Savanna — Emissions (CH4) 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
175
Highest
266.69 kt
Sudan (former)
Lowest
0 kt
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
0.0289 kt
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,364
What the numbers show
Savanna — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 266.69 kt in Sudan (former); the lowest is 0 kt in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0289 kt, and the mean is 14.12 kt.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 19,375.0%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 100.0%).
Savanna — Emissions (CH4): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudan (former) | 266.69 kt | 2011 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 2 | Angola | 265.58 kt | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 346.09 kt | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 3 | South Sudan | 259.15 kt | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 4 | Zambia | 191.68 kt | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 71.52 kt | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 5 | Mozambique | 176.83 kt | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 5 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 47.87 kt | 2024 | up 483.6% | rising |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 153.84 kt | 2024 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 7 | Brazil | 148.62 kt | 2024 | up 18.8% | flat |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 29 kt | 2024 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 8 | OECD | 67.52 kt | 2024 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 9 | Guinea | 43.44 kt | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 1.31 kt | 2024 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Australia and New Zealand | 41.85 kt | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 10 | Melanesia | 1.13 kt | 2024 | down 45.7% | rising |
| 11 | Australia | 41.85 kt | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.8806 kt | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 37.2 kt | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 12 | Türkiye | 0.092 kt | 2024 | up 848.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Congo | 26.03 kt | 2024 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 0.026 kt | 2024 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 25.99 kt | 2024 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0079 kt | 2024 | up 393.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Ghana | 18.97 kt | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 15 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.0027 kt | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Paraguay | 18.71 kt | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 16 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.0008 kt | 2024 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 16.99 kt | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 17 | Cambodia | 16.64 kt | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 17 | Republic of Moldova | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Cameroon | 15.6 kt | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 19 | Colombia | 15.14 kt | 2024 | down 43.6% | rising |
| 20 | Canada | 14.33 kt | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Nigeria | 12.08 kt | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Uganda | 10.42 kt | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 23 | Argentina | 9.22 kt | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Caribbean | 0.8924 kt | 2024 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Sierra Leone | 8.11 kt | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Mexico | 7.25 kt | 2024 | up 255.1% | rising |
| 26 | Madagascar | 4.99 kt | 2024 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Myanmar | 4.41 kt | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.33 kt | 2024 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 29 | Senegal | 4.19 kt | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Sudan | 3.8 kt | 2024 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 31 | Chad | 3.62 kt | 2024 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Togo | 3.15 kt | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 33 | South Africa | 2.97 kt | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 2.84 kt | 2024 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Malawi | 2.77 kt | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 36 | Nicaragua | 2.6 kt | 2023 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 37 | India | 2.38 kt | 2024 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Honduras | 2.32 kt | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Gabon | 1.44 kt | 2024 | up 433.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Guyana | 1.17 kt | 2024 | up 1,408.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Mali | 1.04 kt | 2024 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Thailand | 1.03 kt | 2024 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 1.03 kt | 2024 | down 49.6% | rising |
| 44 | Benin | 0.9685 kt | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Philippines | 0.9667 kt | 2024 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Ukraine | 0.9165 kt | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 47 | China | 0.7532 kt | 2024 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 48 | China, mainland | 0.7514 kt | 2024 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Cuba | 0.7505 kt | 2024 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Nepal | 0.7049 kt | 2024 | up 207.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Ecuador | 0.6083 kt | 2024 | up 712.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Indonesia | 0.5333 kt | 2024 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Peru | 0.4824 kt | 2024 | up 465.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Guatemala | 0.4787 kt | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 55 | Burundi | 0.4748 kt | 2024 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 56 | Eswatini | 0.4712 kt | 2024 | up 67.3% | flat |
| 57 | Kenya | 0.3936 kt | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Portugal | 0.3113 kt | 2024 | up 1,334.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Suriname | 0.2077 kt | 2024 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Rwanda | 0.2059 kt | 2024 | up 835.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Greece | 0.1792 kt | 2024 | up 979.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Chile | 0.1759 kt | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Botswana | 0.164 kt | 2024 | up 796.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Belize | 0.1491 kt | 2024 | up 537.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Pakistan | 0.1094 kt | 2024 | up 761.4% | volatile |
