Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC by country
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What the numbers show
Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 19 countries. The highest value is 5,659 kt in Australia; the lowest is 0.0005 kt in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.85 kt, and the mean is 315.13 kt.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 49,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 93.4%).
Savanna fires — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 5,659 kt | 2020 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 2 | Italy | 127.66 kt | 2020 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 3 | France | 127.1 kt | 2020 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 4 | Portugal | 20.13 kt | 2020 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Japan | 14.14 kt | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Greece | 11.64 kt | 2020 | up 307.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 11.2 kt | 2020 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Spain | 5.81 kt | 2020 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Croatia | 3.93 kt | 2020 | up 2,865.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Ireland | 2.85 kt | 2020 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Ukraine | 1.48 kt | 2020 | up 432.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Poland | 1.05 kt | 2020 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Hungary | 0.9098 kt | 2020 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Estonia | 0.1488 kt | 2020 | up 49,500.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Latvia | 0.0935 kt | 2020 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Switzerland | 0.0241 kt | 2020 | up 2,090.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Finland | 0.0239 kt | 2020 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.0151 kt | 2020 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 19 | Iceland | 0.0005 kt | 2020 | down 87.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 6,319 kt
- Annex I countries 6,307 kt
- United States of America 331.24 kt
- European Union (27) 301.37 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 11.2 kt
About this data
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