Savanna fires — Emissions (N2O) 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
184
Highest
69.49 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
0.0207 kt
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,364
What the numbers show
Savanna fires — Emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 69.49 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0207 kt, and the mean is 3.08 kt.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 26,150.0%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Savanna fires — Emissions (N2O): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 69.49 kt | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 62.08 kt | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Australia | 62.08 kt | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 41.09 kt | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 4 | Angola | 46.92 kt | 2024 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9.9 kt | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 5 | Sudan (former) | 40.17 kt | 2011 | up 19.4% | flat |
| 6 | South Sudan | 32.79 kt | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6.16 kt | 2024 | up 441.3% | rising |
| 7 | Zambia | 25.61 kt | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 5.77 kt | 2024 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 22.65 kt | 2024 | up 27.7% | flat |
| 9 | Mozambique | 21 kt | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 9 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.7283 kt | 2024 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 15.71 kt | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.6076 kt | 2024 | up 344.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 8.62 kt | 2024 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.1944 kt | 2024 | up 5,454.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Mali | 7.13 kt | 2024 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 0.1773 kt | 2024 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 13 | Sudan | 5.95 kt | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 13 | Melanesia | 0.1467 kt | 2024 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Chad | 5.23 kt | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 14 | Türkiye | 0.0521 kt | 2024 | up 391.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Ghana | 5 kt | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 0.0037 kt | 2024 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Congo | 4.83 kt | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 16 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.0011 kt | 2024 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 17 | South Africa | 4.5 kt | 2024 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 17 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Guinea | 4.49 kt | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 4.48 kt | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 20 | Nigeria | 4.29 kt | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 21 | Madagascar | 4.22 kt | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.78 kt | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 22 | Botswana | 4.21 kt | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Senegal | 3.79 kt | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 3.56 kt | 2024 | up 73.0% | falling |
| 25 | Canada | 3 kt | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Paraguay | 2.18 kt | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 27 | Argentina | 2 kt | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 28 | Cambodia | 2 kt | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 28 | Caribbean | 0.1215 kt | 2024 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 29 | Colombia | 1.96 kt | 2024 | down 38.2% | flat |
| 30 | Cameroon | 1.85 kt | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 31 | Uganda | 1.57 kt | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 31 | Cabo Verde | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Mexico | 1.45 kt | 2024 | up 221.2% | flat |
| 33 | Namibia | 1.28 kt | 2024 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Myanmar | 1.26 kt | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 1.16 kt | 2024 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 1.03 kt | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 37 | Niger | 0.7916 kt | 2024 | up 177.4% | rising |
| 38 | Benin | 0.6735 kt | 2024 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 39 | Gabon | 0.6645 kt | 2024 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 40 | Togo | 0.6527 kt | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 0.6472 kt | 2023 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 42 | India | 0.4537 kt | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 43 | Iraq | 0.4365 kt | 2024 | up 449.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 0.4332 kt | 2024 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.413 kt | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 46 | Honduras | 0.3832 kt | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Malawi | 0.3634 kt | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 48 | Kenya | 0.3622 kt | 2024 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Thailand | 0.3425 kt | 2024 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 50 | Mongolia | 0.2279 kt | 2024 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Guyana | 0.2268 kt | 2024 | up 239.5% | volatile |
| 52 | China | 0.2254 kt | 2024 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 53 | China, mainland | 0.2252 kt | 2024 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Ukraine | 0.2241 kt | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Guatemala | 0.1932 kt | 2024 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Mauritania | 0.1926 kt | 2024 | up 388.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Peru | 0.1895 kt | 2024 | up 339.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Nepal | 0.1715 kt | 2024 | up 161.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Gambia | 0.1577 kt | 2024 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1364 kt | 2024 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Pakistan | 0.1362 kt | 2024 | up 389.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Eswatini | 0.1283 kt | 2024 | up 42.4% | flat |
| 63 | Philippines | 0.1237 kt | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 64 | Indonesia | 0.1035 kt | 2024 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Cuba | 0.0928 kt | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Portugal | 0.0798 kt | 2024 | up 993.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Ecuador | 0.0777 kt | 2024 | up 753.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 0.0602 kt | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Rwanda | 0.0579 kt | 2024 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 0.0525 kt | 2024 | up 26,150.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Burundi | 0.0511 kt | 2024 | up 85.8% | falling |
