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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
132
Highest
18.73 million t
India
Lowest
0 t
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
47,268 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 132 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 47,268 t, and the mean is 768,348 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 (Biomass burned, dry matter): 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
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 Viet Nam 3.84 million t 2050 — rising
8 Thailand 3.31 million t 2050 — rising
9 Nigeria 2.64 million t 2050 — volatile
10 Cambodia 2.39 million t 2050 — rising
11 Philippines 2.38 million t 2050 — rising
12 OECD 2.33 million t 2050 — falling
13 Brazil 1.52 million t 2050 — falling
14 Pakistan 1.47 million t 2050 — rising
15 Madagascar 890,660 t 2050 — rising
16 Nepal 825,107 t 2050 — rising
17 Japan 661,747 t 2050 — falling
18 United Republic of Tanzania 575,725 t 2050 — volatile
19 Egypt 550,000 t 2050 — rising
20 Guinea 542,068 t 2050 — volatile
21 Lao People's Democratic Republic 432,047 t 2050 — rising
22 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 427,595 t 2050 — flat
23 Mali 424,958 t 2050 — volatile
24 Mozambique 414,144 t 2050 — volatile
25 Colombia 411,418 t 2050 — rising
26 Côte d'Ivoire 399,636 t 2050 — rising
27 Republic of Korea 394,672 t 2050 — falling
28 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 393,620 t 2050 — rising
29 Malaysia 388,939 t 2050 — rising
30 Sri Lanka 379,426 t 2050 — rising
31 Sierra Leone 358,290 t 2050 — rising
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo 339,334 t 2050 — volatile
33 USSR 329,670 t 1991 down 5.5% rising
34 Caribbean 287,949 t 2050 — rising
35 Peru 277,232 t 2050 — volatile
36 Ecuador 219,319 t 2050 — rising
37 Liberia 206,179 t 2050 — rising
38 Argentina 197,879 t 2050 — rising
39 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 184,026 t 2050 — rising
40 Burkina Faso 182,336 t 2050 — volatile
41 Ghana 181,435 t 2050 — volatile
42 Senegal 177,640 t 2050 — volatile
43 Uganda 167,450 t 2050 — volatile
44 Afghanistan 162,380 t 2050 — falling
45 Russian Federation 143,750 t 2050 — rising
46 China, Taiwan Province of 138,765 t 2050 — falling
47 Dominican Republic 131,313 t 2050 — rising
48 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 126,360 t 2050 — rising
49 Italy 125,104 t 2050 — rising
50 Uruguay 120,994 t 2050 — volatile
51 Türkiye 105,668 t 2050 — rising
52 Cuba 105,221 t 2050 — rising
53 Iraq 104,211 t 2050 — rising
54 Nicaragua 87,919 t 2050 — volatile
55 Benin 74,178 t 2050 — volatile
56 Chad 67,722 t 2050 — volatile
57 Panama 65,516 t 2050 — falling
58 Guyana 65,238 t 2050 — rising
59 Malawi 63,385 t 2050 — volatile
60 Guinea-Bissau 63,131 t 2050 — rising
61 Australia 62,855 t 2050 — volatile
61 Australia and New Zealand 62,855 t 2050 — volatile
63 Spain 59,978 t 2050 — rising
64 Cameroon 52,638 t 2050 — volatile
65 Haiti 49,689 t 2050 — rising
66 Togo 47,534 t 2050 — volatile
67 Kazakhstan 47,002 t 2050 — rising
68 Costa Rica 40,594 t 2050 — falling
69 Paraguay 37,409 t 2050 — volatile
70 Mexico 34,737 t 2050 — volatile
71 Burundi 33,128 t 2050 — volatile
72 Suriname 32,965 t 2050 — rising
73 Rwanda 29,901 t 2050 — volatile
74 Uzbekistan 29,142 t 2050 — volatile
75 Central African Republic 25,645 t 2050 — volatile
76 Timor-Leste 24,401 t 2050 — volatile
77 Turkmenistan 24,071 t 2050 — falling
78 Mauritania 19,208 t 2050 — volatile
79 Kenya 17,116 t 2050 — volatile
80 South Sudan 16,648 t 2023 up 75.0% rising
81 Niger 16,300 t 2050 — rising
82 Ukraine 15,566 t 2050 — falling
83 Gambia 15,300 t 2050 — volatile
84 Zambia 15,153 t 2050 — volatile
85 Bhutan 14,401 t 2050 — falling
86 Chile 13,971 t 2050 — falling
87 Portugal 13,778 t 2050 — falling
88 Greece 13,029 t 2050 — rising
89 France 10,292 t 2050 — falling
90 Tajikistan 9,299 t 2050 — flat
91 Honduras 6,487 t 2050 — falling
92 Guatemala 6,376 t 2050 — falling
93 Angola 6,217 t 2050 — volatile
94 French Guiana 5,502 t 2050 — volatile
95 Morocco 4,830 t 2050 — rising
96 Yugoslav SFR 4,781 t 1991 down 1.1% rising
97 Ethiopia 4,128 t 2050 — volatile
98 El Salvador 3,887 t 2050 — volatile
99 Sudan (former) 3,696 t 2011 up 9.1% volatile
100 Melanesia 3,323 t 2050 — falling
101 Kyrgyzstan 3,294 t 2050 — rising
102 Romania 3,128 t 2050 — volatile
103 Bulgaria 2,863 t 2050 — falling
104 Somalia 2,860 t 2050 — volatile
105 Sudan 2,740 t 2023 down 34.1% falling
106 Fiji 2,687 t 2050 — falling
107 Belize 2,148 t 2050 — rising
108 Comoros 1,981 t 2050 — volatile
109 North Macedonia 1,800 t 2050 — falling
110 Trinidad and Tobago 1,720 t 2050 — volatile
111 Hungary 1,410 t 2050 — volatile
112 Congo 867.43 t 2050 — volatile
113 Azerbaijan 826.29 t 2050 — rising
114 Zimbabwe 795.39 t 2050 — volatile
115 Brunei Darussalam 645.85 t 2050 — volatile
116 South Africa 566.39 t 2050 — falling
117 Solomon Islands 446.72 t 2050 — volatile
118 Gabon 351.65 t 2050 — rising
119 Algeria 311.85 t 2050 — volatile
120 Papua New Guinea 189.12 t 2050 — falling
121 Eswatini 88.44 t 2050 — volatile
122 Micronesia 50.61 t 2050 — rising
122 Micronesia (Federated States of) 50.61 t 2050 — rising
124 Réunion 47.8 t 2050 — volatile
125 Syrian Arab Republic 11 t 1996 unchanged volatile
126 Jamaica 4.95 t 2050 — volatile
127 Albania 0 t 1995 down 100.0% falling
127 Mauritius 0 t 2050 — volatile
127 Puerto Rico 0 t 2050 — volatile
127 Saudi Arabia 0 t 2050 — volatile
127 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 t 1991 — volatile
127 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).