Other forest — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 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
236
Highest
191.46 kt
Mozambique
Lowest
0 kt
Naoero
Median
0 kt
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,294

What the numbers show

Other forest — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 191.46 kt in Mozambique; the lowest is 0 kt in Naoero.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt, and the mean is 3.71 kt.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 10,372.0%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).

Other forest — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mozambique 191.46 kt 2024 down 47.0% rising
2 OECD 170 kt 2024 up 82.5% volatile
3 Russian Federation 70.54 kt 2024 down 64.9% volatile
4 Canada 70.11 kt 2024 up 345.7% volatile
5 Mexico 44.3 kt 2024 up 1,948.0% volatile
6 India 39.24 kt 2024 down 35.5% volatile
7 Myanmar 34 kt 2024 down 35.7% falling
8 Zambia 31.61 kt 2024 down 35.0% rising
9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 24.06 kt 2024 up 50.3% volatile
10 Cambodia 18.35 kt 2024 down 60.7% falling
11 United Republic of Tanzania 16.19 kt 2024 down 67.0% rising
12 Thailand 15.78 kt 2024 up 40.9% rising
13 Ethiopia 14.45 kt 2024 up 19.0% volatile
14 Paraguay 14.37 kt 2024 up 1,329.9% volatile
15 Australia and New Zealand 14.18 kt 2024 down 62.9% volatile
16 Australia 14.11 kt 2024 down 63.1% volatile
17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10.93 kt 2024 up 1,451.3% volatile
18 China 9.86 kt 2024 down 35.7% volatile
18 China, mainland 9.86 kt 2024 down 35.7% volatile
20 Angola 9.77 kt 2024 up 38.9% falling
21 Madagascar 7.47 kt 2024 up 101.0% volatile
22 Viet Nam 5.75 kt 2024 down 38.1% volatile
23 Nepal 4.63 kt 2024 up 201.3% volatile
24 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.18 kt 2024 down 1.5% volatile
25 Portugal 3.61 kt 2024 up 4,738.7% volatile
26 Ukraine 3.44 kt 2024 down 22.6% volatile
27 Brazil 2.73 kt 2024 down 8.5% volatile
28 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.57 kt 2024 up 24.6% volatile
29 Zimbabwe 1.98 kt 2024 down 44.6% volatile
30 Argentina 1.74 kt 2024 up 19.5% volatile
31 Philippines 1.39 kt 2024 up 368.3% volatile
32 Chile 1.31 kt 2024 down 69.4% volatile
33 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.22 kt 2024 down 84.1% volatile
34 Guatemala 0.9968 kt 2024 up 2,995.7% volatile
35 Peru 0.8945 kt 2024 up 95.1% volatile
36 Honduras 0.8901 kt 2024 down 14.5% volatile
37 Malawi 0.8849 kt 2024 down 70.0% falling
38 Ecuador 0.7927 kt 2024 up 680.2% volatile
39 South Sudan 0.6269 kt 2024 down 0.4% rising
40 Colombia 0.4881 kt 2024 up 3.7% volatile
41 Caribbean 0.484 kt 2024 up 53.6% volatile
42 Eswatini 0.4148 kt 2024 down 32.1% volatile
43 Türkiye 0.3188 kt 2024 up 1,063.5% volatile
44 Romania 0.3117 kt 2024 up 594.2% volatile
45 Pakistan 0.301 kt 2024 up 3,913.3% volatile
46 Indonesia 0.2998 kt 2024 down 79.2% volatile
47 Cuba 0.2978 kt 2024 up 1,396.5% volatile
48 Serbia 0.2618 kt 2024 up 10,372.0% volatile
49 Japan 0.2214 kt 2024 down 69.3% flat
50 Cameroon 0.2156 kt 2024 up 67.4% volatile
51 Bhutan 0.1838 kt 2024 down 69.7% volatile
52 Chad 0.1834 kt 2024 down 65.3% volatile
53 North Macedonia 0.1819 kt 2024 up 945.4% volatile
54 Costa Rica 0.1735 kt 2024 up 40.0% volatile
55 Sudan (former) 0.1412 kt 2011 down 87.5% volatile
56 Papua New Guinea 0.1338 kt 2024 up 5.9% volatile
56 Melanesia 0.1338 kt 2024 up 5.9% volatile
58 Bahamas 0.1291 kt 2024 up 116.6% volatile
59 Sudan 0.1066 kt 2024 up 258.9% volatile
60 Bulgaria 0.0972 kt 2024 up 254.7% volatile
61 Austria 0.0873 kt 2024 up 150.1% volatile
62 Georgia 0.0872 kt 2024 up 105.7% volatile
63 Greece 0.0772 kt 2024 up 121.2% volatile
64 Uganda 0.0768 kt 2024 up 40.9% volatile
65 Spain 0.0748 kt 2024 down 62.5% volatile
66 New Zealand 0.0747 kt 2024 volatile
67 Equatorial Guinea 0.0644 kt 2024 volatile
68 Dominican Republic 0.0546 kt 2024 down 76.6% volatile
69 Mongolia 0.0467 kt 2024 down 4.9% volatile
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0424 kt 2024 down 19.1% volatile
71 Belarus 0.0375 kt 2024 down 96.7% volatile
72 Italy 0.0349 kt 2024 down 73.6% volatile
73 Guyana 0.0347 kt 2024 up 75.3% volatile
73 Malaysia 0.0347 kt 2024 down 26.3% volatile
75 Nicaragua 0.0322 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
76 Botswana 0.0273 kt 2024 volatile
76 Sierra Leone 0.0273 kt 2024 volatile
78 Hungary 0.02 kt 2024 down 84.0% volatile
79 Tunisia 0.0199 kt 2024 down 82.2% volatile
80 Timor-Leste 0.0198 kt 2024 down 84.0% volatile
81 Croatia 0.0175 kt 2024 down 21.9% volatile
82 Congo 0.0124 kt 2024 volatile
82 Kenya 0.0124 kt 2024 up 148.0% volatile
84 Albania 0.01 kt 2024 volatile
84 Czechia 0.01 kt 2024 down 90.0% volatile
84 Algeria 0.01 kt 2024 down 98.5% volatile
84 Montenegro 0.01 kt 2024 up 33.3% volatile
88 Nigeria 0.0074 kt 2024 down 91.7% volatile
89 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.0053 kt 1999 up 178.9% volatile
90 Azerbaijan 0.005 kt 2024 down 79.9% volatile
90 Burundi 0.005 kt 2024 volatile
90 Guinea 0.005 kt 2024 up 100.0% volatile
90 Uruguay 0.005 kt 2024 down 59.7% volatile
90 Serbia and Montenegro 0.005 kt 2005 down 80.7% volatile
95 Switzerland 0.0025 kt 2024 down 94.1% volatile
95 France 0.0025 kt 2024 down 99.4% volatile
95 Morocco 0.0025 kt 2024 down 90.9% volatile
95 El Salvador 0.0025 kt 2024 volatile
95 Slovakia 0.0025 kt 2024 down 80.0% volatile
95 Slovenia 0.0025 kt 2024 down 66.7% volatile
95 United States Virgin Islands 0.0025 kt 2024 volatile
95 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0025 kt 2024 down 83.2% volatile
103 Aruba 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Afghanistan 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Andorra 0 kt 2024 flat
103 United Arab Emirates 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Armenia 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Belgium 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% volatile
103 Benin 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Burkina Faso 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Bangladesh 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Bahrain 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Belize 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Bermuda 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Barbados 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Channel Islands 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Comoros 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Cayman Islands 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Cyprus 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Germany 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% volatile