| 72 | Belize | 0.048 kt | 2024 | up 321.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Egypt | 0.043 kt | 2024 | up 6,042.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Lesotho | 0.0396 kt | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Liberia | 0.0393 kt | 2024 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Suriname | 0.0373 kt | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Chile | 0.0369 kt | 2024 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Greece | 0.0292 kt | 2024 | up 317.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 0.0221 kt | 2024 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 80 | Albania | 0.0208 kt | 2024 | up 10,300.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Spain | 0.0205 kt | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 0.0187 kt | 2024 | up 1,770.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Panama | 0.0169 kt | 2024 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Bahamas | 0.0166 kt | 2024 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Malaysia | 0.0162 kt | 2024 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Somalia | 0.0153 kt | 2024 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 0.0143 kt | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Serbia | 0.0141 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Turkmenistan | 0.0119 kt | 2024 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0115 kt | 2024 | up 576.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Eritrea | 0.0104 kt | 2024 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 92 | New Caledonia | 0.0102 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0096 kt | 2024 | up 585.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Croatia | 0.0068 kt | 2024 | up 750.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Montenegro | 0.0065 kt | 2024 | up 6,400.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Romania | 0.0061 kt | 2024 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Georgia | 0.0058 kt | 2024 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Uruguay | 0.0057 kt | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0052 kt | 2024 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 0.005 kt | 2024 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Belarus | 0.0042 kt | 2024 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Italy | 0.0038 kt | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Comoros | 0.0037 kt | 2024 | up 85.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Bhutan | 0.0031 kt | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Algeria | 0.002 kt | 2024 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Israel | 0.0015 kt | 2024 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Cyprus | 0.0013 kt | 2024 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 107 | France | 0.0013 kt | 2024 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Iceland | 0.0013 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 107 | El Salvador | 0.0013 kt | 2024 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Japan | 0.0012 kt | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Armenia | 0.001 kt | 2024 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Haiti | 0.001 kt | 2024 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Jamaica | 0.0009 kt | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 0.0009 kt | 2024 | down 98.5% | falling |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 0.0006 kt | 2024 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0006 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | New Zealand | 0.0006 kt | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 0.0004 kt | 2024 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Lebanon | 0.0003 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Estonia | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Fiji | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Hungary | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Jordan | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Morocco | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Tunisia | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Yemen | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Germany | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 129 | Lithuania | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Latvia | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Poland | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Palestine | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | French Guiana | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.0001 kt | 2005 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Réunion | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Austria | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Belgium | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Barbados | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Switzerland | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Czechia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Denmark | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Finland | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Grenada | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Greenland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Kuwait | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Libya | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritius | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Norway | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Slovakia | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Slovenia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Sweden | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Tajikistan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Montserrat | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Republic of Korea | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0 kt | 1999 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | 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 396.8 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 242.16 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 319.9 kt
- Middle Africa 116.3 kt
- Africa 268.04 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 257.45 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 174.31 kt
- Asia 7.81 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 112.87 kt
- Eastern Africa 101.6 kt
- Annex I countries 76.89 kt
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 1 kt
- Oceania 62.23 kt
- Americas 49.59 kt
- South America 41.3 kt
- Western Africa 34 kt
- Southern Africa 10.15 kt
- Europe 9.12 kt
- Eastern Europe 8.88 kt
- Northern Africa 5.99 kt
- Northern America 5.73 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 4.76 kt
- United States of America 2.72 kt
- Central America 2.45 kt
- Southern Asia 1.43 kt
- Western Asia 0.7192 kt
- Eastern Asia 0.4557 kt
- Central Asia 0.446 kt
- Southern Europe 0.2436 kt
- European Union (27) 0.1685 kt
- Northern Europe 0.0017 kt
- Western Europe 0.0015 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.