Other forest — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC 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
36
Highest
592.61 kt
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0047 kt
Denmark
Median
0.4249 kt
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,048

What the numbers show

Other forest — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 592.61 kt in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0047 kt in Denmark.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4249 kt, and the mean is 18.38 kt.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium (up 15,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 80.4%).

Other forest — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 592.61 kt 2020 down 3.1% rising
2 France 24.45 kt 2020 up 1.6% falling
3 Canada 9.96 kt 2020 down 52.4% falling
4 Italy 5.8 kt 2020 up 31.1% volatile
5 Spain 5.05 kt 2020 up 55.4% volatile
6 Türkiye 4.35 kt 2020 up 369.6% volatile
7 Ukraine 3.9 kt 2020 up 268.3% volatile
8 Portugal 3.3 kt 2020 down 52.5% volatile
9 New Zealand 2.37 kt 2020 up 251.0% volatile
10 Kazakhstan 1.62 kt 2020 up 315.4% volatile
11 Czechia 1.19 kt 2020 down 45.0% falling
12 Croatia 1.16 kt 2020 up 1,666.1% volatile
13 Belarus 0.9674 kt 2020 up 348.9% volatile
14 Slovakia 0.8857 kt 2020 up 21.6% rising
15 Poland 0.7322 kt 2020 up 56.4% volatile
16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.5272 kt 2020 up 82.2% volatile
17 Bulgaria 0.4893 kt 2020 down 19.5% volatile
18 Latvia 0.4597 kt 2020 up 5.8% volatile
19 Hungary 0.3901 kt 2020 up 40.1% falling
20 Greece 0.3327 kt 2020 down 40.0% volatile
21 Romania 0.3183 kt 2020 up 2,329.8% volatile
22 Ireland 0.2803 kt 2020 down 80.4% volatile
23 Japan 0.1042 kt 2020 down 46.6% volatile
24 Finland 0.0973 kt 2020 up 350.5% volatile
25 Switzerland 0.0757 kt 2020 down 16.9% volatile
26 Germany 0.0726 kt 2020 down 22.3% volatile
27 Sweden 0.0623 kt 2020 up 101.0% volatile
28 Belgium 0.0316 kt 2011 up 15,700.0% volatile
29 Cyprus 0.0258 kt 2020 down 42.7% volatile
30 Slovenia 0.0215 kt 2020 up 55.8% volatile
31 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.0193 kt 2020 up 6.0% rising
32 Norway 0.0097 kt 2020 down 77.9% volatile
33 Estonia 0.0061 kt 2020 up 177.3% volatile
33 Lithuania 0.0061 kt 2020 up 96.8% volatile
33 Austria 0.0061 kt 2020 up 32.6% volatile
36 Denmark 0.0047 kt 2019 up 370.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Other forest — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
36 places, 1,048 data points, 1990–2020
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.