Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre by country

Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O) 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
99
Highest
0 kt per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Zimbabwe
Median
0 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
6,272

What the numbers show

Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre is currently reported for 99 countries. The highest value is 0 kt per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0 kt per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 912.5%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
2 Thailand 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% rising
3 Cambodia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% rising
4 Sri Lanka 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% rising
5 Philippines 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
6 India 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
7 Sierra Leone 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 37.2% rising
8 Nepal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.1% rising
9 Myanmar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.0% rising
10 Guinea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 43.4% volatile
11 Burundi 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 912.5% volatile
12 Gambia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.8% volatile
13 Indonesia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 12.9% rising
14 Nigeria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 53.8% volatile
15 Pakistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 30.4% rising
16 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% rising
17 Japan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% falling
18 Dominican Republic 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 16.4% rising
19 Madagascar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 104.4% rising
20 China 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.8% falling
21 Liberia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.8% rising
22 Togo 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.2% volatile
23 Senegal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 264.3% volatile
24 Haiti 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.0% rising
25 Malaysia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.5% flat
26 Ghana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 71.1% volatile
27 Ecuador 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.7% volatile
28 Rwanda 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 85.7% volatile
29 Panama 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.6% falling
30 Benin 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.4% volatile
31 Uganda 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 113.9% volatile
32 Uruguay 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.6% volatile
33 Malawi 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.0% rising
34 Burkina Faso 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 54.7% volatile
35 Guyana 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.8% rising
36 Mali 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 37.4% volatile
37 Italy 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.4% rising
38 Nicaragua 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.3% rising
39 Egypt 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% rising
40 Colombia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 25.4% rising
41 Mozambique 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% volatile
42 Paraguay 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 71.6% volatile
43 Cuba 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 77.5% rising
44 Cameroon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.2% volatile
45 Peru 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
46 Portugal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.3% falling
47 Suriname 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.6% rising
48 Costa Rica 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 76.9% falling
49 Bhutan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 50.0% flat
50 Greece 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
51 Afghanistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 36.7% falling
52 Brazil 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 37.0% falling
53 Guatemala 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 50.0% falling
54 Fiji 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
55 Chad 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.0% volatile
56 El Salvador 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 50.0% volatile
57 Belize 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 50.0% rising
58 Spain 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 51.1% rising
59 North Macedonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 50.0% falling
60 Bulgaria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
61 Uzbekistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% volatile
62 Tajikistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% falling
63 Honduras 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 42.9% flat
64 Solomon Islands 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
65 Mauritania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 106.2% volatile
66 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 66.7% rising
67 Kenya 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.5% volatile
68 Zambia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 58.3% volatile
69 Argentina 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 25.6% rising
70 Central African Republic 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 400.0% volatile
71 Ethiopia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 76.9% volatile
72 South Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 71.4% rising
73 Turkmenistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 60.0% falling
74 Kazakhstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.7% rising
75 Azerbaijan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% volatile
76 Hungary 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% volatile
77 Angola 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 18.2% volatile
78 Niger 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 50.0% rising
79 Chile 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 12.4% falling
80 France 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 37.5% falling
81 Mexico 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% volatile
82 Morocco 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 50.0% rising
83 Romania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 75.0% volatile
84 Congo 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
85 Australia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 54.6% volatile
86 Iraq 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 97.3% rising
87 Ukraine 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 88.9% falling
88 Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 33.3% falling
89 Albania 0 kt per square kilometre 1995 down 100.0% volatile
89 Comoros 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
89 Algeria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
89 Jamaica 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
89 Puerto Rico 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
89 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
89 Somalia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
89 Eswatini 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
89 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
89 South Africa 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
89 Zimbabwe 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 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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Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O) 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 (Emissions N2O) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
122 places, 6,272 data points, 1961–2023
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Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O) 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.