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Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita by country

Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
167
Highest
0.0027 kt per person
Botswana
Lowest
0 kt per person
Vanuatu
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,753

What the numbers show

Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 0.0027 kt per person in Botswana; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Vanuatu.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per person, and the mean is 0.0001 kt per person.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 2,333.9%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).

Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita (capita): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Botswana 0.0027 kt per person 2023 up 139.3% volatile
2 Australia 0.0019 kt per person 2023 up 184.5% volatile
3 South Sudan 0.0008 kt per person 2023 down 17.1% falling
4 Central African Republic 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 41.1% falling
5 Namibia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 52.9% volatile
6 Angola 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 30.9% falling
7 Zambia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 35.9% falling
8 Mozambique 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 33.1% falling
9 Congo 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 37.9% falling
10 Mongolia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 70.0% volatile
11 Paraguay 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 22.1% falling
12 Chad 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 46.7% volatile
13 Guinea 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 44.4% falling
14 Mali 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 28.6% falling
15 Senegal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 19.5% falling
16 Canada 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 167.6% volatile
17 Guyana 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 135.2% volatile
18 Gabon 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 40.0% falling
19 Laos 0 kt per person 2023 up 77.7% volatile
20 Belize 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.6% volatile
21 Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.4% falling
22 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.1% falling
23 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per person 2023 down 43.9% falling
24 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 down 48.8% falling
25 South Africa 0 kt per person 2023 up 67.4% falling
26 Burkina Faso 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
27 Cambodia 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.5% falling
28 Nicaragua 0 kt per person 2023 up 140.4% volatile
29 Madagascar 0 kt per person 2023 down 50.5% falling
30 Sierra Leone 0 kt per person 2023 down 55.5% falling
31 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 down 55.0% volatile
32 Togo 0 kt per person 2023 down 62.7% falling
33 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 down 48.9% volatile
34 Brazil 0 kt per person 2023 up 7.4% falling
35 Suriname 0 kt per person 2023 up 565.0% volatile
36 Gambia 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.7% volatile
37 Mauritania 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.5% volatile
38 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kt per person 2023 down 66.4% falling
39 Argentina 0 kt per person 2023 down 26.4% falling
40 Honduras 0 kt per person 2023 up 57.2% volatile
41 Eswatini 0 kt per person 2023 down 47.7% falling
42 Ethiopia 0 kt per person 2023 down 40.3% falling
43 Russia 0 kt per person 2023 up 7.9% rising
44 Uganda 0 kt per person 2023 down 44.6% falling
45 Colombia 0 kt per person 2023 down 28.3% falling
46 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 57.7% volatile
47 Kazakhstan 0 kt per person 2023 down 43.6% volatile
48 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2023 up 24.9% falling
49 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.5% falling
50 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 down 42.1% falling
51 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 up 143.2% volatile
52 Eritrea 0 kt per person 2023 up 435.6% volatile
53 New Caledonia 0 kt per person 2023 up 425.8% volatile
54 Niger 0 kt per person 2023 up 29.1% volatile
55 Lesotho 0 kt per person 2023 down 26.5% volatile
56 Greece 0 kt per person 2023 up 962.3% volatile
57 Mexico 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.9% falling
58 Guatemala 0 kt per person 2023 down 55.6% volatile
59 Bahamas 0 kt per person 2023 down 91.6% volatile
60 Thailand 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.1% falling
61 Panama 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.4% volatile
62 Liberia 0 kt per person 2023 up 12.4% volatile
63 East Timor 0 kt per person 2023 up 652.3% volatile
64 Chile 0 kt per person 2023 up 546.0% volatile
65 North Macedonia 0 kt per person 2023 up 81.5% volatile
66 Uruguay 0 kt per person 2023 up 21.0% flat
67 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 72.3% volatile
68 Iraq 0 kt per person 2023 up 155.9% volatile
69 United States 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.0% falling
70 Bhutan 0 kt per person 2023 up 49.2% volatile
71 Rwanda 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.3% falling
72 Syria 0 kt per person 2023 up 570.9% volatile
73 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2023 down 66.9% flat
74 Vietnam 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.9% falling
75 Burundi 0 kt per person 2023 down 40.7% falling
76 Nepal 0 kt per person 2023 up 64.1% volatile
77 Peru 0 kt per person 2023 up 37.7% volatile
78 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 up 132.9% volatile
79 Barbados 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
80 Portugal 0 kt per person 2023 down 85.7% volatile
81 Turkmenistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 88.2% volatile
82 Kenya 0 kt per person 2023 down 76.1% volatile
83 Bulgaria 0 kt per person 2023 up 246.1% volatile
84 Fiji 0 kt per person 2023 up 1,129.5% volatile
85 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.5% volatile
86 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2023 down 60.7% volatile
87 Ecuador 0 kt per person 2023 down 59.7% volatile
88 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 up 33.7% volatile
89 Cyprus 0 kt per person 2023 down 59.7% volatile
90 Spain 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.8% volatile
91 Armenia 0 kt per person 2023 down 79.6% volatile
92 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 up 7.9% falling
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.8% volatile
94 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2023 down 38.6% volatile
95 Italy 0 kt per person 2023 up 706.9% volatile
96 Albania 0 kt per person 2023 up 238.4% volatile
97 Egypt 0 kt per person 2023 up 2,333.9% volatile
98 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 65.8% falling
99 Turkey 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.5% volatile
100 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.1% volatile
101 China 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.9% volatile
102 Haiti 0 kt per person 2023 up 446.0% volatile
103 India 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.9% falling
104 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 down 88.7% volatile
105 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per person 2023 up 284.0% volatile
106 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.6% volatile
107 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2023 down 91.9% volatile
108 Georgia 0 kt per person 2023 down 80.4% volatile
109 Romania 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.5% volatile
110 Somalia 0 kt per person 2023 down 96.6% volatile
111 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 236.0% falling
112 Estonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 70.2% volatile
113 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
114 Iceland 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
115 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2023 down 90.3% volatile
116 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
117 France 0 kt per person 2023 up 303.4% volatile
118 Croatia 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.2% volatile
119 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 2023 down 83.9% volatile
120 Israel 0 kt per person 2023 down 77.9% volatile
121 Serbia 0 kt per person 2023 up 603.3% volatile
122 Afghanistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 70.3% volatile
123 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
124 United Kingdom 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
125 Belarus 0 kt per person 2023 down 96.4% volatile
126 Moldova 0 kt per person 2023 down 90.0% volatile
127 Malaysia 0 kt per person 2023 down 91.2% volatile
128 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 98.4% volatile
129 New Zealand 0 kt per person 2023 down 92.8% volatile
130 Yemen 0 kt per person 2023 up 136.4% volatile
131 Lebanon 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
132 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 down 80.2% volatile
133 Austria 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
134 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 down 98.8% volatile
135 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
136 Hungary 0 kt per person 2023 down 95.2% volatile
137 Germany 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
138 Poland 0 kt per person 2023 down 97.8% volatile
139 Belgium 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Brunei 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Comoros 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
139 Czechia 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
139 Djibouti 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
139 Finland 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
139 Gibraltar 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Grenada 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Greenland 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Ireland 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Kuwait 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Libya 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
139 Liechtenstein 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Latvia 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
139 Montenegro 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
139 Mauritius 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Norway 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Oman 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Puerto Rico 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
139 Palestine 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Solomon Islands 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Slovakia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Slovenia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Sweden 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
139 Vanuatu 0 kt per person 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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Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
203 places, 6,753 data points, 1990–2023
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Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.