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Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4) 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
115
Highest
50.57 kt
India
Lowest
0 kt
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
0.101 kt
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
10,111

What the numbers show

Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4) is currently reported for 115 countries. The highest value is 50.57 kt in India; the lowest is 0 kt in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.101 kt, and the mean is 2.21 kt.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 74.7%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Rice — Burning crop residues: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 50.57 kt 2050 — rising
2 China 41.4 kt 2050 — falling
3 China, mainland 41.03 kt 2050 — falling
4 Indonesia 18.64 kt 2050 — rising
5 Bangladesh 16.12 kt 2050 — rising
6 Myanmar 14.8 kt 2050 — rising
7 Thailand 8.93 kt 2050 — rising
8 Nigeria 7.12 kt 2050 — volatile
9 Cambodia 6.45 kt 2050 — rising
10 Philippines 6.42 kt 2050 — rising
11 OECD 6.28 kt 2050 — falling
12 Brazil 4.1 kt 2050 — falling
13 Pakistan 3.98 kt 2050 — rising
14 Madagascar 2.4 kt 2050 — rising
15 Nepal 2.23 kt 2050 — rising
16 Japan 1.79 kt 2050 — falling
17 Egypt 1.49 kt 2050 — rising
18 Guinea 1.46 kt 2050 — volatile
19 Mali 1.15 kt 2050 — volatile
20 Mozambique 1.12 kt 2050 — volatile
21 Colombia 1.11 kt 2050 — rising
22 Republic of Korea 1.07 kt 2050 — falling
23 Malaysia 1.05 kt 2050 — rising
24 Sri Lanka 1.02 kt 2050 — rising
25 Sierra Leone 0.9674 kt 2050 — rising
26 USSR 0.8901 kt 1991 down 5.5% rising
27 Peru 0.7485 kt 2050 — volatile
28 Ecuador 0.5922 kt 2050 — rising
29 Liberia 0.5567 kt 2050 — rising
30 Argentina 0.5343 kt 2050 — rising
31 Burkina Faso 0.4923 kt 2050 — volatile
32 Ghana 0.4899 kt 2050 — volatile
33 Senegal 0.4796 kt 2050 — volatile
34 Uganda 0.4521 kt 2050 — volatile
35 Afghanistan 0.4384 kt 2050 — falling
36 Russian Federation 0.3881 kt 2050 — rising
37 China, Taiwan Province of 0.3747 kt 2050 — falling
38 Dominican Republic 0.3545 kt 2050 — rising
39 Italy 0.3378 kt 2050 — rising
40 Uruguay 0.3267 kt 2050 — volatile
41 Cuba 0.2841 kt 2050 — rising
42 Iraq 0.2814 kt 2050 — rising
43 Nicaragua 0.2374 kt 2050 — volatile
44 Benin 0.2003 kt 2050 — volatile
45 Chad 0.1829 kt 2050 — volatile
46 Panama 0.1769 kt 2050 — falling
47 Guyana 0.1761 kt 2050 — rising
48 Malawi 0.1711 kt 2050 — volatile
49 Guinea-Bissau 0.1705 kt 2050 — rising
50 Australia 0.1697 kt 2050 — volatile
50 Australia and New Zealand 0.1697 kt 2050 — volatile
52 Spain 0.1619 kt 2050 — rising
53 Cameroon 0.1421 kt 2050 — volatile
54 Haiti 0.1342 kt 2050 — rising
55 Togo 0.1283 kt 2050 — volatile
56 Kazakhstan 0.1269 kt 2050 — rising
57 Costa Rica 0.1096 kt 2050 — falling
58 Paraguay 0.101 kt 2050 — volatile
59 Mexico 0.0938 kt 2050 — volatile
60 Burundi 0.0894 kt 2050 — volatile
61 Suriname 0.089 kt 2050 — rising
62 Rwanda 0.0807 kt 2050 — volatile
63 Uzbekistan 0.0787 kt 2050 — volatile
64 Central African Republic 0.0692 kt 2050 — volatile
65 Turkmenistan 0.065 kt 2050 — falling
66 Mauritania 0.0519 kt 2050 — volatile
67 Kenya 0.0462 kt 2050 — volatile
68 South Sudan 0.0449 kt 2023 up 74.7% rising
69 Niger 0.044 kt 2050 — rising
70 Ukraine 0.042 kt 2050 — falling
71 Gambia 0.0413 kt 2050 — volatile
72 Zambia 0.0409 kt 2050 — volatile
73 Bhutan 0.0389 kt 2050 — falling
74 Chile 0.0377 kt 2050 — falling
75 Portugal 0.0372 kt 2050 — falling
76 Greece 0.0352 kt 2050 — rising
77 France 0.0278 kt 2050 — falling
78 Tajikistan 0.0251 kt 2050 — flat
79 Honduras 0.0175 kt 2050 — falling
80 Guatemala 0.0172 kt 2050 — falling
81 Angola 0.0168 kt 2050 — volatile
82 French Guiana 0.0149 kt 2050 — volatile
83 Morocco 0.013 kt 2050 — rising
84 Yugoslav SFR 0.0129 kt 1991 down 1.5% rising
85 Ethiopia 0.0111 kt 2050 — volatile
86 El Salvador 0.0105 kt 2050 — volatile
87 Sudan (former) 0.01 kt 2011 up 9.9% volatile
88 Kyrgyzstan 0.0089 kt 2050 — rising
89 Romania 0.0084 kt 2050 — volatile
90 Bulgaria 0.0077 kt 2050 — falling
90 Somalia 0.0077 kt 2050 — volatile
92 Sudan 0.0074 kt 2023 down 33.9% falling
93 Fiji 0.0073 kt 2050 — falling
94 Belize 0.0058 kt 2050 — rising
95 Comoros 0.0053 kt 2050 — volatile
96 North Macedonia 0.0049 kt 2050 — falling
97 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0046 kt 2050 — volatile
98 Hungary 0.0038 kt 2050 — volatile
99 Congo 0.0023 kt 2050 — volatile
100 Azerbaijan 0.0022 kt 2050 — rising
101 Zimbabwe 0.0021 kt 2050 — volatile
102 Brunei Darussalam 0.0017 kt 2050 — volatile
103 South Africa 0.0015 kt 2050 — falling
104 Solomon Islands 0.0012 kt 2050 — volatile
105 Gabon 0.0009 kt 2050 — rising
106 Algeria 0.0008 kt 2050 — volatile
107 Papua New Guinea 0.0005 kt 2050 — falling
108 Eswatini 0.0002 kt 2050 — volatile
109 Réunion 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
110 Albania 0 kt 1995 down 100.0% falling
110 Jamaica 0 kt 2050 — volatile
110 Mauritius 0 kt 2050 — volatile
110 Puerto Rico 0 kt 2050 — volatile
110 Saudi Arabia 0 kt 2050 — volatile
110 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kt 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 (Emissions CH4)
Unit
kt
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).