| 66 | New Caledonia | 0.1032 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Panama | 0.0884 kt | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Serbia | 0.0779 kt | 2024 | up 19,375.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Bahamas | 0.0752 kt | 2024 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 0.0747 kt | 2024 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Albania | 0.0643 kt | 2024 | up 5,258.3% | volatile |
| 72 | North Macedonia | 0.0491 kt | 2024 | up 12,175.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 0.0369 kt | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Spain | 0.0369 kt | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Uruguay | 0.0358 kt | 2024 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Montenegro | 0.029 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Romania | 0.029 kt | 2024 | up 211.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0289 kt | 2024 | up 425.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Comoros | 0.0262 kt | 2024 | up 172.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Italy | 0.0253 kt | 2024 | up 204.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0237 kt | 2024 | up 264.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 0.0213 kt | 2024 | up 1,675.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Liberia | 0.0203 kt | 2024 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Croatia | 0.0164 kt | 2024 | up 446.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Iceland | 0.0136 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 0.0132 kt | 2024 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Gambia | 0.0117 kt | 2024 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Georgia | 0.0116 kt | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 89 | El Salvador | 0.011 kt | 2024 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Malaysia | 0.0089 kt | 2024 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Mongolia | 0.0077 kt | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Belarus | 0.0047 kt | 2024 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 0.0038 kt | 2024 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Algeria | 0.0038 kt | 2024 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Bhutan | 0.0036 kt | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 96 | New Zealand | 0.0034 kt | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 0.0028 kt | 2024 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Japan | 0.0024 kt | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 99 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.0018 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | France | 0.001 kt | 2024 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Hungary | 0.001 kt | 2024 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Lebanon | 0.001 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Tunisia | 0.001 kt | 2024 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Cyprus | 0.0008 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Egypt | 0.0007 kt | 2024 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0007 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Haiti | 0.0007 kt | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritania | 0.0007 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Namibia | 0.0007 kt | 2024 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Somalia | 0.0007 kt | 2024 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Iraq | 0.0004 kt | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Morocco | 0.0004 kt | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Poland | 0.0004 kt | 2024 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Bangladesh | 0.0003 kt | 2024 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Jamaica | 0.0003 kt | 2024 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Czechia | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Germany | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Armenia | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Austria | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Belgium | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Barbados | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Switzerland | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Denmark | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Eritrea | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Estonia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Finland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Fiji | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Israel | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Liechtenstein | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Lesotho | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Lithuania | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Latvia | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritius | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Niger | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Norway | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Saudi Arabia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Slovakia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Slovenia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Sweden | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Uzbekistan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Vanuatu | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | French Guiana | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0 kt | 2005 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Republic of Korea | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0 kt | 1999 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Réunion | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2,094 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,616 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 2,007 kt
- Middle Africa 812.2 kt
- Africa 1,691 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1,668 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1,184 kt
- Eastern Africa 758.48 kt
- Asia 29.9 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 732.11 kt
- Americas 301.96 kt
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 7.93 kt
- South America 271.23 kt
- Western Africa 113.31 kt
- Annex I countries 87.17 kt
- Oceania 42.98 kt
- Europe 27.79 kt
- Eastern Europe 26.96 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 25.8 kt
- Northern America 17.58 kt
- Central America 12.26 kt
- Northern Africa 3.81 kt
- Southern Africa 3.61 kt
- United States of America 3.25 kt
- Southern Asia 3.2 kt
- Southern Europe 0.8131 kt
- Eastern Asia 0.7642 kt
- European Union (27) 0.6231 kt
- Western Asia 0.1175 kt
- Northern Europe 0.0136 kt
- Central Asia 0.0132 kt
- Western Europe 0.0012 kt
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.