
178 Suriname 24.04 t 2050 — volatile
179 Maldives 24.01 t 2050 — volatile
180 Djibouti 8.38 t 2050 — rising
181 Jordan 0 t 2050 — volatile
181 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.

Relationships involving this indicator

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
Last refreshed

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).