Open shrubland — Emissions (N2O) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.
Countries reporting
139
Highest
35.55 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Median
0 kt
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,224
What the numbers show
Open shrubland — Emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 139 countries. The highest value is 35.55 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 kt, and the mean is 0.8207 kt.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 23,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (down 100.0%).
Open shrubland — Emissions (N2O): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 35.55 kt | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Australia | 35.19 kt | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 35.19 kt | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.441 kt | 2024 | up 294.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 3.06 kt | 2024 | up 711.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.1896 kt | 2024 | up 7,800.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Botswana | 2.77 kt | 2024 | up 116.8% | volatile |
| 6 | South Africa | 0.4781 kt | 2024 | up 94.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.0221 kt | 2024 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Iraq | 0.28 kt | 2024 | up 1,038.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Türkiye | 0.0059 kt | 2024 | up 321.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Argentina | 0.1514 kt | 2024 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Melanesia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Angola | 0.1365 kt | 2024 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 10 | Namibia | 0.1201 kt | 2024 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Canada | 0.1113 kt | 2024 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 0.0564 kt | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Pakistan | 0.0554 kt | 2024 | up 477.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Madagascar | 0.0523 kt | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Mozambique | 0.0491 kt | 2024 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 0.0338 kt | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Sudan | 0.0315 kt | 2024 | up 129.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Mali | 0.0233 kt | 2024 | up 23,200.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 0.0162 kt | 2024 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Zambia | 0.0143 kt | 2024 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0084 kt | 2024 | up 2,700.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Turkmenistan | 0.0073 kt | 2024 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 0.0066 kt | 2024 | up 2,100.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Kenya | 0.0063 kt | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Brazil | 0.0044 kt | 2024 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Eswatini | 0.0037 kt | 2024 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Caribbean | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Sudan (former) | 0.0036 kt | 2011 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Spain | 0.0035 kt | 2024 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 28 | India | 0.0035 kt | 2024 | up 483.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Somalia | 0.0028 kt | 2024 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Malawi | 0.0015 kt | 2024 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Lesotho | 0.0009 kt | 2024 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Azerbaijan | 0.0008 kt | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Chile | 0.0008 kt | 2024 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Mauritania | 0.0003 kt | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Jordan | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Niger | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Yemen | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Egypt | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Nigeria | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Senegal | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 40 | Thailand | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Albania | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Armenia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Burundi | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Benin | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Bahamas | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Belarus | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Belize | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Bhutan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Central African Republic | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | China | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Cameroon | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Congo | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Colombia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Cuba | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Cyprus | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Algeria | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Ecuador | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Eritrea | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Finland | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Fiji | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | France | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Gabon | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Georgia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Ghana | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Guinea | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Gambia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Greece | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Greenland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Guatemala | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Guyana | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Honduras | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Croatia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Haiti | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Indonesia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Iceland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Israel | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Italy | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Cambodia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Kuwait | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Lebanon | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Libya | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Latvia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Morocco | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Myanmar | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Mongolia | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Malaysia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 0 kt | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Norway | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Nepal | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Panama | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Philippines | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Portugal | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Paraguay | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Palestine | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Rwanda | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | South Sudan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Sweden | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Chad | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Togo | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Tajikistan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Tunisia | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Uganda | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Ukraine | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Uruguay | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0 kt | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 44 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Republic of Korea | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | China, mainland | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 43.52 kt
- Asia 0.993 kt
- Annex I countries 38.55 kt
- Oceania 35.19 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.3291 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 4.97 kt
- Africa 3.75 kt
- Middle Africa 0.1365 kt
- Southern Africa 3.38 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3.3 kt
- Europe 3.06 kt
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0 kt
- Eastern Europe 3.06 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.9 kt
- Americas 0.5348 kt
- Southern Asia 0.4999 kt
- Western Asia 0.4852 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.4085 kt
- Northern America 0.2931 kt
- South America 0.1853 kt
- United States of America 0.1818 kt
- Eastern Africa 0.1763 kt
- Central America 0.0564 kt
- Northern Africa 0.0315 kt
- Western Africa 0.0239 kt
- Central Asia 0.0078 kt
- European Union (27) 0.0035 kt
- Southern Europe 0.0035 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 0.0001 kt
- Western Europe 0 kt
- Northern Europe 0 kt
- Eastern Asia 0 kt
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.