Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square kilometre by country

Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
141
Highest
0 kt per square kilometre
Serbia
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Suriname
Median
0 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,124

What the numbers show

Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square kilometre is currently reported for 141 countries. The highest value is 0 kt per square kilometre in Serbia; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Suriname.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0 kt per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 2,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Turkmenistan (down 92.0%).

Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Serbia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% rising
2 Hungary 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.2% rising
3 Ukraine 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% volatile
4 Malawi 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% rising
5 El Salvador 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.4% rising
6 Romania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 21.6% rising
7 Croatia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% rising
8 Bangladesh 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 190.4% volatile
9 China 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 31.3% volatile
10 Burundi 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 265.1% volatile
11 Philippines 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.5% rising
12 Poland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 120.9% volatile
13 Benin 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 71.5% volatile
14 Rwanda 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 17.3% volatile
15 Togo 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 31.6% volatile
16 Austria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 26.9% rising
17 Guatemala 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 19.6% rising
18 Bulgaria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.7% rising
19 France 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 15.6% rising
20 Slovakia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.2% rising
21 Nepal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 41.4% rising
22 Slovenia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 65.6% rising
23 Ghana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 85.7% volatile
24 Italy 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 33.1% rising
25 Belgium 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 37.3% falling
26 Brazil 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 62.6% volatile
27 Uganda 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% volatile
28 Argentina 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 31.9% volatile
29 Albania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.6% rising
30 Mexico 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 16.9% rising
31 Nigeria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.2% volatile
32 India 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 49.2% volatile
33 South Africa 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 33.7% rising
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.7% rising
35 Comoros 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 40.9% volatile
36 Pakistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 92.2% volatile
37 Germany 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% volatile
38 Paraguay 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.5% volatile
39 Greece 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 37.8% volatile
40 Haiti 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 44.1% rising
41 Indonesia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% volatile
42 Thailand 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% rising
43 Ethiopia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 33.5% rising
44 Burkina Faso 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 27.7% volatile
45 Kenya 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 15.7% rising
46 Cambodia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 67.7% volatile
47 Portugal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.4% flat
48 Honduras 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 16.0% rising
49 Egypt 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.2% rising
50 Eswatini 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 25.9% rising
51 Czechia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 25.4% rising
52 Lesotho 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 45.0% falling
53 Ecuador 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% volatile
54 Cameroon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 36.0% volatile
55 Spain 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 42.1% rising
56 North Macedonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.8% flat
57 Belize 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 54.1% volatile
58 Senegal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 244.2% volatile
59 Guinea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 38.3% volatile
60 Zambia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 31.2% volatile
61 Belarus 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.8% volatile
62 Mozambique 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 69.7% volatile
63 Gambia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% volatile
64 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 39.3% rising
65 Sri Lanka 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% volatile
66 Nicaragua 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 31.8% rising
67 Myanmar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 36.4% volatile
68 Angola 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 93.8% volatile
69 Azerbaijan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 32.0% volatile
70 Switzerland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.6% rising
71 Mali 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 112.9% volatile
72 Georgia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 48.0% falling
73 Zimbabwe 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 31.8% flat
74 Panama 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 17.0% rising
75 Grenada 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
76 Israel 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 53.0% volatile
77 Dominican Republic 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 72.6% falling
78 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
79 Uruguay 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 51.1% volatile
80 Cuba 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 59.3% volatile
81 Colombia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% rising
82 Uzbekistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 112.7% volatile
83 Canada 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.1% volatile
84 Lithuania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 28.7% volatile
85 Kuwait 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
86 Tajikistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% volatile
87 Peru 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% rising
88 Iraq 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 37.6% volatile
89 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 60.0% rising
90 Denmark 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 45.4% falling
91 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 169.2% volatile
92 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
93 Mauritius 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 100.0% volatile
94 Chile 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 64.2% volatile
95 Bhutan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 67.3% rising
96 Afghanistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% falling
97 New Zealand 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 17.3% rising
98 Central African Republic 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 225.0% volatile
99 Madagascar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 31.2% rising
100 Kazakhstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 105.7% volatile
101 Sierra Leone 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 35.0% volatile
102 Chad 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 12.3% volatile
103 South Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 37.4% falling
104 Lebanon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
105 Luxembourg 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 66.7% volatile
106 Jamaica 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.0% volatile
107 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2,500.0% volatile
108 Eritrea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
109 Montenegro 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
110 Gabon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.8% volatile
111 Armenia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 70.1% volatile
112 Morocco 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 51.0% falling
113 Somalia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 40.1% falling
114 New Caledonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 33.3% volatile
115 Costa Rica 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 47.6% volatile
116 Namibia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 165.6% rising
117 Yemen 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.8% rising
118 Qatar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 102.1% volatile
119 Fiji 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 200.0% volatile
120 Vanuatu 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
121 Botswana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 111.4% volatile
122 Bahamas 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
123 Congo 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% rising
124 Australia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 22.0% rising
125 Jordan 0 kt per square kilometre 1990 up 400.0% volatile
126 Sweden 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 233.4% rising
127 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% volatile
128 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 36.1% volatile
129 Guyana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.8% rising
130 Mauritania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 93.8% volatile
131 Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 36.8% falling
132 Niger 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.7% volatile
133 Turkmenistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 92.0% volatile
134 Oman 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 82.4% falling
135 Algeria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 650.0% volatile
136 Libya 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 50.0% volatile
137 Malaysia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
138 Barbados 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
138 Japan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
138 Puerto Rico 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
138 Suriname 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile

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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Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
148 places, 8,124 data points, 1961–2023
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Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.