103 Djibouti 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Dominica 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Denmark 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Egypt 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Eritrea 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Estonia 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Finland 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Fiji 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Faroe Islands 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Gabon 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Ghana 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Gibraltar 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Gambia 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Grenada 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Greenland 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Guam 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Haiti 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Isle of Man 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Ireland 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Iraq 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Iceland 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Israel 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Jamaica 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% volatile
103 Jordan 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Kazakhstan 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% volatile
103 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Kiribati 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Kuwait 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Lebanon 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Liberia 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% volatile
103 Libya 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Saint Lucia 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Liechtenstein 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Sri Lanka 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% volatile
103 Lesotho 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Lithuania 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Luxembourg 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Latvia 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Maldives 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Marshall Islands 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Mali 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Malta 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Mauritania 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Mauritius 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Namibia 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 New Caledonia 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Niger 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Norway 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% volatile
103 Oman 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Panama 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Palau 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Poland 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Puerto Rico 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Palestine 0 kt 2024 flat
103 French Polynesia 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Qatar 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Rwanda 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% volatile
103 Saudi Arabia 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Senegal 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Singapore 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Somalia 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Suriname 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Sweden 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% volatile
103 Seychelles 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Togo 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Tajikistan 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Turkmenistan 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Tonga 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Tuvalu 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Uzbekistan 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt 2024 flat
103 British Virgin Islands 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Vanuatu 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Samoa 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Yemen 0 kt 2024 flat
103 French Guiana 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Martinique 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Mayotte 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Western Sahara 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Anguilla 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Cook Islands 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Montserrat 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Niue 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Tokelau 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Micronesia 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Norfolk Island 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Cabo Verde 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Pitcairn 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Polynesia 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt 2024 flat
103 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% volatile
103 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Republic of Korea 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% volatile
103 Republic of Moldova 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% volatile
103 Syrian Arab Republic 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% volatile
103 Brunei Darussalam 0 kt 2024 flat
103 China, Taiwan Province of 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 kt 2024 flat
103 China, Macao SAR 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 kt 2010 flat
103 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 kt 2024 volatile
103 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt 2024 flat
103 Naoero 0 kt 2024 flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Other forest — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
272 places, 9,294 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.