Savanna fires — Burning crop residues in Myanmar

Myanmar: Savanna fires — Burning crop residues was 6.01 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
6.01 million t
Change on year
down 25.7%
World rank
34th
of 221 countries
All-time high
11.02 million t
in 2010
All-time low
2.82 million t
in 2002
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Savanna fires — Burning crop residues in Myanmar, 1990–2024

2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M12.0M1990200720241990: 6.2M t1991: 6.2M t1992: 6.2M t1993: 6.2M t1994: 6.2M t1995: 6.2M t1996: 5.9M t1997: 3.9M t1998: 5.0M t1999: 5.1M t2000: 4.1M t2001: 3.9M t2002: 2.8M t2003: 5.5M t2004: 9.5M t2005: 6.1M t2006: 5.8M t2007: 9.8M t2008: 5.6M t2009: 9.8M t2010: 11.0M t2011: 5.4M t2012: 8.1M t2013: 6.0M t2014: 7.6M t2015: 7.3M t2016: 5.4M t2017: 6.1M t2018: 4.7M t2019: 5.2M t2020: 7.3M t2021: 6.2M t2022: 3.8M t2023: 8.1M t2024: 6.0M t

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for savanna fires — burning crop residues in Myanmar is 6.01 million t, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 25.7% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, savanna fires — burning crop residues in Myanmar peaked at 11.02 million t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.82 million t, in 2002.

Myanmar ranks 34th of 221 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Savanna fires — Burning crop residues in Myanmar, year by year

Annual values for Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) in Myanmar, 1990 to 2024.
Year t Change
1990 6.23 million t
1991 6.23 million t +0.0%
1992 6.23 million t +0.0%
1993 6.23 million t +0.0%
1994 6.23 million t +0.0%
1995 6.23 million t +0.0%
1996 5.86 million t -6.0%
1997 3.90 million t -33.4%
1998 4.98 million t +27.5%
1999 5.11 million t +2.6%
2000 4.06 million t -20.6%
2001 3.92 million t -3.4%
2002 2.82 million t -28.1%
2003 5.47 million t +94.2%
2004 9.48 million t +73.2%
2005 6.07 million t -35.9%
2006 5.77 million t -5.0%
2007 9.79 million t +69.8%
2008 5.57 million t -43.1%
2009 9.78 million t +75.6%
2010 11.02 million t +12.6%
2011 5.39 million t -51.1%
2012 8.10 million t +50.3%
2013 6.01 million t -25.8%
2014 7.56 million t +25.8%
2015 7.31 million t -3.3%
2016 5.38 million t -26.4%
2017 6.14 million t +14.2%
2018 4.73 million t -23.0%
2019 5.15 million t +9.0%
2020 7.26 million t +40.9%
2021 6.21 million t -14.4%
2022 3.81 million t -38.7%
2023 8.09 million t +112.5%
2024 6.01 million t -25.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 5.73 million t 3.90 million t 6.23 million t 10
2000s 6.27 million t 2.82 million t 9.79 million t 10
2010s 6.68 million t 4.73 million t 11.02 million t 10
2020s 6.28 million t 3.81 million t 8.09 million t 5

Countries ranked near Myanmar

  1. 31 Cabo Verde 0 t compare
  2. 31 Uganda 7.46 million t compare
  3. 32 Mexico 6.91 million t compare
  4. 33 Namibia 6.11 million t compare
  5. 35 Zimbabwe 5.54 million t compare
  6. 36 Sierra Leone 4.89 million t compare
  7. 37 Niger 3.77 million t compare

See the full ranking of 274 places →

More climate change data for Myanmar

All data for Myanmar →

Frequently asked questions

What is savanna fires — burning crop residues in Myanmar?
Savanna fires — burning crop residues in Myanmar was 6.01 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest savanna fires — burning crop residues recorded in Myanmar?
The highest recorded value was 11.02 million t in 2010.
What is the lowest savanna fires — burning crop residues recorded in Myanmar?
The lowest recorded value was 2.82 million t in 2002.
How does Myanmar rank for savanna fires — burning crop residues?
Myanmar ranks 34th out of 221 countries with data for 2024.
Is savanna fires — burning crop residues rising or falling in Myanmar?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Myanmar data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Savanna fires — Burning crop residues in Myanmar. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/savanna-fires-burning-crop-residues-biomass-burned-dry-matter-fao-tier-1/myanmar/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/savanna-fires-burning-crop-residues-biomass-burned-dry-matter-fao-tier-1/myanmar/">Savanna fires — Burning crop residues in Myanmar</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter)
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
274 places, 9,364 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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.