Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O) by country

Name: Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

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

169

Highest

3.61 kt

OECD

Lowest

0 kt

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Median

0.0121 kt

Years covered

1961–2050

Data points

12,342

What the numbers show

Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 3.61 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0121 kt, and the mean is 0.1024 kt.

Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium-Luxembourg (up 360.0%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 56.0%).

Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	OECD	3.61 kt	2050	—	rising
2	China	2.4 kt	2050	—	rising
3	China, mainland	2.4 kt	2050	—	rising
4	Brazil	1.04 kt	2050	—	rising
4	United Republic of Tanzania	0.2104 kt	2050	—	volatile
5	India	0.5423 kt	2050	—	rising
5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.1852 kt	2050	—	volatile
6	Mexico	0.4963 kt	2050	—	flat
6	Viet Nam	0.1493 kt	2050	—	volatile
7	Indonesia	0.4334 kt	2050	—	rising
7	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.0834 kt	2050	—	rising
8	Nigeria	0.3923 kt	2050	—	volatile
9	South Africa	0.3022 kt	2050	—	falling
9	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	0.0464 kt	2050	—	falling
10	Argentina	0.289 kt	2050	—	rising
10	Republic of Moldova	0.0411 kt	2050	—	rising
11	Ethiopia	0.2364 kt	2050	—	rising
11	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.0379 kt	2050	—	rising
12	USSR	0.208 kt	1991	down 16.1%	falling
12	Türkiye	0.0367 kt	2050	—	flat
13	Philippines	0.1829 kt	2050	—	flat
13	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.0333 kt	2050	—	volatile
14	Kenya	0.166 kt	2050	—	rising
14	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.0273 kt	2050	—	volatile
15	Romania	0.1584 kt	2050	—	falling
15	Timor-Leste	0.0079 kt	2050	—	rising
16	Yugoslav SFR	0.1516 kt	1991	down 5.7%	falling
16	Syrian Arab Republic	0.0054 kt	2050	—	falling
17	Thailand	0.1503 kt	2050	—	rising
17	Melanesia	0.0003 kt	2050	—	rising
18	Mozambique	0.1494 kt	2050	—	volatile
19	Ukraine	0.1264 kt	2050	—	volatile
20	Malawi	0.1236 kt	2050	—	rising
21	Peru	0.1222 kt	2050	—	rising
22	Zimbabwe	0.1207 kt	2050	—	rising
23	Ghana	0.1035 kt	2050	—	rising
24	Colombia	0.1007 kt	2050	—	falling
24	France	0.1007 kt	2050	—	rising
26	Angola	0.1001 kt	2050	—	volatile
27	Canada	0.0927 kt	2050	—	rising
28	Egypt	0.0863 kt	2050	—	rising
28	Côte d'Ivoire	0.0488 kt	2050	—	rising
29	Serbia and Montenegro	0.0854 kt	2005	down 11.0%	falling
29	Caribbean	0.0404 kt	2050	—	rising
30	Serbia	0.0851 kt	2050	—	falling
31	Benin	0.0828 kt	2050	—	volatile
32	Russian Federation	0.0752 kt	2050	—	volatile
32	Cabo Verde	0.0024 kt	2050	—	rising
33	Hungary	0.0749 kt	2050	—	falling
34	Italy	0.0702 kt	2050	—	falling
35	Ethiopia PDR	0.0699 kt	1992	up 53.0%	rising
36	Uganda	0.069 kt	2050	—	volatile
37	Nepal	0.0653 kt	2050	—	rising
38	Myanmar	0.06 kt	2050	—	volatile
39	Pakistan	0.0596 kt	2050	—	rising
40	Guinea	0.0557 kt	2050	—	volatile
41	Ecuador	0.0525 kt	2050	—	rising
42	Mali	0.0515 kt	2050	—	volatile
43	Cameroon	0.0495 kt	2050	—	volatile
44	Zambia	0.0486 kt	2050	—	rising
45	Burkina Faso	0.0476 kt	2050	—	volatile
46	Guatemala	0.0453 kt	2050	—	rising
47	Paraguay	0.0389 kt	2050	—	volatile
48	Togo	0.0356 kt	2050	—	volatile
49	Madagascar	0.0353 kt	2050	—	rising
50	El Salvador	0.0328 kt	2050	—	rising
51	Morocco	0.0308 kt	2050	—	falling
52	Honduras	0.0299 kt	2050	—	rising
53	Cambodia	0.029 kt	2050	—	volatile
54	Nicaragua	0.0286 kt	2050	—	rising
55	Germany	0.0268 kt	2050	—	volatile
56	Spain	0.024 kt	2050	—	falling
57	Iraq	0.0229 kt	2050	—	volatile
57	Chad	0.0229 kt	2050	—	volatile
59	Croatia	0.0216 kt	2050	—	falling
60	Afghanistan	0.0197 kt	2050	—	falling
61	Poland	0.0194 kt	2050	—	volatile
62	Central African Republic	0.0193 kt	2050	—	volatile
63	Haiti	0.019 kt	2050	—	rising
64	Chile	0.0186 kt	2050	—	rising
65	Bulgaria	0.0185 kt	2050	—	falling
66	Cuba	0.0183 kt	2050	—	rising
67	Greece	0.0154 kt	2050	—	rising
68	Rwanda	0.0148 kt	2050	—	volatile
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0141 kt	2050	—	rising
70	Georgia	0.0134 kt	2050	—	falling
71	Czechoslovakia	0.0127 kt	1992	up 2.4%	rising
72	Senegal	0.0126 kt	2050	—	volatile
73	Austria	0.0121 kt	2050	—	rising
74	Somalia	0.0106 kt	2050	—	falling
75	Bangladesh	0.0104 kt	2050	—	volatile
76	South Sudan	0.0099 kt	2023	down 56.0%	falling
76	Slovakia	0.0099 kt	2050	—	rising
78	Burundi	0.0095 kt	2050	—	volatile
79	Kazakhstan	0.0088 kt	2050	—	rising
80	Lesotho	0.0081 kt	2050	—	falling
81	Yemen	0.008 kt	2050	—	volatile
82	Australia and New Zealand	0.007 kt	2050	—	flat
83	Kyrgyzstan	0.0068 kt	2050	—	rising
