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Open shrubland — Emissions in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Open shrubland — Emissions was 0 kt in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
0 kt
Change on year
down 100.0%
World rank
44th
of 218 countries
All-time high
1.01 kt
in 1998
All-time low
0 kt
in 2001
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Open shrubland — Emissions in Afghanistan, 1990–2024

00.250.50.7511990200720241990: 0.129 kt1991: 0.129 kt1992: 0.129 kt1993: 0.129 kt1994: 0.129 kt1995: 0.129 kt1996: 0.653 kt1997: 0.556 kt1998: 1 kt1999: 0.78 kt2000: 0.407 kt2001: 0 kt2002: 0 kt2003: 0.013 kt2004: 0.006 kt2005: 0.006 kt2006: 0.065 kt2007: 0.007 kt2008: 0.051 kt2009: 0.004 kt2010: 0.003 kt2011: 0 kt2012: 0 kt2013: 0.001 kt2014: 0.051 kt2015: 0 kt2016: 0 kt2017: 0 kt2018: 0 kt2019: 0.013 kt2020: 0.086 kt2021: 0.009 kt2022: 0.005 kt2023: 0.006 kt2024: 0 kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

The most recent figure for open shrubland — emissions in Afghanistan is 0 kt, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.

That represents a change of down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, open shrubland — emissions in Afghanistan peaked at 1.01 kt in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0 kt, in 2001.

Afghanistan ranks 44th of 218 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Open shrubland — Emissions in Afghanistan, year by year

Year kt Change
1990 0.1286 kt —
1991 0.1286 kt +0.0%
1992 0.1286 kt +0.0%
1993 0.1286 kt +0.0%
1994 0.1286 kt +0.0%
1995 0.1286 kt +0.0%
1996 0.6532 kt +407.9%
1997 0.5565 kt -14.8%
1998 1.01 kt +80.7%
1999 0.7805 kt -22.4%
2000 0.4072 kt -47.8%
2001 0 kt -100.0%
2002 0 kt —
2003 0.0134 kt —
2004 0.0064 kt -52.2%
2005 0.0056 kt -12.5%
2006 0.0649 kt +1058.9%
2007 0.0071 kt -89.1%
2008 0.0508 kt +615.5%
2009 0.0042 kt -91.7%
2010 0.0028 kt -33.3%
2011 0 kt -100.0%
2012 0 kt —
2013 0.0007 kt —
2014 0.0515 kt +7257.1%
2015 0 kt -100.0%
2016 0 kt —
2017 0 kt —
2018 0 kt —
2019 0.0127 kt —
2020 0.0861 kt +578.0%
2021 0.0092 kt -89.3%
2022 0.0049 kt -46.7%
2023 0.0064 kt +30.6%
2024 0 kt -100.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3767 kt 0.1286 kt 1.01 kt 10
2000s 0.056 kt 0 kt 0.4072 kt 10
2010s 0.0068 kt 0 kt 0.0515 kt 10
2020s 0.0213 kt 0 kt 0.0861 kt 5

