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Savanna fires — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
216
Highest
1,973 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Median
0.0138 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,129

What the numbers show

Savanna fires — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 216 countries. The highest value is 1,973 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0138 kt, and the mean is 41.84 kt.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 2,824.1%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).

Savanna fires — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 1,973 kt 2023 up 214.4% falling
2 Australia and New Zealand 1,848 kt 2023 up 228.0% falling
3 Australia 1,848 kt 2023 up 228.0% falling
4 Angola 484.23 kt 2023 down 2.9% flat
5 Sudan (former) 439.96 kt 2011 up 19.4% flat
6 South Sudan 309.85 kt 2023 down 14.8% falling
7 Zambia 259.58 kt 2023 down 13.8% flat
8 Botswana 240.26 kt 2023 up 177.2% volatile
9 Mozambique 230.66 kt 2023 down 10.1% flat
10 Central African Republic 136.03 kt 2023 down 34.6% falling
11 Brazil 133.03 kt 2023 up 14.3% flat
12 Canada 94.97 kt 2023 up 205.5% volatile
13 South Africa 80.1 kt 2023 up 93.6% falling
14 Sudan 73.65 kt 2023 down 1.2% falling
15 Mali 65.53 kt 2023 down 2.8% falling
16 Russian Federation 62.74 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
17 Chad 61.37 kt 2023 down 24.8% falling
18 Ethiopia 57.39 kt 2023 down 21.9% falling
19 Senegal 47.63 kt 2023 up 6.1% falling
20 Ghana 44.42 kt 2023 down 36.8% falling
21 Nigeria 44.26 kt 2023 down 13.7% falling
22 Guinea 43.77 kt 2023 down 28.4% rising
23 Namibia 40.3 kt 2023 down 38.0% volatile
24 Congo 36.07 kt 2023 down 21.0% rising
25 Madagascar 31.2 kt 2023 down 36.0% falling
26 Paraguay 27.9 kt 2023 down 10.9% rising
27 Burkina Faso 27.63 kt 2023 up 14.8% falling
28 Argentina 24.81 kt 2023 down 21.3% falling
29 Zimbabwe 23.19 kt 2023 down 23.1% falling
30 Colombia 20.22 kt 2023 down 18.7% flat
31 Uganda 19.81 kt 2023 down 23.7% falling
32 Cambodia 19.53 kt 2023 down 8.7% falling
33 Myanmar 18.61 kt 2023 up 34.6% rising
34 Cameroon 18.6 kt 2023 down 32.3% falling
35 Mongolia 18.2 kt 2023 up 104.2% volatile
36 Mexico 13.83 kt 2023 down 7.8% falling
37 Indonesia 11.35 kt 2023 up 89.3% volatile
38 Benin 9.75 kt 2023 down 40.7% falling
39 Kazakhstan 7.26 kt 2023 down 34.7% volatile
40 Nicaragua 7.09 kt 2023 up 174.1% volatile
41 Sierra Leone 5.92 kt 2023 down 43.9% rising
42 Togo 5.59 kt 2023 down 54.9% falling
43 Thailand 5.5 kt 2023 up 2.5% falling
44 Honduras 5.46 kt 2023 up 88.3% volatile
45 China (People's Republic of) 5.06 kt 2023 up 12.6% volatile
46 China, mainland 5.06 kt 2023 up 12.9% volatile
47 India 4.95 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
48 Gabon 4.66 kt 2023 down 22.0% rising
49 Niger 4.41 kt 2023 up 82.4% flat
50 Papua New Guinea 3.87 kt 2023 up 97.3% volatile
51 Malawi 3.76 kt 2023 down 24.4% falling
52 Guinea-Bissau 3.03 kt 2023 down 28.7% falling
53 Mauritania 3.02 kt 2023 up 9.6% volatile
54 Cuba 1.96 kt 2023 up 137.3% volatile
55 Iraq 1.69 kt 2023 up 227.0% volatile
56 Guyana 1.65 kt 2023 up 159.1% volatile
57 Gambia 1.64 kt 2023 down 3.5% falling
58 Guatemala 1.49 kt 2023 down 47.7% volatile
59 Greece 1.29 kt 2023 up 908.3% volatile
60 Chile 0.9945 kt 2023 up 618.1% volatile
61 Kenya 0.8955 kt 2023 down 70.5% volatile
62 Ukraine 0.8771 kt 2023 up 90.5% volatile
63 Peru 0.8209 kt 2023 up 56.3% volatile
64 Nepal 0.7879 kt 2023 up 76.7% volatile
65 Philippines 0.7423 kt 2023 up 21.4% rising
66 Belize 0.6174 kt 2023 up 2.7% volatile
67 Eritrea 0.5985 kt 2023 up 504.5% volatile
68 Eswatini 0.5763 kt 2023 down 43.1% falling
69 Pakistan 0.5268 kt 2023 up 294.0% volatile
70 Egypt 0.4971 kt 2023 up 2,824.1% volatile
71 Rwanda 0.4395 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
72 Suriname 0.3888 kt 2023 up 635.0% volatile
73 Lesotho 0.3815 kt 2023 down 17.4% volatile
74 Algeria 0.3796 kt 2023 up 60.7% volatile
75 Burundi 0.378 kt 2023 down 22.2% falling
76 Liberia 0.3542 kt 2023 up 38.1% volatile
77 Panama 0.3334 kt 2023 up 5.6% volatile
78 Spain 0.324 kt 2023 up 0.9% volatile
79 Italy 0.277 kt 2023 up 689.2% volatile
80 Portugal 0.1836 kt 2023 down 85.5% volatile
81 Bangladesh 0.1669 kt 2023 down 82.4% volatile
82 Ecuador 0.1572 kt 2023 down 54.2% volatile
83 Uruguay 0.1538 kt 2023 up 22.5% rising
84 Costa Rica 0.1475 kt 2023 down 64.1% rising
85 Uzbekistan 0.1436 kt 2023 down 59.0% falling
86 Turkmenistan 0.122 kt 2023 down 85.4% volatile
87 Dominican Republic 0.1119 kt 2023 down 56.3% volatile
88 Sri Lanka 0.1038 kt 2023 down 34.3% volatile
89 Morocco 0.103 kt 2023 up 21.2% volatile
90 Bulgaria 0.1022 kt 2023 up 211.6% volatile
91 Saudi Arabia 0.0951 kt 2023 up 368.5% volatile
92 North Macedonia 0.0854 kt 2023 up 72.5% volatile
93 France 0.0769 kt 2023 up 317.9% volatile
94 Romania 0.0493 kt 2023 down 9.9% volatile
95 New Caledonia 0.049 kt 2023 up 450.6% volatile
96 French Guiana 0.0486 kt 2023 — volatile
97 Somalia 0.0469 kt 2023 down 95.2% volatile
98 Haiti 0.0404 kt 2023 up 521.5% volatile
99 Azerbaijan 0.0315 kt 2023 down 87.8% volatile
100 Bahamas 0.0308 kt 2023 down 91.2% volatile
101 Bhutan 0.0267 kt 2023 up 61.8% volatile
102 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0242 kt 2023 — volatile
103 Afghanistan 0.0237 kt 2023 down 61.0% volatile
104 Armenia 0.0197 kt 2023 down 80.0% volatile
105 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0183 kt 2023 down 0.5% volatile
105 Tunisia 0.0183 kt 2023 down 89.4% volatile
107 El Salvador 0.017 kt 2023 down 91.6% volatile
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0151 kt 2023 down 15.2% volatile
109 Fiji 0.0124 kt 2023 up 1,140.0% volatile
