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Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4) 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
181
Highest
139.28 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Saint Lucia
Median
0.3392 kt
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
12,342

What the numbers show

Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 139.28 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Saint Lucia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3392 kt, and the mean is 3.69 kt.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium-Luxembourg (up 386.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).

Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 139.28 kt 2050 — rising
2 China 92.53 kt 2050 — rising
3 China, mainland 92.38 kt 2050 — rising
4 Brazil 40.05 kt 2050 — rising
4 United Republic of Tanzania 8.12 kt 2050 — volatile
5 India 20.92 kt 2050 — rising
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.14 kt 2050 — volatile
6 Mexico 19.14 kt 2050 — flat
6 Viet Nam 5.76 kt 2050 — volatile
7 Indonesia 16.72 kt 2050 — rising
7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.22 kt 2050 — rising
8 Nigeria 15.13 kt 2050 — volatile
9 South Africa 11.65 kt 2050 — falling
9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.79 kt 2050 — falling
10 Argentina 11.15 kt 2050 — rising
10 Republic of Moldova 1.58 kt 2050 — rising
11 Ethiopia 9.12 kt 2050 — rising
11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.46 kt 2050 — rising
12 USSR 8.02 kt 1991 down 16.1% falling
12 Türkiye 1.42 kt 2050 — flat
13 Philippines 7.05 kt 2050 — flat
13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.28 kt 2050 — volatile
14 Kenya 6.4 kt 2050 — rising
14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.05 kt 2050 — volatile
15 Romania 6.11 kt 2050 — falling
15 Timor-Leste 0.3033 kt 2050 — rising
16 Yugoslav SFR 5.85 kt 1991 down 5.7% falling
16 Syrian Arab Republic 0.2094 kt 2050 — falling
17 Thailand 5.8 kt 2050 — rising
17 Melanesia 0.0125 kt 2050 — rising
18 Mozambique 5.76 kt 2050 — volatile
18 Micronesia 0.0001 kt 2050 — rising
18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.0001 kt 2050 — rising
19 Ukraine 4.88 kt 2050 — volatile
20 Malawi 4.77 kt 2050 — rising
21 Peru 4.71 kt 2050 — rising
22 Zimbabwe 4.66 kt 2050 — rising
23 Ghana 3.99 kt 2050 — rising
24 Colombia 3.88 kt 2050 — falling
25 France 3.88 kt 2050 — rising
26 Angola 3.86 kt 2050 — volatile
27 Canada 3.58 kt 2050 — rising
28 Egypt 3.33 kt 2050 — rising
28 Côte d'Ivoire 1.88 kt 2050 — rising
29 Serbia and Montenegro 3.29 kt 2005 down 11.1% falling
29 Caribbean 1.56 kt 2050 — rising
30 Serbia 3.28 kt 2050 — falling
31 Benin 3.19 kt 2050 — volatile
32 Russian Federation 2.9 kt 2050 — volatile
32 Cabo Verde 0.0907 kt 2050 — rising
33 Hungary 2.89 kt 2050 — falling
34 Italy 2.71 kt 2050 — falling
35 Ethiopia PDR 2.7 kt 1992 up 53.1% rising
36 Uganda 2.66 kt 2050 — volatile
37 Nepal 2.52 kt 2050 — rising
38 Myanmar 2.31 kt 2050 — volatile
39 Pakistan 2.3 kt 2050 — rising
40 Guinea 2.15 kt 2050 — volatile
41 Ecuador 2.03 kt 2050 — rising
42 Mali 1.98 kt 2050 — volatile
43 Cameroon 1.91 kt 2050 — volatile
44 Zambia 1.88 kt 2050 — rising
45 Burkina Faso 1.84 kt 2050 — volatile
46 Guatemala 1.75 kt 2050 — rising
47 Paraguay 1.5 kt 2050 — volatile
48 Togo 1.37 kt 2050 — volatile
49 Madagascar 1.36 kt 2050 — rising
50 El Salvador 1.27 kt 2050 — rising
51 Morocco 1.19 kt 2050 — falling
52 Honduras 1.16 kt 2050 — rising
53 Cambodia 1.12 kt 2050 — volatile
54 Nicaragua 1.1 kt 2050 — rising
55 Germany 1.03 kt 2050 — volatile
56 Spain 0.9265 kt 2050 — falling
57 Chad 0.885 kt 2050 — volatile
58 Iraq 0.8818 kt 2050 — volatile
59 Croatia 0.8341 kt 2050 — falling
60 Afghanistan 0.7597 kt 2050 — falling
61 Poland 0.7483 kt 2050 — volatile
62 Central African Republic 0.7448 kt 2050 — volatile
63 Haiti 0.7334 kt 2050 — rising
64 Chile 0.7168 kt 2050 — rising
65 Bulgaria 0.7144 kt 2050 — falling
66 Cuba 0.704 kt 2050 — rising
67 Greece 0.594 kt 2050 — rising
68 Rwanda 0.572 kt 2050 — volatile
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.5446 kt 2050 — rising
70 Georgia 0.5155 kt 2050 — falling