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  3. 44 American Samoa 0 kt
  4. 44 Andorra 0 kt
  5. 44 Anguilla 0 kt
  6. 44 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt
  7. 44 Armenia 0 kt compare
  8. 44 Aruba 0 kt
  9. 44 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt
  10. 44 Austria 0 kt
  11. 44 Bahamas 0 kt compare
  12. 44 Bahrain 0 kt
  13. 44 Bangladesh 0 kt compare
  14. 44 Barbados 0 kt
  15. 44 Belarus 0 kt compare
  16. 44 Belgium 0 kt
  17. 44 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 kt
  18. 44 Belize 0 kt compare
  19. 44 Benin 0 kt compare
  20. 44 Bermuda 0 kt
  21. 44 Bhutan 0 kt compare
  22. 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt compare
  23. 44 British Virgin Islands 0 kt
  24. 44 Brunei Darussalam 0 kt compare
  25. 44 Bulgaria 0 kt compare
  26. 44 Burkina Faso 0 kt compare
  27. 44 Burundi 0 kt compare
  28. 44 Cambodia 0 kt compare
  29. 44 Cameroon 0 kt compare
  30. 44 Cayman Islands 0 kt
  31. 44 Central African Republic 0 kt compare
  32. 44 Chad 0 kt compare
  33. 44 China 0 kt compare
  34. 44 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kt compare
  35. 44 China, Macao SAR 0 kt
  36. 44 China, mainland 0 kt compare
  37. 44 China, Taiwan Province of 0 kt
  38. 44 Colombia 0 kt compare
  39. 44 Comoros 0 kt
  40. 44 Congo 0 kt compare
  41. 44 Cook Islands 0 kt
  42. 44 Costa Rica 0 kt compare
  43. 44 Croatia 0 kt compare
  44. 44 Cuba 0 kt compare
  45. 44 Cyprus 0 kt compare
  46. 44 Czechia 0 kt
  47. 44 Denmark 0 kt
  48. 44 Djibouti 0 kt compare
  49. 44 Dominica 0 kt
  50. 44 Dominican Republic 0 kt compare
  51. 44 Ecuador 0 kt compare
  52. 44 El Salvador 0 kt
  53. 44 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt
  54. 44 Eritrea 0 kt compare
  55. 44 Estonia 0 kt
  56. 44 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 kt
  57. 44 Faroe Islands 0 kt
  58. 44 Fiji 0 kt compare
  59. 44 Finland 0 kt compare
  60. 44 France 0 kt compare
  61. 44 French Guiana 0 kt
  62. 44 French Polynesia 0 kt
  63. 44 Gabon 0 kt compare
  64. 44 Gambia 0 kt compare
  65. 44 Georgia 0 kt compare
  66. 44 Germany 0 kt
  67. 44 Ghana 0 kt compare
  68. 44 Gibraltar 0 kt
  69. 44 Greece 0 kt compare
  70. 44 Greenland 0 kt compare
  71. 44 Grenada 0 kt
  72. 44 Guadeloupe 0 kt
  73. 44 Guam 0 kt
  74. 44 Guatemala 0 kt compare
  75. 44 Guinea 0 kt compare
  76. 44 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt compare
  77. 44 Guyana 0 kt compare
  78. 44 Haiti 0 kt compare
  79. 44 Honduras 0 kt compare
  80. 44 Hungary 0 kt
  81. 44 Iceland 0 kt compare
  82. 44 Indonesia 0 kt compare
  83. 44 Ireland 0 kt compare
  84. 44 Isle of Man 0 kt
  85. 44 Israel 0 kt compare
  86. 44 Italy 0 kt compare
  87. 44 Jamaica 0 kt
  88. 44 Japan 0 kt
  89. 44 Kazakhstan 0 kt compare
  90. 44 Kiribati 0 kt
  91. 44 Kuwait 0 kt compare
  92. 44 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt compare
  93. 44 Latvia 0 kt compare
  94. 44 Lebanon 0 kt compare
  95. 44 Liberia 0 kt compare
  96. 44 Libya 0 kt compare
  97. 44 Lithuania 0 kt
  98. 44 Luxembourg 0 kt
  99. 44 Malaysia 0 kt compare
  100. 44 Maldives 0 kt
  101. 44 Malta 0 kt
  102. 44 Marshall Islands 0 kt
  103. 44 Martinique 0 kt
  104. 44 Mauritius 0 kt
  105. 44 Mayotte 0 kt
  106. 44 Mongolia 0 kt compare
  107. 44 Montenegro 0 kt
  108. 44 Montserrat 0 kt
  109. 44 Morocco 0 kt compare
  110. 44 Myanmar 0 kt compare
  111. 44 Naoero 0 kt
  112. 44 Nepal 0 kt compare
  113. 44 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 kt
  114. 44 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 kt
  115. 44 New Caledonia 0 kt compare
  116. 44 New Zealand 0 kt compare
  117. 44 Nicaragua 0 kt compare
  118. 44 Niue 0 kt
  119. 44 Norfolk Island 0 kt
  120. 44 North Macedonia 0 kt compare
  121. 44 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt
  122. 44 Norway 0 kt compare
  123. 44 Oman 0 kt
  124. 44 Palau 0 kt
  125. 44 Palestine, State of 0 kt compare
  126. 44 Panama 0 kt compare
  127. 44 Papua New Guinea 0 kt compare
  128. 44 Paraguay 0 kt compare
  129. 44 Philippines 0 kt compare
  130. 44 Pitcairn 0 kt
  131. 44 Poland 0 kt
  132. 44 Portugal 0 kt compare
  133. 44 Puerto Rico 0 kt
  134. 44 Qatar 0 kt
  135. 44 Republic of Korea 0 kt compare
  136. 44 Réunion 0 kt compare
  137. 44 Romania 0 kt compare
  138. 44 Rwanda 0 kt compare
  139. 44 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt
  140. 44 Saint Lucia 0 kt
  141. 44 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kt
  142. 44 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt
  143. 44 Samoa 0 kt
  144. 44 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt
  145. 44 Serbia 0 kt
  146. 44 Serbia and Montenegro 0 kt compare
  147. 44 Seychelles 0 kt
  148. 44 Sierra Leone 0 kt compare
  149. 44 Singapore 0 kt
  150. 44 Slovakia 0 kt
  151. 44 Slovenia 0 kt
  152. 44 Solomon Islands 0 kt
  153. 44 South Sudan 0 kt compare
  154. 44 Sri Lanka 0 kt compare
  155. 44 Suriname 0 kt
  156. 44 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt
  157. 44 Sweden 0 kt compare
  158. 44 Switzerland 0 kt compare
  159. 44 Tajikistan 0 kt compare
  160. 44 Togo 0 kt compare
  161. 44 Tokelau 0 kt
  162. 44 Tonga 0 kt
  163. 44 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt
  164. 44 Tunisia 0 kt compare
  165. 44 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt
  166. 44 Tuvalu 0 kt
  167. 44 Uganda 0 kt compare
  168. 44 Ukraine 0 kt compare
  169. 44 United Arab Emirates 0 kt
  170. 44 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 kt compare
  171. 44 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt
  172. 44 Uruguay 0 kt compare
  173. 44 Vanuatu 0 kt
  174. 44 Western Sahara 0 kt

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Frequently asked questions

What is open shrubland — emissions in Afghanistan?
Open shrubland — emissions in Afghanistan was 0 kt in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest open shrubland — emissions recorded in Afghanistan?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 kt in 1998.
What is the lowest open shrubland — emissions recorded in Afghanistan?
The lowest recorded value was 0 kt in 2001.
How does Afghanistan rank for open shrubland — emissions?
Afghanistan ranks 44th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is open shrubland — emissions rising or falling in Afghanistan?
Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Open shrubland — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Open shrubland — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 9,224 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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