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Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at...

Countries reporting
120
Highest
18.73 million t
India
Lowest
0 t
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
39,001 t
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
10,111

What the numbers show

Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 18.73 million t in India; the lowest is 0 t in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 39,001 t, and the mean is 821,597 t.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 75.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Rice — Burning crop residues: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 18.73 million t 2050 — rising
2 China 15.33 million t 2050 — falling
3 China, mainland 15.19 million t 2050 — falling
3 Viet Nam 3.84 million t 2050 — rising
4 Indonesia 6.91 million t 2050 — rising
5 Bangladesh 5.97 million t 2050 — rising
6 Myanmar 5.48 million t 2050 — rising
7 Thailand 3.31 million t 2050 — rising
8 Nigeria 2.64 million t 2050 — volatile
9 Cambodia 2.39 million t 2050 — rising
10 Philippines 2.38 million t 2050 — rising
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 339,334 t 2050 — volatile
11 OECD 2.33 million t 2050 — falling
12 Brazil 1.52 million t 2050 — falling
13 Pakistan 1.47 million t 2050 — rising
13 Türkiye 105,668 t 2050 — rising
14 Madagascar 890,660 t 2050 — rising
14 Timor-Leste 24,401 t 2050 — volatile
15 Nepal 825,107 t 2050 — rising
16 Japan 661,747 t 2050 — falling
17 Egypt 550,000 t 2050 — rising
18 Guinea 542,068 t 2050 — volatile
19 Mali 424,958 t 2050 — volatile
20 Mozambique 414,144 t 2050 — volatile
21 Colombia 411,418 t 2050 — rising
22 Republic of Korea 394,672 t 2050 — falling
23 Malaysia 388,939 t 2050 — rising
24 Sri Lanka 379,426 t 2050 — rising
25 Sierra Leone 358,290 t 2050 — rising
26 USSR 329,670 t 1991 down 5.5% rising
27 Peru 277,232 t 2050 — volatile
28 Ecuador 219,319 t 2050 — rising
29 Liberia 206,179 t 2050 — rising
30 Argentina 197,879 t 2050 — rising
31 Burkina Faso 182,336 t 2050 — volatile
32 Ghana 181,435 t 2050 — volatile
33 Senegal 177,640 t 2050 — volatile
34 Uganda 167,450 t 2050 — volatile
35 Afghanistan 162,380 t 2050 — falling
36 Russian Federation 143,750 t 2050 — rising
37 China, Taiwan Province of 138,765 t 2050 — falling
38 Dominican Republic 131,313 t 2050 — rising
39 Italy 125,104 t 2050 — rising
40 Uruguay 120,994 t 2050 — volatile
41 Cuba 105,221 t 2050 — rising
42 Iraq 104,211 t 2050 — rising
43 Nicaragua 87,919 t 2050 — volatile
44 Benin 74,178 t 2050 — volatile
45 Chad 67,722 t 2050 — volatile
46 Panama 65,516 t 2050 — falling
47 Guyana 65,238 t 2050 — rising
48 Malawi 63,385 t 2050 — volatile
49 Guinea-Bissau 63,131 t 2050 — rising
50 Australia 62,855 t 2050 — volatile
50 Australia and New Zealand 62,855 t 2050 — volatile
52 Spain 59,978 t 2050 — rising
53 Cameroon 52,638 t 2050 — volatile
54 Haiti 49,689 t 2050 — rising
55 Togo 47,534 t 2050 — volatile
56 Kazakhstan 47,002 t 2050 — rising
57 Costa Rica 40,594 t 2050 — falling
58 Paraguay 37,409 t 2050 — volatile
59 Mexico 34,737 t 2050 — volatile
60 Burundi 33,128 t 2050 — volatile
61 Suriname 32,965 t 2050 — rising
62 Rwanda 29,901 t 2050 — volatile
63 Uzbekistan 29,142 t 2050 — volatile
64 Central African Republic 25,645 t 2050 — volatile
65 Turkmenistan 24,071 t 2050 — falling
66 Mauritania 19,208 t 2050 — volatile
67 Kenya 17,116 t 2050 — volatile
68 South Sudan 16,648 t 2023 up 75.0% rising
69 Niger 16,300 t 2050 — rising
70 Ukraine 15,566 t 2050 — falling
71 Gambia 15,300 t 2050 — volatile
72 Zambia 15,153 t 2050 — volatile
73 Bhutan 14,401 t 2050 — falling
74 Chile 13,971 t 2050 — falling
75 Portugal 13,778 t 2050 — falling
76 Greece 13,029 t 2050 — rising
77 France 10,292 t 2050 — falling
78 Tajikistan 9,299 t 2050 — flat
79 Honduras 6,487 t 2050 — falling
80 Guatemala 6,376 t 2050 — falling
81 Angola 6,217 t 2050 — volatile
82 French Guiana 5,502 t 2050 — volatile
83 Morocco 4,830 t 2050 — rising
84 Yugoslav SFR 4,781 t 1991 down 1.1% rising
85 Ethiopia 4,128 t 2050 — volatile
86 El Salvador 3,887 t 2050 — volatile
87 Sudan (former) 3,696 t 2011 up 9.1% volatile
88 Kyrgyzstan 3,294 t 2050 — rising
89 Romania 3,128 t 2050 — volatile
90 Bulgaria 2,863 t 2050 — falling
91 Somalia 2,860 t 2050 — volatile
92 Sudan 2,740 t 2023 down 34.1% falling
93 Fiji 2,687 t 2050 — falling
94 Belize 2,148 t 2050 — rising
95 Comoros 1,981 t 2050 — volatile
96 North Macedonia 1,800 t 2050 — falling
97 Trinidad and Tobago 1,720 t 2050 — volatile
98 Hungary 1,410 t 2050 — volatile
99 Congo 867.43 t 2050 — volatile
100 Azerbaijan 826.29 t 2050 — rising
101 Zimbabwe 795.39 t 2050 — volatile
102 Brunei Darussalam 645.85 t 2050 — volatile
103 South Africa 566.39 t 2050 — falling
104 Solomon Islands 446.72 t 2050 — volatile
105 Gabon 351.65 t 2050 — rising
106 Algeria 311.85 t 2050 — volatile
107 Papua New Guinea 189.12 t 2050 — falling
108 Eswatini 88.44 t 2050 — volatile
109 Réunion 47.8 t 2050 — volatile
110 Jamaica 4.95 t 2050 — volatile
111 Albania 0 t 1995 down 100.0% falling
111 Mauritius 0 t 2050 — volatile
111 Puerto Rico 0 t 2050 — volatile
111 Saudi Arabia 0 t 2050 — volatile
111 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 t 1991 — volatile
111 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 t 2050 — volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter)
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
184 places, 10,111 data points, 1961–2050
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at Tier 1 following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 2006).