Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O) by country

Name: Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

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

125

Highest

1.31 kt

India

Lowest

0 kt

Brunei Darussalam

Median

0.0042 kt

Years covered

1961–2050

Data points

10,111

What the numbers show

Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O) is currently reported for 125 countries. The highest value is 1.31 kt in India; the lowest is 0 kt in Brunei Darussalam.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0042 kt, and the mean is 0.0568 kt.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 71.4%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	1.31 kt	2050	—	rising
2	China	1.07 kt	2050	—	falling
3	China, mainland	1.06 kt	2050	—	falling
3	Viet Nam	0.269 kt	2050	—	rising
4	Indonesia	0.4834 kt	2050	—	rising
4	United Republic of Tanzania	0.0403 kt	2050	—	volatile
5	Bangladesh	0.4179 kt	2050	—	rising
6	Myanmar	0.3836 kt	2050	—	rising
7	Thailand	0.2316 kt	2050	—	rising
7	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.0302 kt	2050	—	rising
8	Nigeria	0.1845 kt	2050	—	volatile
8	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	0.0299 kt	2050	—	flat
9	Cambodia	0.1672 kt	2050	—	rising
9	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.0276 kt	2050	—	rising
10	Philippines	0.1665 kt	2050	—	rising
10	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.0238 kt	2050	—	volatile
11	OECD	0.1628 kt	2050	—	falling
11	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.0129 kt	2050	—	rising
12	Brazil	0.1063 kt	2050	—	falling
12	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.0088 kt	2050	—	rising
13	Pakistan	0.1032 kt	2050	—	rising
13	Türkiye	0.0074 kt	2050	—	rising
14	Madagascar	0.0623 kt	2050	—	rising
14	Timor-Leste	0.0017 kt	2050	—	volatile
15	Nepal	0.0578 kt	2050	—	rising
15	Melanesia	0.0002 kt	2050	—	falling
16	Japan	0.0463 kt	2050	—	falling
16	Syrian Arab Republic	0 kt	1996	—	volatile
17	Egypt	0.0385 kt	2050	—	rising
18	Guinea	0.0379 kt	2050	—	volatile
19	Mali	0.0297 kt	2050	—	volatile
20	Mozambique	0.029 kt	2050	—	volatile
20	Côte d'Ivoire	0.028 kt	2050	—	rising
21	Colombia	0.0288 kt	2050	—	rising
22	Republic of Korea	0.0276 kt	2050	—	falling
22	Caribbean	0.0202 kt	2050	—	rising
23	Malaysia	0.0272 kt	2050	—	rising
24	Sri Lanka	0.0266 kt	2050	—	rising
25	Sierra Leone	0.0251 kt	2050	—	rising
26	USSR	0.0231 kt	1991	down 5.3%	rising
27	Peru	0.0194 kt	2050	—	volatile
28	Ecuador	0.0154 kt	2050	—	rising
29	Liberia	0.0144 kt	2050	—	rising
30	Argentina	0.0139 kt	2050	—	rising
31	Burkina Faso	0.0128 kt	2050	—	volatile
32	Ghana	0.0127 kt	2050	—	volatile
33	Senegal	0.0124 kt	2050	—	volatile
34	Uganda	0.0117 kt	2050	—	volatile
35	Afghanistan	0.0114 kt	2050	—	falling
36	Russian Federation	0.0101 kt	2050	—	rising
37	China, Taiwan Province of	0.0097 kt	2050	—	falling
38	Dominican Republic	0.0092 kt	2050	—	rising
39	Italy	0.0088 kt	2050	—	rising
40	Uruguay	0.0085 kt	2050	—	volatile
41	Cuba	0.0074 kt	2050	—	rising
42	Iraq	0.0073 kt	2050	—	volatile
43	Nicaragua	0.0062 kt	2050	—	volatile
44	Benin	0.0052 kt	2050	—	volatile
45	Chad	0.0047 kt	2050	—	volatile
46	Guyana	0.0046 kt	2050	—	rising
46	Panama	0.0046 kt	2050	—	falling
48	Australia	0.0044 kt	2050	—	volatile
48	Guinea-Bissau	0.0044 kt	2050	—	rising
48	Malawi	0.0044 kt	2050	—	volatile
48	Australia and New Zealand	0.0044 kt	2050	—	volatile
52	Spain	0.0042 kt	2050	—	rising
53	Cameroon	0.0037 kt	2050	—	volatile
54	Haiti	0.0035 kt	2050	—	rising
55	Kazakhstan	0.0033 kt	2050	—	rising
55	Togo	0.0033 kt	2050	—	volatile
57	Costa Rica	0.0028 kt	2050	—	falling
58	Paraguay	0.0026 kt	2050	—	volatile
