Other forest — 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
157
Highest
17.48 kt
Mozambique
Lowest
0 kt
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
0.0025 kt
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,294
What the numbers show
Other forest — Emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 17.48 kt in Mozambique; the lowest is 0 kt in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0025 kt, and the mean is 0.5226 kt.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 11,850.0%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 100.0%).
Other forest — Emissions (N2O): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 17.48 kt | 2024 | down 47.0% | rising |
| 2 | OECD | 15.52 kt | 2024 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 6.44 kt | 2024 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 4 | Canada | 6.4 kt | 2024 | up 345.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.2 kt | 2024 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Mexico | 4.04 kt | 2024 | up 1,948.0% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.48 kt | 2024 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 6 | India | 3.58 kt | 2024 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.9979 kt | 2024 | up 1,451.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Myanmar | 3.1 kt | 2024 | down 35.7% | flat |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 0.5248 kt | 2024 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Zambia | 2.89 kt | 2024 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.3821 kt | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 9 | Cambodia | 1.68 kt | 2024 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 9 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.2351 kt | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Thailand | 1.44 kt | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.1117 kt | 2024 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 1.32 kt | 2024 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 12 | Paraguay | 1.31 kt | 2024 | up 1,329.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Türkiye | 0.0291 kt | 2024 | up 1,064.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Central African Republic | 1.3 kt | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 13 | Melanesia | 0.0122 kt | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.29 kt | 2024 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 0.0018 kt | 2024 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Australia | 1.29 kt | 2024 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 16 | China | 0.8999 kt | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 16 | China, mainland | 0.8999 kt | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 18 | Angola | 0.8924 kt | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 19 | South Africa | 0.7233 kt | 2024 | up 74.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Madagascar | 0.6817 kt | 2024 | up 101.0% | rising |
| 21 | Nepal | 0.4231 kt | 2024 | up 201.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Portugal | 0.33 kt | 2024 | up 4,752.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Ukraine | 0.3144 kt | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Caribbean | 0.0442 kt | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Brazil | 0.2494 kt | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 0.1812 kt | 2024 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Argentina | 0.1585 kt | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Philippines | 0.1273 kt | 2024 | up 368.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Chile | 0.1194 kt | 2024 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Guatemala | 0.091 kt | 2024 | up 3,037.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 0.0817 kt | 2024 | up 95.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Honduras | 0.0813 kt | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Malawi | 0.0808 kt | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Ecuador | 0.0724 kt | 2024 | up 678.5% | volatile |
| 34 | South Sudan | 0.0572 kt | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 35 | Colombia | 0.0446 kt | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Eswatini | 0.0379 kt | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Romania | 0.0285 kt | 2024 | up 595.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Pakistan | 0.0275 kt | 2024 | up 3,828.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Indonesia | 0.0274 kt | 2024 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Cuba | 0.0272 kt | 2024 | up 1,411.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Serbia | 0.0239 kt | 2024 | up 11,850.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Japan | 0.0202 kt | 2024 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Cameroon | 0.0197 kt | 2024 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Bhutan | 0.0168 kt | 2024 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Chad | 0.0167 kt | 2024 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 46 | North Macedonia | 0.0166 kt | 2024 | up 937.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 0.0158 kt | 2024 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Sudan (former) | 0.0129 kt | 2011 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0122 kt | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Bahamas | 0.0118 kt | 2024 | up 118.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Sudan | 0.0097 kt | 2024 | up 259.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 0.0089 kt | 2024 | up 256.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Austria | 0.008 kt | 2024 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Georgia | 0.008 kt | 2024 | up 105.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Greece | 0.007 kt | 2024 | up 118.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Uganda | 0.007 kt | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Spain | 0.0068 kt | 2024 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 57 | New Zealand | 0.0068 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0059 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 0.005 kt | 2024 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Mongolia | 0.0043 kt | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0039 kt | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Belarus | 0.0034 kt | 2024 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Guyana | 0.0032 kt | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Italy | 0.0032 kt | 2024 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Malaysia | 0.0032 kt | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 0.0029 kt | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 68 | Botswana | 0.0025 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 0.0025 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Hungary | 0.0018 kt | 2024 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Tunisia | 0.0018 kt | 2024 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Croatia | 0.0016 kt | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Congo | 0.0011 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Kenya | 0.0011 kt | 2024 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Albania | 0.0009 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Czechia | 0.0009 kt | 2024 | down 90.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Algeria | 0.0009 kt | 2024 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Montenegro | 0.0009 kt | 2024 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Nigeria | 0.0007 kt | 2024 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Burundi | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Guinea | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Uruguay | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.0005 kt | 2005 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.0003 kt | 1999 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Switzerland | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 86 | France | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Morocco | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 86 | El Salvador | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Slovakia | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Slovenia | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 86 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Afghanistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Armenia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Belgium | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Benin | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Cyprus | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Germany | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Denmark | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Egypt | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Eritrea | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Estonia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Finland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Gabon | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Ghana | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Gibraltar | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Gambia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Haiti | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Iraq | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Jamaica | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Lebanon | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Liberia | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Lesotho | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Lithuania | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Latvia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Mali | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Mauritania | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Mauritius | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Namibia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Niger | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Norway | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Panama | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Poland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Rwanda | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Senegal | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Somalia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Sweden | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Togo | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Republic of Korea | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 93 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Réunion | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 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 67.52 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 33.99 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 49.36 kt
- Asia 14.23 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 34.52 kt
- Middle Africa 2.62 kt
- Africa 27.57 kt
- Eastern Africa 24.17 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 23.56 kt
- Annex I countries 18.16 kt
- Americas 17.21 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 10.86 kt
- Northern America 9.65 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 9.1 kt
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.0614 kt
- Europe 7.2 kt
- Eastern Europe 6.8 kt
- Central America 4.24 kt
- Southern Asia 4.05 kt
- South America 3.27 kt
- United States of America 3.25 kt
- Oceania 1.31 kt
- Eastern Asia 1.04 kt
- Southern Africa 0.7637 kt
- European Union (27) 0.3974 kt
- Southern Europe 0.3951 kt
- Western Asia 0.0375 kt
- Northern Africa 0.0127 kt
- Western Europe 0.0084 kt
- Western Africa 0.0038 kt
- Central Asia 0 kt
- Northern Europe 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.