71 Czechoslovakia 0.4881 kt 1992 up 2.5% rising
72 Senegal 0.4848 kt 2050 — volatile
73 Austria 0.4669 kt 2050 — rising
74 Somalia 0.4089 kt 2050 — falling
75 Bangladesh 0.4014 kt 2050 — volatile
76 Slovakia 0.3827 kt 2050 — rising
77 South Sudan 0.3809 kt 2023 down 56.2% falling
78 Burundi 0.3653 kt 2050 — volatile
79 Kazakhstan 0.3392 kt 2050 — rising
80 Lesotho 0.3108 kt 2050 — falling
81 Yemen 0.31 kt 2050 — volatile
82 Australia and New Zealand 0.2716 kt 2050 — flat
83 Portugal 0.2632 kt 2050 — volatile
84 Kyrgyzstan 0.2616 kt 2050 — rising
85 Sierra Leone 0.25 kt 2050 — volatile
86 Czechia 0.2478 kt 2050 — rising
87 Niger 0.2388 kt 2050 — volatile
88 Sri Lanka 0.2227 kt 2050 — volatile
89 Belarus 0.2157 kt 2050 — volatile
90 Australia 0.2066 kt 2050 — falling
91 Uruguay 0.1959 kt 2050 — volatile
92 Eswatini 0.1837 kt 2050 — falling
93 China, Taiwan Province of 0.144 kt 2050 — volatile
94 Mauritania 0.1365 kt 2050 — volatile
95 Belgium 0.1357 kt 2050 — flat
96 Albania 0.1325 kt 2050 — falling
97 Gambia 0.1283 kt 2050 — volatile
98 Tajikistan 0.1279 kt 2050 — volatile
99 Panama 0.1277 kt 2050 — falling
100 Eritrea 0.1212 kt 2050 — rising
101 Uzbekistan 0.1195 kt 2050 — falling
102 Botswana 0.1173 kt 2050 — volatile
103 Azerbaijan 0.1162 kt 2050 — rising
104 Guinea-Bissau 0.1149 kt 2050 — volatile
105 Dominican Republic 0.1044 kt 2050 — falling
106 Slovenia 0.1019 kt 2050 — falling
107 Bhutan 0.0978 kt 2050 — falling
108 Namibia 0.0934 kt 2050 — rising
109 Gabon 0.0923 kt 2050 — volatile
110 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.0904 kt 1999 up 386.0% volatile
111 North Macedonia 0.0882 kt 2050 — falling
112 Sudan (former) 0.0839 kt 2011 down 56.7% rising
113 Saudi Arabia 0.0823 kt 2050 — volatile
114 Congo 0.0659 kt 2050 — rising
115 New Zealand 0.065 kt 2050 — rising
116 Republic of Korea 0.0631 kt 2050 — falling
117 Sudan 0.0628 kt 2023 down 13.5% falling
118 Belize 0.0571 kt 2050 — rising
119 Switzerland 0.0518 kt 2050 — rising
120 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.0495 kt 2050 — volatile
121 Costa Rica 0.0412 kt 2050 — volatile
122 Turkmenistan 0.0404 kt 2050 — volatile
123 Denmark 0.0203 kt 2023 down 41.3% falling
124 Israel 0.0159 kt 2050 — rising
125 Guyana 0.0142 kt 2050 — rising
126 Comoros 0.0097 kt 2050 — volatile
127 Armenia 0.0085 kt 2050 — flat
128 Oman 0.0079 kt 2050 — falling
129 Lithuania 0.0074 kt 2050 — volatile
130 Jamaica 0.007 kt 2050 — falling
131 Réunion 0.0064 kt 2050 — falling
132 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0059 kt 2050 — volatile
133 Sweden 0.0053 kt 2023 up 76.7% rising
134 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0046 kt 2050 — volatile
135 Montenegro 0.0045 kt 2050 — volatile
136 Papua New Guinea 0.0043 kt 2050 — volatile
137 Libya 0.0042 kt 2050 — rising
138 Lebanon 0.0039 kt 2050 — volatile
139 Vanuatu 0.0038 kt 2050 — rising
140 New Caledonia 0.0036 kt 2050 — volatile
141 Algeria 0.0024 kt 2050 — volatile
141 Kuwait 0.0024 kt 2050 — volatile
143 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0014 kt 1980 unchanged falling
144 Grenada 0.0011 kt 2050 — falling
145 Fiji 0.0009 kt 2050 — volatile
146 Puerto Rico 0.0007 kt 2050 — volatile
147 Luxembourg 0.0006 kt 2050 — falling
147 Malaysia 0.0006 kt 2023 — volatile
149 Dominica 0.0005 kt 2050 — falling
150 French Guiana 0.0004 kt 2050 — volatile
151 United Arab Emirates 0.0003 kt 2050 — volatile
151 Bahamas 0.0003 kt 2050 — volatile
151 Barbados 0.0003 kt 2050 — volatile
154 Japan 0.0002 kt 2050 — volatile
154 Mauritius 0.0002 kt 2050 — volatile
154 Qatar 0.0002 kt 2050 — volatile
154 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0002 kt 2050 — volatile
158 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0001 kt 2050 — rising
158 Maldives 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
158 Suriname 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
158 Guadeloupe 0.0001 kt 1977 down 91.7% falling
162 Jordan 0 kt 2050 — volatile
162 Saint Lucia 0 kt 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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Indicator
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4)
Unit
kt
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).