Savanna — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.
Countries reporting
164
Highest
115.95 million t
Sudan (former)
Lowest
0 t
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
11,342 t
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,364
What the numbers show
Savanna — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 115.95 million t in Sudan (former); the lowest is 0 t in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 11,342 t, and the mean is 6.10 million t.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 19,093.2%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Savanna — Burning crop residues: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudan (former) | 115.95 million t | 2011 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 2 | Angola | 115.47 million t | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 150.47 million t | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 3 | South Sudan | 112.67 million t | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 4 | Zambia | 83.34 million t | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 5 | Mozambique | 76.88 million t | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 66.89 million t | 2024 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 7 | Brazil | 64.62 million t | 2024 | up 18.8% | flat |
| 8 | OECD | 29.36 million t | 2024 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 9 | Guinea | 18.89 million t | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 569,423 t | 2024 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Australia and New Zealand | 18.20 million t | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 11 | Australia | 18.20 million t | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 16.17 million t | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 12 | Türkiye | 39,986 t | 2024 | up 851.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Congo | 11.32 million t | 2024 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 11,308 t | 2024 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 11.30 million t | 2024 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Ghana | 8.25 million t | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 16 | Paraguay | 8.13 million t | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 17 | Cambodia | 7.23 million t | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 18 | Cameroon | 6.78 million t | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 19 | Colombia | 6.58 million t | 2024 | down 43.6% | rising |
| 20 | Canada | 6.23 million t | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Nigeria | 5.25 million t | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Uganda | 4.53 million t | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 23 | Argentina | 4.01 million t | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Sierra Leone | 3.53 million t | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Mexico | 3.15 million t | 2024 | up 255.1% | rising |
| 26 | Madagascar | 2.17 million t | 2024 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Myanmar | 1.92 million t | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.88 million t | 2024 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 29 | Senegal | 1.82 million t | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Sudan | 1.65 million t | 2024 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 31 | Chad | 1.57 million t | 2024 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Togo | 1.37 million t | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 33 | South Africa | 1.29 million t | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 1.23 million t | 2024 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Malawi | 1.21 million t | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 36 | Nicaragua | 1.13 million t | 2023 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 37 | India | 1.03 million t | 2024 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Honduras | 1.01 million t | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Gabon | 626,649 t | 2024 | up 433.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Guyana | 506,867 t | 2024 | up 1,408.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Mali | 453,496 t | 2024 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Thailand | 447,447 t | 2024 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 446,796 t | 2024 | down 49.6% | rising |
| 44 | Benin | 421,073 t | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Philippines | 420,286 t | 2024 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Ukraine | 398,466 t | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 47 | China | 327,495 t | 2024 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 48 | China, mainland | 326,704 t | 2024 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Cuba | 326,286 t | 2024 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Nepal | 306,481 t | 2024 | up 207.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Ecuador | 264,468 t | 2024 | up 711.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Indonesia | 231,858 t | 2024 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Peru | 209,732 t | 2024 | up 465.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Guatemala | 208,152 t | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 55 | Burundi | 206,425 t | 2024 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 56 | Eswatini | 204,875 t | 2024 | up 67.3% | flat |
| 57 | Kenya | 171,122 t | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Portugal | 135,359 t | 2024 | up 1,335.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Suriname | 90,290 t | 2024 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Rwanda | 89,526 t | 2024 | up 835.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Greece | 77,912 t | 2024 | up 978.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Chile | 76,480 t | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Botswana | 71,307 t | 2024 | up 798.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Belize | 64,846 t | 2024 | up 536.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Pakistan | 47,566 t | 2024 | up 762.0% | volatile |
| 66 | New Caledonia | 44,856 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Panama | 38,438 t | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Serbia | 33,857 t | 2024 | up 19,093.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Bahamas | 32,683 t | 2024 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 32,476 t | 2024 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Albania | 27,939 t | 2024 | up 5,184.5% | volatile |
| 72 | North Macedonia | 21,329 t | 2024 | up 11,999.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 16,030 t | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Spain | 16,030 t | 2024 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Uruguay | 15,574 t | 2024 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Romania | 12,615 t | 2024 | up 210.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Montenegro | 12,606 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12,571 t | 2024 | up 425.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Comoros | 11,375 t | 2024 | up 171.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Italy | 11,013 t | 2024 | up 205.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,316 t | 2024 | up 265.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 9,256 t | 2024 | up 1,649.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Liberia | 8,816 t | 2024 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Croatia | 7,142 t | 2024 | up 439.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Iceland | 5,934 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 5,735 t | 2024 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Gambia | 5,090 t | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Georgia | 5,025 t | 2024 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 89 | El Salvador | 4,790 t | 2024 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Malaysia | 3,853 t | 2024 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Mongolia | 3,356 t | 2024 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Belarus | 2,032 t | 2024 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 1,674 t | 2024 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Algeria | 1,673 t | 2024 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Bhutan | 1,582 t | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 96 | New Zealand | 1,499 t | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 1,197 t | 2024 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Japan | 1,056 t | 2024 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 99 | China, Taiwan Province of | 790.23 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Hungary | 441.27 t | 2024 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 101 | France | 440.98 t | 2024 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Tunisia | 440.19 t | 2024 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Lebanon | 439.9 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Cyprus | 351.99 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Equatorial Guinea | 324.84 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Egypt | 300.25 t | 2024 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Haiti | 299.62 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Namibia | 299.55 t | 2024 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Mauritania | 299.49 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Somalia | 299.18 t | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Poland | 176.79 t | 2024 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Iraq | 176.08 t | 2024 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Morocco | 176.01 t | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Bangladesh | 149.89 t | 2024 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Jamaica | 149.79 t | 2024 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Germany | 88.36 t | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Czechia | 88.3 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 87.98 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Armenia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Austria | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Belgium | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Barbados | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Switzerland | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Denmark | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Eritrea | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Estonia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Finland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Fiji | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Ireland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Israel | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Liechtenstein | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Lesotho | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Lithuania | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Latvia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritius | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Niger | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Norway | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Puerto Rico | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Saudi Arabia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Slovakia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Slovenia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Sweden | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Turkmenistan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Uzbekistan | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Vanuatu | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | French Guiana | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0 t | 2005 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Republic of Korea | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0 t | 1999 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Réunion | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 910.46 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 702.66 million t
- Non-Annex I countries 872.55 million t
- Middle Africa 353.13 million t
- Africa 735.40 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 725.36 million t
- United Republic of Tanzania 31.09 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 514.64 million t
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 20.81 million t
- Eastern Africa 329.77 million t
- Asia 13.00 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 318.31 million t
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12.61 million t
- Americas 131.29 million t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 3.45 million t
- South America 117.93 million t
- Western Africa 49.27 million t
- Melanesia 491,652 t
- Annex I countries 37.90 million t
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 382,874 t
- Oceania 18.69 million t
- Europe 12.08 million t
- Eastern Europe 11.72 million t
- Syrian Arab Republic 3,433 t
- South-Eastern Asia 11.22 million t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,155 t
- Northern America 7.64 million t
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 352.38 t
- Côte d'Ivoire 7.39 million t
- Republic of Moldova 0 t
- Central America 5.33 million t
- Northern Africa 1.66 million t
- Southern Africa 1.57 million t
- United States of America 1.41 million t
- Southern Asia 1.39 million t
- Caribbean 388,019 t
- Southern Europe 353,503 t
- Eastern Asia 332,259 t
- European Union (27) 270,915 t
- Western Asia 51,085 t
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.