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Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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
173
Highest
55,235 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Réunion
Median
3.13 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,129

What the numbers show

Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 55,235 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Réunion.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.13 kt, and the mean is 1,463 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 (CO2eq) from CH4: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 55,235 kt 2023 up 214.4% falling
2 Australia and New Zealand 51,738 kt 2023 up 228.0% falling
3 Australia 51,738 kt 2023 up 228.0% falling
4 Angola 13,558 kt 2023 down 2.9% flat
5 Sudan (former) 12,319 kt 2011 up 19.4% flat
6 South Sudan 8,676 kt 2023 down 14.8% falling
7 Zambia 7,268 kt 2023 down 13.8% flat
8 Botswana 6,727 kt 2023 up 177.2% volatile
9 Mozambique 6,459 kt 2023 down 10.1% flat
10 Central African Republic 3,809 kt 2023 down 34.6% falling
11 Brazil 3,725 kt 2023 up 14.3% flat
12 Canada 2,659 kt 2023 up 205.5% volatile
13 South Africa 2,243 kt 2023 up 93.6% falling
14 Sudan 2,062 kt 2023 down 1.2% falling
15 Mali 1,835 kt 2023 down 2.8% falling
16 Russian Federation 1,757 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
17 Chad 1,718 kt 2023 down 24.8% falling
18 Ethiopia 1,607 kt 2023 down 21.9% falling
19 Senegal 1,334 kt 2023 up 6.1% falling
20 Ghana 1,244 kt 2023 down 36.8% falling
21 Nigeria 1,239 kt 2023 down 13.7% falling
22 Guinea 1,225 kt 2023 down 28.4% rising
23 Namibia 1,128 kt 2023 down 38.0% volatile
24 Congo 1,010 kt 2023 down 21.0% rising
25 Madagascar 873.58 kt 2023 down 36.0% falling
26 Paraguay 781.21 kt 2023 down 10.9% rising
27 Burkina Faso 773.72 kt 2023 up 14.8% falling
28 Argentina 694.63 kt 2023 down 21.3% falling
29 Zimbabwe 649.24 kt 2023 down 23.1% falling
30 Colombia 566.28 kt 2023 down 18.7% flat
31 Uganda 554.8 kt 2023 down 23.7% falling
32 Cambodia 546.86 kt 2023 down 8.7% falling
33 Myanmar 521.09 kt 2023 up 34.6% rising
34 Cameroon 520.86 kt 2023 down 32.3% falling
35 Mongolia 509.62 kt 2023 up 104.2% volatile
36 Mexico 387.14 kt 2023 down 7.8% falling
37 Indonesia 317.92 kt 2023 up 89.3% volatile
38 Benin 272.94 kt 2023 down 40.7% falling
39 Kazakhstan 203.22 kt 2023 down 34.7% volatile
40 Nicaragua 198.47 kt 2023 up 174.1% volatile
41 Sierra Leone 165.82 kt 2023 down 43.9% rising
42 Togo 156.62 kt 2023 down 54.9% falling
43 Thailand 153.9 kt 2023 up 2.5% falling
44 Honduras 152.76 kt 2023 up 88.3% volatile
45 China (People’s Republic of) 141.77 kt 2023 up 12.6% volatile
46 China, mainland 141.71 kt 2023 up 12.9% volatile
47 India 138.63 kt 2023 up 3.3% rising
48 Gabon 130.47 kt 2023 down 22.0% rising
49 Niger 123.5 kt 2023 up 82.4% flat
50 Papua New Guinea 108.38 kt 2023 up 97.3% volatile
51 Malawi 105.18 kt 2023 down 24.4% falling
52 Guinea-Bissau 84.77 kt 2023 down 28.7% falling
53 Mauritania 84.7 kt 2023 up 9.6% volatile
54 Cuba 54.92 kt 2023 up 137.3% volatile
55 Iraq 47.41 kt 2023 up 227.0% volatile
56 Guyana 46.3 kt 2023 up 159.1% volatile
57 Gambia 45.89 kt 2023 down 3.5% falling
58 Guatemala 41.74 kt 2023 down 47.7% volatile
59 Greece 36.14 kt 2023 up 908.3% volatile
60 Chile 27.85 kt 2023 up 618.1% volatile
61 Kenya 25.07 kt 2023 down 70.5% volatile
62 Ukraine 24.56 kt 2023 up 90.5% volatile
63 Peru 22.99 kt 2023 up 56.3% volatile
64 Nepal 22.06 kt 2023 up 76.7% volatile
65 Philippines 20.78 kt 2023 up 21.4% rising
66 Belize 17.29 kt 2023 up 2.7% volatile
67 Eritrea 16.76 kt 2023 up 504.5% volatile
68 Eswatini 16.14 kt 2023 down 43.1% falling
69 Pakistan 14.75 kt 2023 up 294.0% volatile
70 Egypt 13.92 kt 2023 up 2,824.1% volatile
71 Rwanda 12.31 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
72 Suriname 10.89 kt 2023 up 635.0% volatile
73 Lesotho 10.68 kt 2023 down 17.4% volatile
74 Algeria 10.63 kt 2023 up 60.7% volatile
75 Burundi 10.58 kt 2023 down 22.2% falling
76 Liberia 9.92 kt 2023 up 38.1% volatile
77 Panama 9.34 kt 2023 up 5.6% volatile
78 Spain 9.07 kt 2023 up 0.9% volatile
79 Italy 7.76 kt 2023 up 689.2% volatile
80 Portugal 5.14 kt 2023 down 85.5% volatile
81 Bangladesh 4.67 kt 2023 down 82.4% volatile
82 Ecuador 4.4 kt 2023 down 54.2% volatile
83 Uruguay 4.31 kt 2023 up 22.5% rising
84 Costa Rica 4.13 kt 2023 down 64.1% rising
85 Uzbekistan 4.02 kt 2023 down 59.0% falling
86 Turkmenistan 3.42 kt 2023 down 85.4% volatile
87 Dominican Republic 3.13 kt 2023 down 56.3% volatile
