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Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
222
Highest
102,966 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Median
0.5283 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,129

What the numbers show

Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 102,966 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5283 kt, and the mean is 2,125 kt.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt, Arab Republic of (up 2,870.8%), and the largest decrease in Comoros, Union of the (down 100.0%).

Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 102,966 kt 2023 up 214.4% falling
2 Australia and New Zealand 96,446 kt 2023 up 228.0% falling
3 Australia 96,446 kt 2023 up 228.0% falling
4 Angola 25,275 kt 2023 down 2.9% flat
5 Sudan (former) 22,964 kt 2011 up 19.4% flat
6 South Sudan, Republic of 16,173 kt 2023 down 14.8% falling
7 Zambia 13,549 kt 2023 down 13.8% flat
8 Botswana 12,540 kt 2023 up 177.2% volatile
9 Mozambique, Republic of 12,040 kt 2023 down 10.1% flat
10 Central African Republic 7,100 kt 2023 down 34.6% falling
11 Brazil 6,943 kt 2023 up 14.3% flat
12 Canada 4,957 kt 2023 up 205.5% volatile
13 South Africa 4,181 kt 2023 up 93.6% falling
14 Sudan 3,844 kt 2023 down 1.2% falling
15 Mali 3,420 kt 2023 down 2.8% falling
16 Russian Federation 3,275 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
17 Chad 3,203 kt 2023 down 24.8% falling
18 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 2,996 kt 2023 down 21.9% falling
19 Senegal 2,486 kt 2023 up 6.1% falling
20 Ghana 2,319 kt 2023 down 36.8% falling
21 Nigeria 2,310 kt 2023 down 13.7% falling
22 Guinea 2,284 kt 2023 down 28.4% rising
23 Namibia 2,104 kt 2023 down 38.0% volatile
24 Congo, Republic of 1,882 kt 2023 down 21.0% rising
25 Madagascar, Republic of 1,628 kt 2023 down 36.0% falling
26 Paraguay 1,456 kt 2023 down 10.9% rising
27 Burkina Faso 1,442 kt 2023 up 14.8% falling
28 Argentina 1,295 kt 2023 down 21.3% falling
29 Zimbabwe 1,210 kt 2023 down 23.1% falling
30 Colombia 1,056 kt 2023 down 18.7% flat
31 Uganda 1,034 kt 2023 down 23.7% falling
32 Cambodia 1,019 kt 2023 down 8.7% falling
33 Myanmar 971.38 kt 2023 up 34.6% rising
34 Cameroon 970.96 kt 2023 down 32.3% falling
35 Mongolia 950 kt 2023 up 104.2% volatile
36 Mexico 721.68 kt 2023 down 7.8% falling
37 Indonesia 592.64 kt 2023 up 89.3% volatile
38 Benin 508.79 kt 2023 down 40.7% falling
38 Mayotte 0 kt 2023 — flat
38 Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 0 kt 2023 — flat
38 Cook Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
38 Montserrat, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 0 kt 2023 — volatile
38 Niue 0 kt 2023 — flat
38 Tokelau 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Kazakhstan, Republic of 378.83 kt 2023 down 34.7% volatile
40 Nicaragua 369.98 kt 2023 up 174.1% volatile
41 Sierra Leone 309.1 kt 2023 down 43.9% rising
42 Togo 291.95 kt 2023 down 54.9% falling
43 Thailand 286.88 kt 2023 up 2.5% falling
44 Honduras 284.76 kt 2023 up 88.3% volatile
45 China (People’s Republic of) 264.25 kt 2023 up 12.6% volatile
46 China, mainland 264.17 kt 2023 up 12.9% volatile
47 India 258.41 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
48 Gabon 243.23 kt 2023 down 22.0% rising
49 Niger 230.22 kt 2023 up 82.4% flat
50 Papua New Guinea 202.03 kt 2023 up 97.3% volatile
51 Malawi 196.08 kt 2023 down 24.4% falling
52 Guinea-Bissau 158.02 kt 2023 down 28.7% falling
53 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 157.89 kt 2023 up 9.6% volatile
54 Cuba 102.38 kt 2023 up 137.2% volatile
55 Iraq 88.38 kt 2023 up 226.9% volatile
56 Guyana 86.31 kt 2023 up 159.1% volatile
57 Gambia, The 85.57 kt 2023 down 3.5% falling
58 Guatemala 77.81 kt 2023 down 47.7% volatile
59 Greece 67.35 kt 2023 up 907.6% volatile
60 Chile 51.91 kt 2023 up 619.2% volatile
61 Kenya 46.75 kt 2023 down 70.5% volatile
62 Ukraine 45.79 kt 2023 up 90.6% volatile
63 Peru 42.86 kt 2023 up 56.3% volatile
64 Nepal 41.11 kt 2023 up 76.7% volatile
65 Philippines 38.75 kt 2023 up 21.5% rising
66 Belize 32.23 kt 2023 up 2.7% volatile
67 Eritrea, The State of 31.23 kt 2023 up 505.5% volatile
68 Eswatini, Kingdom of 30.08 kt 2023 down 43.1% falling
69 Pakistan 27.5 kt 2023 up 294.1% volatile
70 Egypt, Arab Republic of 25.95 kt 2023 up 2,870.8% volatile
71 Rwanda 22.93 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
72 Suriname 20.29 kt 2023 up 637.1% volatile
73 Lesotho, Kingdom of 19.9 kt 2023 down 17.5% volatile
74 Algeria 19.82 kt 2023 up 60.7% volatile
75 Burundi 19.73 kt 2023 down 22.3% falling
76 Liberia 18.48 kt 2023 up 38.1% volatile
77 Panama 17.39 kt 2023 up 5.6% volatile
78 Spain 16.92 kt 2023 up 0.9% volatile
79 Italy 14.46 kt 2023 up 689.8% volatile
80 Portugal 9.59 kt 2023 down 85.5% volatile
81 Bangladesh 8.7 kt 2023 down 82.4% volatile
82 Ecuador 8.22 kt 2023 down 54.1% volatile
83 Uruguay 8.02 kt 2023 up 22.2% rising
