Savanna fires — 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
190
Highest
761.04 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
0.1837 kt
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,364
What the numbers show
Savanna fires — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 761.04 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1837 kt, and the mean is 32.66 kt.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 38,575.0%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Savanna fires — Emissions (CH4): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 761.04 kt | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 679.93 kt | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Australia | 679.92 kt | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 450.06 kt | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 4 | Angola | 513.87 kt | 2024 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 108.48 kt | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 5 | Sudan (former) | 439.96 kt | 2011 | up 19.4% | flat |
| 6 | South Sudan | 359.15 kt | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 67.44 kt | 2024 | up 441.3% | rising |
| 7 | Zambia | 280.53 kt | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 63.22 kt | 2024 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 248.07 kt | 2024 | up 27.7% | flat |
| 9 | Mozambique | 229.96 kt | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 9 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7.98 kt | 2024 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 172.04 kt | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6.65 kt | 2024 | up 344.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 94.45 kt | 2024 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.13 kt | 2024 | up 5,386.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Mali | 78.1 kt | 2024 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 1.94 kt | 2024 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 13 | Sudan | 65.14 kt | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 13 | Melanesia | 1.61 kt | 2024 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Chad | 57.3 kt | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 14 | Türkiye | 0.571 kt | 2024 | up 390.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Ghana | 54.74 kt | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 0.0407 kt | 2024 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Congo | 52.9 kt | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 16 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.0122 kt | 2024 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 17 | South Africa | 49.24 kt | 2024 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 17 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0057 kt | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Guinea | 49.22 kt | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 49.08 kt | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 20 | Nigeria | 47.02 kt | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 21 | Madagascar | 46.21 kt | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19.53 kt | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 22 | Botswana | 46.09 kt | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Senegal | 41.53 kt | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 38.96 kt | 2024 | up 73.0% | falling |
| 25 | Canada | 32.89 kt | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Paraguay | 23.87 kt | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 27 | Argentina | 21.94 kt | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 28 | Cambodia | 21.93 kt | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 28 | Caribbean | 1.33 kt | 2024 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 29 | Colombia | 21.51 kt | 2024 | down 38.2% | flat |
| 30 | Cameroon | 20.27 kt | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 31 | Uganda | 17.16 kt | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 31 | Cabo Verde | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Mexico | 15.89 kt | 2024 | up 221.2% | flat |
| 33 | Namibia | 14.04 kt | 2024 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Myanmar | 13.82 kt | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 12.73 kt | 2024 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 11.24 kt | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 37 | Niger | 8.67 kt | 2024 | up 177.4% | rising |
| 38 | Benin | 7.38 kt | 2024 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 39 | Gabon | 7.28 kt | 2024 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 40 | Togo | 7.15 kt | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 7.09 kt | 2023 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 42 | India | 4.97 kt | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 43 | Iraq | 4.78 kt | 2024 | up 449.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 4.74 kt | 2024 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.52 kt | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 46 | Honduras | 4.2 kt | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Malawi | 3.98 kt | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 48 | Kenya | 3.97 kt | 2024 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Thailand | 3.75 kt | 2024 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 50 | Mongolia | 2.5 kt | 2024 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Guyana | 2.48 kt | 2024 | up 239.6% | volatile |
| 52 | China | 2.47 kt | 2024 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 53 | China, mainland | 2.47 kt | 2024 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Ukraine | 2.45 kt | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Guatemala | 2.12 kt | 2024 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Mauritania | 2.11 kt | 2024 | up 388.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Peru | 2.08 kt | 2024 | up 340.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Nepal | 1.88 kt | 2024 | up 162.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Gambia | 1.73 kt | 2024 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 1.49 kt | 2024 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Pakistan | 1.49 kt | 2024 | up 389.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Eswatini | 1.41 kt | 2024 | up 42.4% | flat |
| 63 | Philippines | 1.35 kt | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 64 | Indonesia | 1.13 kt | 2024 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Cuba | 1.02 kt | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Portugal | 0.8744 kt | 2024 | up 998.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Ecuador | 0.8506 kt | 2024 | up 754.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 0.6588 kt | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Rwanda | 0.6341 kt | 2024 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 0.5747 kt | 2024 | up 33,705.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Burundi | 0.5591 kt | 2024 | up 85.6% | falling |
