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Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at...

Countries reporting
106
Highest
6.04 million t
Brazil
Lowest
0 t
Yemen
Median
19,001 t
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
8,867

What the numbers show

Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 6.04 million t in Brazil; the lowest is 0 t in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 19,001 t, and the mean is 177,059 t.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Sugar cane — Burning crop residues: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 6.04 million t 2050 — volatile
2 India 3.47 million t 2050 — rising
3 China 830,925 t 2050 — rising
4 China, mainland 824,623 t 2050 — rising
4 Viet Nam 264,268 t 2050 — volatile
5 OECD 803,641 t 2050 — rising
6 Pakistan 738,350 t 2050 — rising
6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 124,417 t 2050 — volatile
7 Thailand 714,910 t 2050 — volatile
8 Indonesia 415,250 t 2050 — volatile
9 Cuba 350,894 t 2050 — falling
10 Mexico 337,317 t 2050 — rising
11 Philippines 316,189 t 2050 — rising
12 Colombia 291,935 t 2050 — rising
13 Australia 231,082 t 2050 — rising
13 Australia and New Zealand 231,082 t 2050 — rising
15 South Africa 202,535 t 2050 — rising
16 Egypt 181,040 t 2050 — rising
17 Argentina 161,015 t 2050 — rising
18 Guatemala 146,221 t 2050 — volatile
19 Myanmar 133,619 t 2050 — volatile
20 Bangladesh 123,120 t 2050 — falling
21 Madagascar 107,844 t 2050 — volatile
22 Uganda 93,853 t 2050 — volatile
23 Mauritius 90,401 t 2050 — falling
24 Dominican Republic 79,449 t 2050 — falling
25 Kenya 76,872 t 2050 — rising
25 Cabo Verde 1,929 t 2050 — volatile
26 Nepal 75,750 t 2050 — volatile
27 Eswatini 70,104 t 2050 — volatile
28 Honduras 69,166 t 2050 — rising
29 Paraguay 60,913 t 2050 — rising
30 Ecuador 59,727 t 2050 — rising
31 Peru 54,893 t 2050 — rising
32 Nicaragua 54,236 t 2050 — rising
33 Nigeria 52,503 t 2050 — volatile
34 El Salvador 51,875 t 2050 — rising
35 Ethiopia 51,680 t 2050 — rising
36 Fiji 45,542 t 2050 — flat
37 Mozambique 45,123 t 2050 — rising
38 Costa Rica 44,433 t 2050 — rising
39 Cameroon 44,407 t 2050 — volatile
40 Sudan 40,890 t 2023 down 9.9% falling
41 Sudan (former) 39,312 t 2011 down 5.3% volatile
42 Guyana 36,365 t 2050 — falling
43 Réunion 34,896 t 2050 — falling
44 Zimbabwe 34,868 t 2050 — rising
45 Zambia 31,694 t 2050 — volatile
46 Malawi 30,458 t 2050 — volatile
47 Panama 28,330 t 2050 — rising
48 Jamaica 24,939 t 2050 — falling
49 Liberia 22,126 t 2050 — volatile
50 Congo 21,208 t 2050 — rising
51 Belize 20,584 t 2050 — rising
52 Central African Republic 17,418 t 2050 — rising
53 Angola 15,387 t 2050 — rising
54 Haiti 15,206 t 2050 — volatile
55 Sri Lanka 14,940 t 2050 — rising
56 Japan 12,600 t 2050 — falling
57 Trinidad and Tobago 11,002 t 2050 — falling
58 Morocco 10,795 t 2050 — volatile
59 Guadeloupe 10,545 t 2050 — falling
60 Ethiopia PDR 9,750 t 1992 up 5.6% rising
61 Senegal 9,679 t 2050 — volatile
62 Malaysia 9,436 t 2050 — volatile
63 Burkina Faso 7,834 t 2050 — volatile
64 Somalia 7,806 t 2050 — rising
65 Cambodia 7,709 t 2050 — volatile
66 Ghana 7,536 t 2050 — rising
67 Guinea 7,107 t 2050 — volatile
68 Papua New Guinea 6,429 t 2050 — volatile
69 Mali 6,392 t 2050 — volatile
70 China, Taiwan Province of 6,302 t 2050 — volatile
71 Barbados 5,671 t 2050 — volatile
72 Niger 5,505 t 2050 — volatile
73 Chad 5,270 t 2050 — volatile
74 Gabon 4,012 t 2050 — volatile
75 Rwanda 3,483 t 2050 — volatile
76 Burundi 3,422 t 2050 — volatile
77 Afghanistan 3,422 t 2050 — rising
78 Uruguay 3,399 t 2050 — falling
79 Martinique 2,815 t 2050 — volatile
80 Suriname 2,442 t 2050 — rising
81 Benin 2,347 t 2050 — volatile
82 Bahamas 1,862 t 2050 — rising
83 Sierra Leone 1,354 t 2050 — volatile
84 Puerto Rico 1,300 t 2002 down 85.9% volatile
85 Saint Kitts and Nevis 761.71 t 2050 — falling
86 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 650 t 1990 up 400.0% volatile
87 Guinea-Bissau 270.74 t 2050 — rising
88 Dominica 191.84 t 2050 — rising
89 Grenada 132.59 t 2050 — volatile
90 French Guiana 103.68 t 2050 — volatile
91 Spain 55.28 t 2050 — volatile
92 French Polynesia 32.15 t 2050 — rising
93 Bhutan 28.64 t 2050 — volatile
94 Oman 21.18 t 2050 — volatile
95 Portugal 10.26 t 2050 — volatile
96 Djibouti 1.35 t 2050 — rising
97 Samoa 0.8037 t 2050 — rising
98 Antigua and Barbuda 0 t 1992 down 100.0% volatile
98 Iraq 0 t 2050 — volatile
98 Lebanon 0 t 2050 — volatile
98 Saint Lucia 0 t 1966 down 100.0% volatile
98 Singapore 0 t 1992 down 100.0% volatile
98 Yemen 0 t 1997 — 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
Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter)
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
146 places, 8,867 data points, 1961–2050
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at Tier 1 following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 2006).