83	Portugal	0.0068 kt	2050	—	volatile
85	Sierra Leone	0.0065 kt	2050	—	volatile
86	Czechia	0.0064 kt	2050	—	rising
87	Niger	0.0062 kt	2050	—	volatile
88	Sri Lanka	0.0058 kt	2050	—	volatile
89	Belarus	0.0056 kt	2050	—	volatile
90	Australia	0.0054 kt	2050	—	falling
91	Uruguay	0.0051 kt	2050	—	volatile
92	Eswatini	0.0048 kt	2050	—	falling
93	China, Taiwan Province of	0.0037 kt	2050	—	volatile
94	Belgium	0.0035 kt	2050	—	flat
94	Mauritania	0.0035 kt	2050	—	volatile
96	Albania	0.0034 kt	2050	—	falling
97	Gambia	0.0033 kt	2050	—	volatile
97	Panama	0.0033 kt	2050	—	falling
97	Tajikistan	0.0033 kt	2050	—	volatile
100	Eritrea	0.0031 kt	2050	—	rising
100	Uzbekistan	0.0031 kt	2050	—	falling
102	Azerbaijan	0.003 kt	2050	—	rising
102	Botswana	0.003 kt	2050	—	volatile
102	Guinea-Bissau	0.003 kt	2050	—	volatile
105	Dominican Republic	0.0027 kt	2050	—	falling
106	Slovenia	0.0026 kt	2050	—	falling
107	Bhutan	0.0025 kt	2050	—	falling
108	Gabon	0.0024 kt	2050	—	volatile
108	Namibia	0.0024 kt	2050	—	rising
110	North Macedonia	0.0023 kt	2050	—	falling
110	Belgium-Luxembourg	0.0023 kt	1999	up 360.0%	volatile
112	Sudan (former)	0.0022 kt	2011	down 56.0%	rising
113	Saudi Arabia	0.0021 kt	2050	—	volatile
114	Congo	0.0017 kt	2050	—	rising
114	New Zealand	0.0017 kt	2050	—	rising
116	Sudan	0.0016 kt	2023	down 15.8%	falling
116	Republic of Korea	0.0016 kt	2050	—	falling
118	Belize	0.0015 kt	2050	—	rising
119	Switzerland	0.0013 kt	2050	—	rising
119	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	0.0013 kt	2050	—	volatile
121	Costa Rica	0.0011 kt	2050	—	volatile
122	Turkmenistan	0.001 kt	2050	—	volatile
123	Denmark	0.0005 kt	2023	down 44.4%	falling
124	Guyana	0.0004 kt	2050	—	rising
124	Israel	0.0004 kt	2050	—	rising
126	Comoros	0.0003 kt	2050	—	volatile
127	Armenia	0.0002 kt	2050	—	flat
127	Jamaica	0.0002 kt	2050	—	falling
127	Lithuania	0.0002 kt	2050	—	volatile
127	Oman	0.0002 kt	2050	—	falling
127	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0002 kt	2050	—	volatile
127	Réunion	0.0002 kt	2050	—	falling
133	Algeria	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
133	Kuwait	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
133	Lebanon	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
133	Libya	0.0001 kt	2050	—	rising
133	Montenegro	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
133	New Caledonia	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
133	Papua New Guinea	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
133	Sao Tome and Principe	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
133	Sweden	0.0001 kt	2023	unchanged	flat
133	Vanuatu	0.0001 kt	2050	—	rising
143	United Arab Emirates	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
143	Barbados	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
143	Fiji	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
143	Grenada	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
143	Jordan	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
143	Japan	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
143	Mauritius	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
143	Malaysia	0 kt	2023	—	volatile
143	Puerto Rico	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
143	Guadeloupe	0 kt	1977	—	volatile
143	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	0 kt	1980	—	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 13.29 kt
Asia 4.34 kt
Non-Annex I countries 9.79 kt
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.8 kt
Americas 5.14 kt
Middle Africa 0.3812 kt
Annex I countries 3.5 kt
Africa 2.87 kt
Sub-Saharan Africa 2.75 kt
Northern America 2.67 kt
United States of America 2.58 kt
Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.0561 kt
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.5 kt
Latin America and the Caribbean 2.47 kt
Eastern Asia 2.45 kt
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.95 kt
South America 1.79 kt
Eastern Africa 1.2 kt
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.05 kt
South-Eastern Asia 1.04 kt
Europe 0.9276 kt
Western Africa 0.8553 kt
Southern Asia 0.739 kt
Central America 0.6387 kt
European Union (27) 0.5729 kt
Eastern Europe 0.5359 kt
Southern Africa 0.3204 kt
Southern Europe 0.2458 kt
Western Europe 0.1457 kt
Northern Africa 0.1173 kt
Western Asia 0.0925 kt
Central Asia 0.023 kt
Oceania 0.0074 kt
Northern Europe 0.0002 kt

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Indicator: Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O)
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
Last refreshed: 13 August 2026

What the numbers show

Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O): full country ranking

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