| 72 | Belize | 0.526 kt | 2024 | up 322.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Egypt | 0.4713 kt | 2024 | up 5,865.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Lesotho | 0.4342 kt | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Liberia | 0.43 kt | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Suriname | 0.408 kt | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Chile | 0.4042 kt | 2024 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Greece | 0.3202 kt | 2024 | up 318.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 0.2424 kt | 2024 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 80 | Albania | 0.2281 kt | 2024 | up 10,268.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Spain | 0.2243 kt | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 0.2049 kt | 2024 | up 1,851.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Panama | 0.1855 kt | 2024 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Bahamas | 0.1819 kt | 2024 | up 110.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Malaysia | 0.1779 kt | 2024 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Somalia | 0.1679 kt | 2024 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 0.1563 kt | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Serbia | 0.1547 kt | 2024 | up 38,575.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Turkmenistan | 0.1303 kt | 2024 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 0.126 kt | 2024 | up 573.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Eritrea | 0.1143 kt | 2024 | up 71.1% | volatile |
| 92 | New Caledonia | 0.1113 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1056 kt | 2024 | up 581.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Croatia | 0.0742 kt | 2024 | up 706.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Montenegro | 0.0711 kt | 2024 | up 6,363.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Romania | 0.0671 kt | 2024 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Georgia | 0.0633 kt | 2024 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Uruguay | 0.0619 kt | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0572 kt | 2024 | up 234.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 0.0545 kt | 2024 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Belarus | 0.0456 kt | 2024 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Italy | 0.0412 kt | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Comoros | 0.0405 kt | 2024 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Bhutan | 0.0335 kt | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Algeria | 0.0222 kt | 2024 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Israel | 0.0165 kt | 2024 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 107 | France | 0.0147 kt | 2024 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Cyprus | 0.0145 kt | 2024 | up 184.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Iceland | 0.0141 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 110 | El Salvador | 0.0137 kt | 2024 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Japan | 0.0133 kt | 2024 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Haiti | 0.0112 kt | 2024 | up 154.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Armenia | 0.0109 kt | 2024 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 0.0095 kt | 2024 | down 98.5% | falling |
| 115 | Jamaica | 0.0094 kt | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 0.0071 kt | 2024 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 117 | New Zealand | 0.0068 kt | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0061 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 0.0039 kt | 2024 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Lebanon | 0.0035 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Estonia | 0.0026 kt | 2024 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Hungary | 0.0025 kt | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Morocco | 0.0023 kt | 2024 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Jordan | 0.0021 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Yemen | 0.0021 kt | 2024 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 126 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.002 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Fiji | 0.0018 kt | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Tunisia | 0.0017 kt | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Palestine | 0.0015 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Lithuania | 0.0014 kt | 2024 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Poland | 0.0014 kt | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 130 | French Guiana | 0.0014 kt | 2024 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Germany | 0.0012 kt | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Réunion | 0.0011 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Latvia | 0.0008 kt | 2024 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.0008 kt | 2005 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0004 kt | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Mayotte | 0.0003 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Czechia | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Austria | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Belgium | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Barbados | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Switzerland | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Djibouti | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Denmark | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Finland | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Gibraltar | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Grenada | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Greenland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Kuwait | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Libya | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Liechtenstein | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Mauritius | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Norway | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Oman | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Slovakia | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Slovenia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Sweden | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Vanuatu | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Montserrat | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Republic of Korea | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0 kt | 1999 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | 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 4,346 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2,652 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 3,504 kt
- Middle Africa 1,274 kt
- Africa 2,936 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2,820 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1,909 kt
- Asia 85.58 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,236 kt
- Eastern Africa 1,113 kt
- Annex I countries 842.16 kt
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 10.96 kt
- Oceania 681.54 kt
- Americas 543.17 kt
- South America 452.34 kt
- Western Africa 372.33 kt
- Southern Africa 111.21 kt
- Europe 99.94 kt
- Eastern Europe 97.23 kt
- Northern Africa 65.63 kt
- Northern America 62.71 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 52.13 kt
- United States of America 29.82 kt
- Central America 26.78 kt
- Southern Asia 15.7 kt
- Western Asia 7.88 kt
- Eastern Asia 4.99 kt
- Central Asia 4.88 kt
- Southern Europe 2.67 kt
- European Union (27) 1.85 kt
- Northern Europe 0.0189 kt
- Western Europe 0.0159 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.