84 Costa Rica 7.71 kt 2023 down 64.1% rising
85 Uzbekistan, Republic of 7.49 kt 2023 down 59.0% falling
86 Turkmenistan 6.36 kt 2023 down 85.4% volatile
87 Dominican Republic 5.84 kt 2023 down 56.4% volatile
88 Sri Lanka 5.42 kt 2023 down 34.2% volatile
89 Morocco 5.38 kt 2023 up 20.9% volatile
90 Bulgaria 5.33 kt 2023 up 210.8% volatile
91 Saudi Arabia 4.97 kt 2023 up 363.5% volatile
92 North Macedonia, Republic of 4.46 kt 2023 up 72.9% volatile
93 France 4.01 kt 2023 up 315.1% volatile
94 Romania 2.57 kt 2023 down 9.9% volatile
95 New Caledonia 2.56 kt 2023 up 456.0% volatile
96 French Guiana 2.53 kt 2023 — volatile
97 Somalia 2.45 kt 2023 down 95.1% volatile
98 Haiti 2.11 kt 2023 up 519.3% volatile
99 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1.65 kt 2023 down 87.8% volatile
100 Bahamas, The 1.6 kt 2023 down 91.2% volatile
101 Bhutan 1.38 kt 2023 up 61.0% volatile
102 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.26 kt 2023 — volatile
103 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 1.25 kt 2023 down 60.9% volatile
104 Armenia, Republic of 1.03 kt 2023 down 80.0% volatile
105 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9629 kt 2023 down 0.3% volatile
105 Tunisia 0.9629 kt 2023 down 89.3% volatile
107 El Salvador 0.9 kt 2023 down 91.5% volatile
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7938 kt 2023 down 13.9% volatile
109 Fiji, Republic of 0.6387 kt 2023 up 1,071.9% volatile
110 Albania 0.5814 kt 2023 up 170.2% volatile
111 Jamaica 0.5297 kt 2023 up 3.8% volatile
112 Cyprus 0.5269 kt 2023 down 55.6% volatile
113 Georgia 0.5129 kt 2023 down 80.4% volatile
114 Japan 0.4556 kt 2023 down 80.6% volatile
115 Israel 0.4151 kt 2023 down 73.9% volatile
116 Republic of Korea 0.4067 kt 2023 up 77.4% volatile
117 Malaysia 0.3494 kt 2023 down 90.0% volatile
118 Barbados 0.2921 kt 2023 — volatile
119 Yemen, Republic of 0.2837 kt 2023 up 182.0% volatile
120 Serbia, Republic of 0.2152 kt 2023 up 397.0% volatile
121 Croatia 0.1859 kt 2023 down 35.1% volatile
122 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 0.1719 kt 2023 — volatile
123 Belarus, Republic of 0.1635 kt 2023 down 96.3% volatile
124 Estonia 0.1258 kt 2023 down 71.9% volatile
125 Lithuania 0.0713 kt 2023 — volatile
125 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.0713 kt 2023 down 98.2% volatile
127 China, Taiwan Province of 0.0657 kt 2023 down 60.5% volatile
128 Germany 0.0545 kt 2023 — volatile
129 New Zealand 0.0489 kt 2023 down 90.3% volatile
129 Serbia and Montenegro 0.0489 kt 2005 down 95.5% volatile
131 Iceland 0.0433 kt 2023 — volatile
131 Lebanon 0.0433 kt 2023 — volatile
131 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0433 kt 2023 — volatile
134 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.014 kt 2023 down 96.5% volatile
135 Austria 0.0112 kt 2023 — volatile
136 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0.0084 kt 2023 — volatile
137 Switzerland 0.0056 kt 2023 — volatile
137 Hungary 0.0056 kt 2023 down 97.5% volatile
137 Kyrgyz Republic 0.0056 kt 2023 down 99.2% volatile
137 Poland, Republic of 0.0056 kt 2023 down 98.9% volatile
137 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.0056 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Andorra, Principality of 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, Kingdom of 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Bermuda 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Channel Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Comoros, Union of the 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Cayman Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Czech Republic 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 St. Kitts and Nevis 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Kuwait 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Libya 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 St. Lucia 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Liechtenstein, Principality of 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, Republic of the 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, Republic of 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Oman 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Palau, Republic of 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, Republic of 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Slovak Republic 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Slovenia, Republic of 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 St. 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 St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Norfolk Island 0 kt 2023 — flat
142 Pitcairn Islands 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

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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 (CO2eq) (AR5)
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