110 Albania 0.0113 kt 2023 up 189.7% volatile
111 Jamaica 0.0104 kt 2023 up 7.2% volatile
112 Cyprus 0.0103 kt 2023 down 54.2% volatile
113 Georgia 0.0098 kt 2023 down 80.4% volatile
114 Japan 0.0087 kt 2023 down 80.7% volatile
115 Israel 0.0082 kt 2023 down 72.9% volatile
116 Republic of Korea 0.0079 kt 2023 up 79.5% volatile
117 Malaysia 0.0068 kt 2023 down 89.8% volatile
118 Barbados 0.0057 kt 2023 — volatile
119 Yemen 0.0054 kt 2023 up 217.6% volatile
120 Serbia 0.0039 kt 2023 up 550.0% volatile
121 Croatia 0.0038 kt 2023 down 30.9% volatile
122 Equatorial Guinea 0.0033 kt 2023 — volatile
123 Belarus 0.003 kt 2023 down 96.5% volatile
124 Estonia 0.0026 kt 2023 down 69.0% volatile
125 Lithuania 0.0016 kt 2023 — volatile
125 Tajikistan 0.0016 kt 2023 down 97.9% volatile
127 China, Taiwan Province of 0.0014 kt 2023 down 54.8% volatile
128 Germany 0.001 kt 2023 — volatile
129 New Zealand 0.0008 kt 2023 down 91.6% volatile
129 Serbia and Montenegro 0.0008 kt 2005 down 96.1% volatile
131 Iceland 0.0006 kt 2023 — volatile
131 Lebanon 0.0006 kt 2023 — volatile
131 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0006 kt 2023 — volatile
134 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.0005 kt 2023 down 93.4% volatile
135 Austria 0.0004 kt 2023 — volatile
136 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0003 kt 2023 — volatile
137 Switzerland 0.0002 kt 2023 — volatile
137 Hungary 0.0002 kt 2023 down 95.3% volatile
137 Kyrgyzstan 0.0002 kt 2023 down 98.6% volatile
137 Poland 0.0002 kt 2023 down 97.9% volatile
137 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.0002 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Aruba 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Andorra 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 United Arab Emirates 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 American Samoa 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Belgium 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Bahrain 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Bermuda 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Channel Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Comoros 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Cayman Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Czechia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Djibouti 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Dominica 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Denmark 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Finland 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Faroe Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Gibraltar 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Grenada 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Greenland 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Guam 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Isle of Man 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Ireland 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Jordan 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Kiribati 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Kuwait 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Libya 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Saint Lucia 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Liechtenstein 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Luxembourg 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Latvia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Monaco 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Maldives 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Marshall Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Malta 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Montenegro 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Mauritius 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Norway 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Nauru 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Oman 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Palau 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Puerto Rico 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Palestine 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 French Polynesia 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Qatar 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Singapore 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 San Marino 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Slovak Republic 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Slovenia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Sweden 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Seychelles 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Tonga 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Tuvalu 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 British Virgin Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Vanuatu 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Samoa 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Martinique 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Western Sahara 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Norfolk Island 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Pitcairn 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 kt 1999 down 100.0% volatile
142 Brunei Darussalam 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Réunion 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 China, Macao SAR 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 kt 2010 — flat
142 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Savanna fires — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
275 places, 9,129 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf