Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), annual growth rate by country

The year-on-year percentage change in Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

Countries reporting
111
Highest
218.18 % change on previous year
Puerto Rico
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
62
1962–2023
Data points
7,986

What the numbers show

Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), annual growth rate is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 218.18 % change on previous year in Puerto Rico; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Syrian Arab Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is -7.26 % change on previous year.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 2,418.1%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 5,900.0%).

Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), annual growth rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Puerto Rico 218.18 % change on previous year 2002 up 1,450.0% volatile
2 French Guiana 200 % change on previous year 2006 — volatile
3 Grenada 50 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
4 Oman 25 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
5 Paraguay 22.46 % change on previous year 2023 up 2,418.1% volatile
6 Afghanistan 16.67 % change on previous year 2023 up 350.0% volatile
7 Thailand 14.8 % change on previous year 2023 up 380.5% volatile
8 India 13.72 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,828.4% volatile
9 Gabon 13.64 % change on previous year 2023 up 115.5% volatile
10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10.57 % change on previous year 2023 up 152.7% volatile
11 Argentina 8.75 % change on previous year 2023 up 214.0% volatile
12 Mali 8.54 % change on previous year 2023 up 161.1% volatile
13 Benin 7.69 % change on previous year 2023 up 171.2% volatile
14 Zimbabwe 6.71 % change on previous year 2023 up 152.1% volatile
15 Peru 4.59 % change on previous year 2023 up 244.3% volatile
16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.49 % change on previous year 2023 up 114.7% volatile
17 Papua New Guinea 3.77 % change on previous year 2023 up 127.9% volatile
18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.5 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
19 Sri Lanka 3.33 % change on previous year 2023 down 94.9% volatile
20 Uruguay 3.31 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
21 Viet Nam 3.16 % change on previous year 2023 up 14.7% volatile
22 Indonesia 3.01 % change on previous year 2023 down 52.8% volatile
23 Burundi 2.9 % change on previous year 2023 down 31.9% volatile
24 Myanmar 2.83 % change on previous year 2023 down 71.7% volatile
25 South Africa 2.65 % change on previous year 2023 down 23.0% volatile
26 Mexico 2.59 % change on previous year 2023 down 60.0% volatile
27 Guadeloupe 2.31 % change on previous year 2006 up 133.4% volatile
28 Zambia 2.21 % change on previous year 2023 down 52.4% volatile
29 Eswatini 2.09 % change on previous year 2023 up 35.1% volatile
30 Philippines 1.92 % change on previous year 2023 up 117.5% volatile
31 Brazil 1.81 % change on previous year 2023 down 64.1% volatile
32 Central African Republic 1.68 % change on previous year 2023 down 73.7% volatile
33 Guatemala 1.22 % change on previous year 2023 down 40.5% volatile
34 Sudan 1.19 % change on previous year 2023 down 91.0% volatile
35 Congo 1.17 % change on previous year 2023 down 53.7% volatile
36 Cambodia 1.09 % change on previous year 2023 down 95.1% volatile
37 Senegal 1.02 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
38 Malawi 0.9766 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
39 OECD 0.9678 % change on previous year 2023 down 65.2% volatile
40 China, mainland 0.9547 % change on previous year 2023 down 21.5% volatile
41 Guinea 0.9524 % change on previous year 2023 down 7.6% volatile
42 Ghana 0.8929 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
43 China 0.8522 % change on previous year 2023 down 29.0% volatile
44 Nepal 0.4554 % change on previous year 2023 up 415.0% volatile
45 Liberia 0.4175 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
46 United Republic of Tanzania 0.3517 % change on previous year 2023 down 89.1% volatile
47 Haiti 0.2421 % change on previous year 2023 down 94.1% volatile
48 Nigeria 0.1316 % change on previous year 2023 down 99.1% volatile
49 Angola 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
49 Burkina Faso 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
49 Bahamas 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
49 Portugal 0 % change on previous year 2017 — volatile
49 Sierra Leone 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
49 El Salvador 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
49 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 % change on previous year 1990 — volatile
49 Cabo Verde 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
49 Ethiopia PDR 0 % change on previous year 1992 — volatile
61 Cameroon -0.2288 % change on previous year 2023 up 56.3% volatile
62 Egypt -0.3256 % change on previous year 2023 down 134.0% volatile
63 Madagascar -0.5556 % change on previous year 2023 down 137.7% volatile
64 Nicaragua -0.774 % change on previous year 2023 down 150.4% volatile
65 Costa Rica -1.52 % change on previous year 2023 down 115.4% volatile
66 Réunion -1.54 % change on previous year 2006 down 121.1% volatile
67 Australia -1.64 % change on previous year 2023 up 40.4% volatile
67 Australia and New Zealand -1.64 % change on previous year 2023 up 40.4% volatile
69 Niger -1.9 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
70 Côte d'Ivoire -1.95 % change on previous year 2023 down 195.0% volatile
71 Colombia -2.16 % change on previous year 2023 down 188.6% volatile
72 Uganda -2.45 % change on previous year 2023 down 110.6% volatile
73 Honduras -2.45 % change on previous year 2023 up 79.3% volatile
74 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) -2.49 % change on previous year 2023 down 767.4% volatile
75 Japan -3.44 % change on previous year 2023 up 30.5% volatile
76 Bangladesh -3.47 % change on previous year 2023 down 326.0% volatile
77 Somalia -4.84 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
78 Suriname -5 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
79 Belize -5.24 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
80 Dominican Republic -5.31 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
81 Chad -6.17 % change on previous year 2023 down 563.0% volatile
82 Trinidad and Tobago -6.41 % change on previous year 2007 down 188.3% volatile
83 Martinique -7.58 % change on previous year 2006 down 285.6% volatile
84 Malaysia -7.69 % change on previous year 2023 up 77.5% volatile
85 Mauritius -8.58 % change on previous year 2023 down 578.9% volatile
86 Jamaica -8.72 % change on previous year 2023 down 326.4% volatile
87 Sudan (former) -10.01 % change on previous year 2011 down 2,331.9% volatile
88 Ethiopia -10.19 % change on previous year 2023 down 133.4% volatile
89 Pakistan -10.51 % change on previous year 2023 down 196.8% volatile
90 Guyana -13.58 % change on previous year 2023 down 120.4% volatile
91 China, Taiwan Province of -15.83 % change on previous year 2023 down 501.4% volatile
92 Melanesia -16.63 % change on previous year 2023 down 59.9% volatile
93 Rwanda -16.67 % change on previous year 2023 down 495.8% volatile
94 Guinea-Bissau -20 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
95 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) -22.43 % change on previous year 2023 down 592.2% volatile
96 Caribbean -22.78 % change on previous year 2023 down 398.1% volatile
97 Fiji -22.93 % change on previous year 2023 down 141.5% volatile
98 Mozambique -25.69 % change on previous year 2023 down 5,276.7% volatile
99 Morocco -27.44 % change on previous year 2023 down 151.7% volatile
100 Barbados -28.89 % change on previous year 2023 down 93.3% volatile
101 Cuba -31 % change on previous year 2023 down 387.3% volatile
102 Kenya -31.59 % change on previous year 2023 down 1,762.8% volatile
103 Ecuador -33.53 % change on previous year 2023 down 644.0% volatile
104 Panama -34.07 % change on previous year 2023 down 491.4% volatile
105 Antigua and Barbuda -100 % change on previous year 1983 unchanged volatile
105 Bhutan -100 % change on previous year 2008 — volatile
105 Spain -100 % change on previous year 2007 down 2,100.0% volatile
105 Iraq -100 % change on previous year 2018 down 250.0% volatile
105 Saint Kitts and Nevis -100 % change on previous year 2006 down 5,900.0% volatile
105 Lebanon -100 % change on previous year 2001 — volatile
105 Saint Lucia -100 % change on previous year 1966 — volatile
105 Singapore -100 % change on previous year 1985 — flat
105 Yemen -100 % change on previous year 1979 — volatile
105 Syrian Arab Republic -100 % change on previous year 1969 — 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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The year-on-year percentage change in Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

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Indicator
Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
144 places, 7,986 data points, 1962–2023
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The year-on-year percentage change in Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.