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Other forest — Emissions (N2O) — 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
32.75 kt
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0001 kt
Estonia
Median
0.0115 kt
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,048

What the numbers show

Other forest — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 32.75 kt in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0001 kt in Estonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0115 kt, and the mean is 0.9955 kt.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 2,414.3%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 80.7%).

Other forest — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 32.75 kt 2020 down 2.1% rising
1 Türkiye 0.2407 kt 2020 up 369.2% volatile
2 France 1.11 kt 2020 up 6.6% falling
3 Canada 0.4193 kt 2020 down 49.0% falling
4 Spain 0.3883 kt 2020 up 45.1% volatile
5 Ukraine 0.2156 kt 2020 up 268.5% volatile
6 New Zealand 0.1314 kt 2020 up 254.2% volatile
7 Kazakhstan 0.092 kt 2020 up 324.0% volatile
8 Portugal 0.0879 kt 2020 down 52.5% volatile
9 Czechia 0.0661 kt 2020 down 45.0% falling
10 Croatia 0.0642 kt 2020 up 1,683.3% volatile
11 Belarus 0.0579 kt 2020 up 1,131.9% volatile
12 Slovakia 0.049 kt 2020 up 21.6% rising
13 Poland 0.0405 kt 2020 up 56.4% volatile
14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0289 kt 2020 up 84.1% volatile
15 Bulgaria 0.0271 kt 2020 down 19.3% volatile
16 Hungary 0.0216 kt 2020 up 40.3% rising
17 Romania 0.0176 kt 2020 up 2,414.3% volatile
18 Finland 0.0054 kt 2020 up 350.0% volatile
19 Latvia 0.0045 kt 2020 up 4.7% volatile
20 Germany 0.004 kt 2020 down 23.1% volatile
21 Greece 0.0023 kt 2020 down 39.5% volatile
22 Switzerland 0.0022 kt 2020 down 21.4% volatile
23 Italy 0.0018 kt 2020 up 28.6% volatile
24 Belgium 0.0017 kt 2011 — volatile
25 Ireland 0.0016 kt 2020 down 80.7% volatile
26 Slovenia 0.0012 kt 2020 up 50.0% volatile
27 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.0011 kt 2020 up 10.0% rising
28 Cyprus 0.0008 kt 2020 down 38.5% volatile
29 Japan 0.0007 kt 2020 down 46.2% volatile
30 Norway 0.0005 kt 2020 down 79.2% volatile
31 Sweden 0.0004 kt 2020 up 100.0% volatile
32 Lithuania 0.0003 kt 2020 up 50.0% volatile
32 Austria 0.0003 kt 2020 unchanged volatile
32 Denmark 0.0003 kt 2019 up 200.0% volatile
35 Estonia 0.0001 kt 2020 — volatile

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Indicator
Other forest — Emissions (N2O) — 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.