Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre by country
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 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
157
Highest
213.19 t per square kilometre
South Sudan
Lowest
0 t per square kilometre
Vanuatu
Median
0.4857 t per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,313
What the numbers show
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 213.19 t per square kilometre in South Sudan; the lowest is 0 t per square kilometre in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.4857 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 14.14 t per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 2,831.4%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).
Savanna fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 213.19 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 2 | Botswana | 184.32 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Angola | 168.88 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 4 | Zambia | 151.82 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 5 | Mozambique | 127.53 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 6 | Senegal | 107.56 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 7 | Australia | 104.44 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 227.6% | falling |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 94.93 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 9 | Ghana | 84.88 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea | 77.44 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 11 | Gambia | 70.42 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 12 | Cambodia | 48.11 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.81 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 14 | Congo | 45.92 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 15 | Togo | 44.71 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 43.91 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 17 | Uganda | 42.96 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 18 | Benin | 37.59 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 35.67 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 20 | Paraguay | 30.63 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 21 | South Africa | 28.71 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.6% | falling |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 26.06 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 23 | Nicaragua | 25.61 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Mali | 23.35 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 25 | Madagascar | 23.32 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 22.11 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 27 | Namibia | 21.28 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Honduras | 21.2 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 88.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Chad | 21.19 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 30 | Nigeria | 21.13 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 31 | Malawi | 17.32 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 32 | Sudan | 17.14 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 33 | Cameroon | 17.11 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 34 | Eswatini | 14.57 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 35 | Myanmar | 12.4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 36 | Belize | 11.77 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Cuba | 8.22 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 138.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Colombia | 7.93 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 39 | Gabon | 7.86 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 40 | Rwanda | 7.74 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 41 | Brazil | 6.92 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 42 | Burundi | 6.4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 43 | Guatemala | 6.05 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Barbados | 5.78 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Lesotho | 5.46 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Mongolia | 5.08 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Canada | 4.7 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 211.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Thailand | 4.68 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 49 | Greece | 4.35 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 908.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Argentina | 3.94 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 51 | Papua New Guinea | 3.72 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Guyana | 3.4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 141.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Mexico | 3.09 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 54 | Indonesia | 2.61 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Nepal | 2.39 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Eritrea | 2.15 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 503.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Panama | 1.95 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Iraq | 1.7 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 227.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Liberia | 1.6 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.55 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Niger | 1.51 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.4% | flat |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 1.47 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Bahamas | 1.34 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Mauritania | 1.28 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 1.26 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.1% | rising |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 1.17 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 67 | New Caledonia | 1.17 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 452.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Philippines | 1.08 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 69 | Suriname | 1.05 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 634.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 1.01 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Portugal | 0.8713 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 0.7293 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 73 | India | 0.724 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 74 | Kenya | 0.6703 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Ukraine | 0.6582 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Haiti | 0.6378 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 518.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Chile | 0.5821 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 618.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Bangladesh | 0.5581 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Cyprus | 0.4857 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Jamaica | 0.4169 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 0.4093 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 211.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Italy | 0.4073 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 689.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Uruguay | 0.382 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 84 | El Salvador | 0.3573 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Bhutan | 0.3045 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Armenia | 0.3031 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Pakistan | 0.2971 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 294.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Fiji | 0.2954 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,112.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Spain | 0.2819 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Peru | 0.2789 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Ecuador | 0.2751 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 92 | China | 0.2345 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Egypt | 0.2171 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,831.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Albania | 0.1794 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 193.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 0.1657 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Israel | 0.1644 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 0.1417 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 98 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1336 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1279 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Turkmenistan | 0.1129 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Morocco | 0.1003 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Romania | 0.0932 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Algeria | 0.0693 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 104 | France | 0.062 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 317.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Georgia | 0.0614 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Tunisia | 0.0512 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.051 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Somalia | 0.0325 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Croatia | 0.0296 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Estonia | 0.0261 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Lebanon | 0.0258 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Serbia | 0.0199 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 558.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0192 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 367.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Afghanistan | 0.0158 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Lithuania | 0.0113 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Japan | 0.0104 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Malaysia | 0.009 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Belarus | 0.0064 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 0.0051 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Yemen | 0.0044 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 211.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Iceland | 0.0026 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Switzerland | 0.0022 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Austria | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 124 | New Zealand | 0.0013 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Germany | 0.0013 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Hungary | 0.001 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0005 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Poland | 0.0003 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Belgium | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Comoros | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Czechia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Djibouti | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Denmark | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Finland | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Gibraltar | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Grenada | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Greenland | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Isle of Man | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Ireland | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Jordan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Kuwait | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Libya | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Liechtenstein | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Latvia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Montenegro | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Mauritius | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Norway | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Oman | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Palestine | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Slovakia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Slovenia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Sweden | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Vanuatu | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 18.25 t per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 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.
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Savanna fires — Burning crop residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 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.