88 Sri Lanka 2.91 kt 2023 down 34.3% volatile
89 Morocco 2.88 kt 2023 up 21.2% volatile
90 Bulgaria 2.86 kt 2023 up 211.6% volatile
91 Saudi Arabia 2.66 kt 2023 up 368.5% volatile
92 North Macedonia 2.39 kt 2023 up 72.5% volatile
93 France 2.15 kt 2023 up 317.9% volatile
94 Romania 1.38 kt 2023 down 9.9% volatile
95 New Caledonia 1.37 kt 2023 up 450.6% volatile
96 French Guiana 1.36 kt 2023 — volatile
97 Somalia 1.31 kt 2023 down 95.2% volatile
98 Haiti 1.13 kt 2023 up 521.5% volatile
99 Azerbaijan 0.882 kt 2023 down 87.8% volatile
100 Bahamas 0.8624 kt 2023 down 91.2% volatile
101 Bhutan 0.7476 kt 2023 up 61.8% volatile
102 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6776 kt 2023 — volatile
103 Afghanistan 0.6636 kt 2023 down 61.0% volatile
104 Armenia 0.5516 kt 2023 down 80.0% volatile
105 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5124 kt 2023 down 0.5% volatile
105 Tunisia 0.5124 kt 2023 down 89.4% volatile
107 El Salvador 0.476 kt 2023 down 91.6% volatile
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4228 kt 2023 down 15.2% volatile
109 Fiji 0.3472 kt 2023 up 1,140.0% volatile
110 Albania 0.3164 kt 2023 up 189.7% volatile
111 Jamaica 0.2912 kt 2023 up 7.2% volatile
112 Cyprus 0.2884 kt 2023 down 54.2% volatile
113 Georgia 0.2744 kt 2023 down 80.4% volatile
114 Japan 0.2436 kt 2023 down 80.7% volatile
115 Israel 0.2296 kt 2023 down 72.9% volatile
116 Republic of Korea 0.2212 kt 2023 up 79.5% volatile
117 Malaysia 0.1904 kt 2023 down 89.8% volatile
118 Barbados 0.1596 kt 2023 — volatile
119 Yemen 0.1512 kt 2023 up 217.6% volatile
120 Serbia 0.1092 kt 2023 up 550.0% volatile
121 Croatia 0.1064 kt 2023 down 30.9% volatile
122 Equatorial Guinea 0.0924 kt 2023 — volatile
123 Belarus 0.084 kt 2023 down 96.5% volatile
124 Estonia 0.0728 kt 2023 down 69.0% volatile
125 Lithuania 0.0448 kt 2023 — volatile
125 Tajikistan 0.0448 kt 2023 down 97.9% volatile
127 China, Taiwan Province of 0.0392 kt 2023 down 54.8% volatile
128 Germany 0.028 kt 2023 — volatile
129 New Zealand 0.0224 kt 2023 down 91.6% volatile
129 Serbia and Montenegro 0.0224 kt 2005 down 96.1% volatile
131 Iceland 0.0168 kt 2023 — volatile
131 Lebanon 0.0168 kt 2023 — volatile
131 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0168 kt 2023 — volatile
134 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.014 kt 2023 down 93.4% volatile
135 Austria 0.0112 kt 2023 — volatile
136 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0084 kt 2023 — volatile
137 Switzerland 0.0056 kt 2023 — volatile
137 Hungary 0.0056 kt 2023 down 95.3% volatile
137 Kyrgyzstan 0.0056 kt 2023 down 98.6% volatile
137 Poland 0.0056 kt 2023 down 97.9% volatile
137 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.0056 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Belgium 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Comoros 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Czechia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Djibouti 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Denmark 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Finland 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Gibraltar 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Grenada 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Greenland 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Ireland 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Jordan 0 kt 2023 — volatile
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 Liechtenstein 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Latvia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Montenegro 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Mauritius 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Norway 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Oman 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Puerto Rico 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
142 Palestine, State of 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Slovak Republic 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Slovenia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Sweden 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Vanuatu 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Montserrat 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 kt 1999 down 100.0% volatile
142 Brunei Darussalam 0 kt 2023 — volatile
142 Réunion 0 kt 2023 — volatile

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 (CO2eq) from CH4 (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