Statizoid

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
0.0918 kt
in 1998
All-time low
0 kt
in 2001
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Open shrubland — Emissions in Afghanistan, 1990–2024

00.020.040.060.080.11990200720241990: 0.012 kt1991: 0.012 kt1992: 0.012 kt1993: 0.012 kt1994: 0.012 kt1995: 0.012 kt1996: 0.06 kt1997: 0.051 kt1998: 0.092 kt1999: 0.071 kt2000: 0.037 kt2001: 0 kt2002: 0 kt2003: 0.001 kt2004: 0.001 kt2005: 0.001 kt2006: 0.006 kt2007: 0.001 kt2008: 0.005 kt2009: 0 kt2010: 0 kt2011: 0 kt2012: 0 kt2013: 0 kt2014: 0.005 kt2015: 0 kt2016: 0 kt2017: 0 kt2018: 0 kt2019: 0.001 kt2020: 0.008 kt2021: 0.001 kt2022: 0.001 kt2023: 0.001 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.

Compared with earlier readings it is 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 0.0918 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 0.0117 kt —
1991 0.0117 kt +0.0%
1992 0.0117 kt +0.0%
1993 0.0117 kt +0.0%
1994 0.0117 kt +0.0%
1995 0.0117 kt +0.0%
1996 0.0596 kt +409.4%
1997 0.0508 kt -14.8%
1998 0.0918 kt +80.7%
1999 0.0713 kt -22.3%
2000 0.0372 kt -47.8%
2001 0 kt -100.0%
2002 0 kt —
2003 0.0012 kt —
2004 0.0006 kt -50.0%
2005 0.0005 kt -16.7%
2006 0.0059 kt +1080.0%
2007 0.0006 kt -89.8%
2008 0.0046 kt +666.7%
2009 0.0004 kt -91.3%
2010 0.0003 kt -25.0%
2011 0 kt -100.0%
2012 0 kt —
2013 0.0001 kt —
2014 0.0047 kt +4600.0%
2015 0 kt -100.0%
2016 0 kt —
2017 0 kt —
2018 0 kt —
2019 0.0012 kt —
2020 0.0079 kt +558.3%
2021 0.0008 kt -89.9%
2022 0.0005 kt -37.5%
2023 0.0006 kt +20.0%
2024 0 kt -100.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0344 kt 0.0117 kt 0.0918 kt 10
2000s 0.0051 kt 0 kt 0.0372 kt 10
2010s 0.0006 kt 0 kt 0.0047 kt 10
2020s 0.002 kt 0 kt 0.0079 kt 5

Countries ranked near Afghanistan

  1. 44 Albania 0 kt compare
  2. 44 Algeria 0 kt compare
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  116. 44 New Zealand 0 kt
  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 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
  137. 44 Romania 0 kt
  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
  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

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More climate change data for Afghanistan

All data for Afghanistan →

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 0.0918 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 (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Open shrubland — Emissions in Afghanistan. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/open-shrubland-emissions-n2o-fao-tier-1/afghanistan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/open-shrubland-emissions-n2o-fao-tier-1/afghanistan/">Open shrubland — Emissions in Afghanistan</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Open shrubland — Emissions (N2O)
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

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.