Savanna fires — 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
180
Highest
330.89 million t
OECD
Lowest
0 t
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
67,599 t
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,364
What the numbers show
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 330.89 million t in OECD; the lowest is 0 t in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 67,599 t, and the mean is 14.32 million t.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 38,020.9%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 330.89 million t | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 295.62 million t | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Australia | 295.62 million t | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 195.68 million t | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 4 | Angola | 223.42 million t | 2024 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 5 | Sudan (former) | 191.28 million t | 2011 | up 19.4% | flat |
| 6 | South Sudan | 156.15 million t | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 7 | Zambia | 121.97 million t | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 8 | Brazil | 107.86 million t | 2024 | up 27.7% | flat |
| 9 | Mozambique | 99.98 million t | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 74.80 million t | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 41.07 million t | 2024 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 12 | Mali | 33.95 million t | 2024 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 844,523 t | 2024 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 13 | Sudan | 28.32 million t | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 14 | Chad | 24.91 million t | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 14 | Türkiye | 248,271 t | 2024 | up 390.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Ghana | 23.80 million t | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 17,695 t | 2024 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Congo | 23.00 million t | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 17 | South Africa | 21.41 million t | 2024 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 18 | Guinea | 21.40 million t | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 21.34 million t | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 20 | Nigeria | 20.45 million t | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 21 | Madagascar | 20.09 million t | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 22 | Botswana | 20.04 million t | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Senegal | 18.06 million t | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 16.94 million t | 2024 | up 73.0% | falling |
| 25 | Canada | 14.30 million t | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Paraguay | 10.38 million t | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 27 | Argentina | 9.54 million t | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 28 | Cambodia | 9.53 million t | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 29 | Colombia | 9.35 million t | 2024 | down 38.2% | flat |
| 30 | Cameroon | 8.81 million t | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 31 | Uganda | 7.46 million t | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 31 | Cabo Verde | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Mexico | 6.91 million t | 2024 | up 221.2% | flat |
| 33 | Namibia | 6.11 million t | 2024 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Myanmar | 6.01 million t | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 5.54 million t | 2024 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 4.89 million t | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 37 | Niger | 3.77 million t | 2024 | up 177.4% | rising |
| 38 | Benin | 3.21 million t | 2024 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 39 | Gabon | 3.16 million t | 2024 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 40 | Togo | 3.11 million t | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 3.08 million t | 2023 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 42 | India | 2.16 million t | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 43 | Iraq | 2.08 million t | 2024 | up 449.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 2.06 million t | 2024 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.97 million t | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 46 | Honduras | 1.82 million t | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Malawi | 1.73 million t | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 48 | Kenya | 1.72 million t | 2024 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Thailand | 1.63 million t | 2024 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 50 | Mongolia | 1.09 million t | 2024 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Guyana | 1.08 million t | 2024 | up 239.7% | volatile |
| 52 | China | 1.07 million t | 2024 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 53 | China, mainland | 1.07 million t | 2024 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Ukraine | 1.07 million t | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Guatemala | 920,113 t | 2024 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Mauritania | 917,173 t | 2024 | up 388.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Peru | 902,523 t | 2024 | up 340.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Nepal | 816,828 t | 2024 | up 162.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Gambia | 750,972 t | 2024 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 649,491 t | 2024 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Pakistan | 648,767 t | 2024 | up 389.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Eswatini | 611,057 t | 2024 | up 42.4% | flat |
| 63 | Philippines | 588,992 t | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 64 | Indonesia | 492,897 t | 2024 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Cuba | 441,864 t | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Portugal | 380,186 t | 2024 | up 998.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Ecuador | 369,836 t | 2024 | up 754.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 286,453 t | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Rwanda | 275,700 t | 2024 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 249,866 t | 2024 | up 32,828.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Burundi | 243,106 t | 2024 | up 85.6% | falling |