59	Mexico	0.0024 kt	2050	—	volatile
60	Burundi	0.0023 kt	2050	—	volatile
60	Suriname	0.0023 kt	2050	—	rising
62	Rwanda	0.0021 kt	2050	—	volatile
63	Uzbekistan	0.002 kt	2050	—	volatile
64	Central African Republic	0.0018 kt	2050	—	volatile
65	Turkmenistan	0.0017 kt	2050	—	falling
66	Mauritania	0.0013 kt	2050	—	volatile
67	Kenya	0.0012 kt	2050	—	volatile
67	South Sudan	0.0012 kt	2023	up 71.4%	rising
69	Gambia	0.0011 kt	2050	—	volatile
69	Niger	0.0011 kt	2050	—	rising
69	Ukraine	0.0011 kt	2050	—	falling
69	Zambia	0.0011 kt	2050	—	volatile
73	Bhutan	0.001 kt	2050	—	falling
73	Chile	0.001 kt	2050	—	falling
73	Portugal	0.001 kt	2050	—	falling
76	Greece	0.0009 kt	2050	—	rising
77	France	0.0007 kt	2050	—	falling
77	Tajikistan	0.0007 kt	2050	—	flat
79	Honduras	0.0005 kt	2050	—	falling
80	Angola	0.0004 kt	2050	—	volatile
80	Guatemala	0.0004 kt	2050	—	falling
80	French Guiana	0.0004 kt	2050	—	volatile
83	Ethiopia	0.0003 kt	2050	—	volatile
83	Morocco	0.0003 kt	2050	—	rising
83	El Salvador	0.0003 kt	2050	—	volatile
83	Sudan (former)	0.0003 kt	2011	up 50.0%	volatile
83	Yugoslav SFR	0.0003 kt	1991	unchanged	rising
88	Bulgaria	0.0002 kt	2050	—	falling
88	Belize	0.0002 kt	2050	—	rising
88	Fiji	0.0002 kt	2050	—	falling
88	Kyrgyzstan	0.0002 kt	2050	—	rising
88	Romania	0.0002 kt	2050	—	volatile
88	Sudan	0.0002 kt	2023	down 33.3%	falling
88	Somalia	0.0002 kt	2050	—	volatile
95	Azerbaijan	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
95	Congo	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
95	Comoros	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
95	Hungary	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
95	North Macedonia	0.0001 kt	2050	—	falling
95	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
95	Zimbabwe	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
102	Albania	0 kt	1995	down 100.0%	volatile
102	Algeria	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
102	Jamaica	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
102	Puerto Rico	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
102	Saudi Arabia	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
102	Solomon Islands	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
102	Eswatini	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
102	South Africa	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
102	China, Hong Kong SAR	0 kt	2050	—	volatile
102	Brunei Darussalam	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.

World 5.87 kt
Asia 4.92 kt
Non-Annex I countries 5.73 kt
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.41 kt
Southern Asia 1.96 kt
South-eastern Asia 1.76 kt
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.66 kt
Middle Africa 0.0345 kt
Eastern Asia 1.18 kt
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 0.0337 kt
Africa 0.6027 kt
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.5638 kt
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.4486 kt
Western Africa 0.3741 kt
Americas 0.3203 kt
Latin America and the Caribbean 0.2622 kt
South America 0.2247 kt
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.1921 kt
Eastern Africa 0.1552 kt
Annex I countries 0.1438 kt
Northern America 0.058 kt
United States of America 0.058 kt
Northern Africa 0.0389 kt
Europe 0.0273 kt
Central America 0.0173 kt
European Union (27) 0.0161 kt
Southern Europe 0.015 kt
Western Asia 0.0147 kt
Eastern Europe 0.0117 kt
Central Asia 0.0079 kt
Oceania 0.0046 kt
Western Europe 0.0007 kt
Southern Africa 0 kt

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Indicator: Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O)
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
Last refreshed: 13 August 2026