Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre by country
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
103
Highest
49.26 t per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 t per square kilometre
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
0.0976 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
6,272
What the numbers show
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 49.26 t per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 t per square kilometre in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0976 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 1.63 t per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 871.5%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 49.26 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 2 | Thailand | 12.05 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 3 | Cambodia | 11.22 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 10.34 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 5 | Philippines | 8.88 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 6 | India | 8.85 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 7 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 8 | Nepal | 5.52 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 9 | Myanmar | 5.45 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 10 | Guinea | 5.26 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Burundi | 4.51 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 871.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Gambia | 3.53 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Indonesia | 2.97 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 14 | Nigeria | 2.72 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Pakistan | 2.59 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.35 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 17 | Japan | 2.23 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 2.14 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 19 | Madagascar | 1.96 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.2% | rising |
| 20 | China | 1.71 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 21 | Liberia | 1.37 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 1.15 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Senegal | 1.14 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 267.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Haiti | 1.04 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 25 | Malaysia | 1.03 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 26 | Ghana | 0.8944 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Ecuador | 0.7597 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Panama | 0.7516 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 29 | Rwanda | 0.7284 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Benin | 0.6441 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Uganda | 0.5486 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Uruguay | 0.4619 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Malawi | 0.4614 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 0.4268 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Guyana | 0.4241 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 36 | Mali | 0.4088 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Italy | 0.391 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 0.3786 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 39 | Egypt | 0.355 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 40 | Colombia | 0.3309 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 41 | Mozambique | 0.2558 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Paraguay | 0.2362 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Cuba | 0.2354 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.5% | rising |
| 44 | Cameroon | 0.1822 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Peru | 0.1792 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 46 | Suriname | 0.1707 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 47 | Portugal | 0.1678 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 0.1598 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.7% | falling |
| 49 | Bhutan | 0.1359 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.8% | flat |
| 50 | Greece | 0.1178 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 0.1088 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 52 | Brazil | 0.0976 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 53 | Chad | 0.0767 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Belize | 0.0762 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 0.0743 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 0.069 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 57 | Puerto Rico | 0.0616 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Spain | 0.0607 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.7% | rising |
| 59 | Fiji | 0.057 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 0.0567 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 61 | Honduras | 0.0556 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.1% | flat |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 0.054 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 0.0527 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Mauritania | 0.0459 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.3% | volatile |
| 65 | El Salvador | 0.0423 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Kenya | 0.0369 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Zambia | 0.0366 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0352 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Argentina | 0.0348 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0338 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 71 | Central African Republic | 0.0336 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 410.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Ethiopia | 0.0292 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 0.0285 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 74 | South Sudan | 0.0263 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 75 | Turkmenistan | 0.0229 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 76 | Comoros | 0.0207 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 0.0204 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 0.02 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 79 | Angola | 0.015 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Hungary | 0.0141 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Chile | 0.0133 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 82 | Niger | 0.013 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 83 | France | 0.0124 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 84 | Mexico | 0.0104 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Eswatini | 0.0103 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Morocco | 0.0087 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 87 | Romania | 0.0058 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Iraq | 0.0044 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.4% | rising |
| 89 | Australia | 0.0037 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Congo | 0.0028 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Ukraine | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.9% | falling |
| 92 | Sudan | 0.0015 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 93 | Gabon | 0.0014 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 94 | Somalia | 0.0009 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0005 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 96 | South Africa | 0.0005 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 0.0003 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0001 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Algeria | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Albania | 0 t per square kilometre | 1995 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 100 | Jamaica | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Mauritius | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 t per square kilometre | 1991 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.7136 t per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.4094 t per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Rice — Burning crop residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.