| 72 | Belize | 228,696 t | 2024 | up 322.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Egypt | 204,929 t | 2024 | up 5,835.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Lesotho | 188,797 t | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Liberia | 186,977 t | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Suriname | 177,387 t | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Chile | 175,730 t | 2024 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Greece | 139,235 t | 2024 | up 318.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 105,390 t | 2024 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 80 | Albania | 99,158 t | 2024 | up 10,130.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Spain | 97,517 t | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 89,095 t | 2024 | up 1,848.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Panama | 80,635 t | 2024 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Bahamas | 79,075 t | 2024 | up 110.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Malaysia | 77,357 t | 2024 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Somalia | 72,978 t | 2024 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 67,952 t | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Serbia | 67,246 t | 2024 | up 38,020.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Turkmenistan | 56,634 t | 2024 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 54,770 t | 2024 | up 575.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Eritrea | 49,709 t | 2024 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 92 | New Caledonia | 48,386 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45,928 t | 2024 | up 581.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Croatia | 32,279 t | 2024 | up 709.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Montenegro | 30,912 t | 2024 | up 6,123.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Romania | 29,177 t | 2024 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Georgia | 27,512 t | 2024 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Uruguay | 26,914 t | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 24,851 t | 2024 | up 235.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 23,696 t | 2024 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Belarus | 19,833 t | 2024 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Italy | 17,898 t | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Comoros | 17,616 t | 2024 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Bhutan | 14,549 t | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Algeria | 9,639 t | 2024 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Israel | 7,181 t | 2024 | up 89.4% | volatile |
| 107 | France | 6,384 t | 2024 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Cyprus | 6,319 t | 2024 | up 187.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Iceland | 6,111 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 110 | El Salvador | 5,971 t | 2024 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Japan | 5,779 t | 2024 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Haiti | 4,862 t | 2024 | up 154.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Armenia | 4,758 t | 2024 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 4,130 t | 2024 | down 98.5% | falling |
| 115 | Jamaica | 4,078 t | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 3,079 t | 2024 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 117 | New Zealand | 2,968 t | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,665 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 1,676 t | 2024 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Lebanon | 1,508 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Estonia | 1,150 t | 2024 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Hungary | 1,078 t | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Morocco | 1,022 t | 2024 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Jordan | 920.31 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Yemen | 917.65 t | 2024 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 126 | China, Taiwan Province of | 878.03 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Fiji | 778.73 t | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Tunisia | 740.8 t | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Palestine, State of | 669.28 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | French Guiana | 624.07 t | 2024 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Lithuania | 619 t | 2024 | up 334.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Poland | 618.73 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Germany | 530.12 t | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Réunion | 485.93 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Serbia and Montenegro | 354.85 t | 2005 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Latvia | 353.72 t | 2024 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Kyrgyzstan | 176.3 t | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Mayotte | 141.13 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Czechia | 88.3 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 6.64 t | 1999 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Austria | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Belgium | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Barbados | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Switzerland | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Djibouti | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Denmark | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Finland | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Gibraltar | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Grenada | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Greenland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Isle of Man | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Ireland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Kuwait | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Libya | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Liechtenstein | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Mauritius | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Norway | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Oman | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Puerto Rico | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Slovakia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Slovenia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Sweden | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Montserrat | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Republic of Korea | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | 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 1.89 billion t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.15 billion t
- Non-Annex I countries 1.52 billion t
- Middle Africa 553.79 million t
- Africa 1.28 billion t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.23 billion t
- United Republic of Tanzania 47.16 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 830.03 million t
- Asia 37.21 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 537.46 million t
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 29.32 million t
- Eastern Africa 483.82 million t
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 27.49 million t
- Annex I countries 366.15 million t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 4.77 million t
- Oceania 296.32 million t
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.47 million t
- Americas 236.16 million t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.89 million t
- South America 196.67 million t
- Syrian Arab Republic 925,593 t
- Western Africa 161.88 million t
- Southern Africa 48.35 million t
- Melanesia 698,656 t
- Europe 43.45 million t
- Eastern Europe 42.28 million t
- Northern Africa 28.54 million t
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5,313 t
- Northern America 27.27 million t
- Republic of Moldova 2,471 t
- South-Eastern Asia 22.66 million t
- United States of America 12.97 million t
- Central America 11.64 million t
- Côte d'Ivoire 8.49 million t
- Southern Asia 6.83 million t
- Western Asia 3.42 million t
- Eastern Asia 2.17 million t
- Central Asia 2.12 million t
- Southern Europe 1.16 million t
- European Union (27) 802,528 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.