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Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4) 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
101
Highest
16.3 kt
Brazil
Lowest
0 kt
Yemen
Median
0.0556 kt
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
8,867

What the numbers show

Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4) is currently reported for 101 countries. The highest value is 16.3 kt in Brazil; the lowest is 0 kt in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0556 kt, and the mean is 0.4913 kt.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 350.0%), 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 16.3 kt 2050 — volatile
2 India 9.37 kt 2050 — rising
3 China (People’s Republic of) 2.24 kt 2050 — rising
4 China, mainland 2.23 kt 2050 — rising
5 OECD 2.17 kt 2050 — rising
6 Pakistan 1.99 kt 2050 — rising
7 Thailand 1.93 kt 2050 — volatile
8 Indonesia 1.12 kt 2050 — volatile
9 Cuba 0.9474 kt 2050 — falling
10 Mexico 0.9108 kt 2050 — rising
11 Philippines 0.8537 kt 2050 — rising
12 Colombia 0.7882 kt 2050 — rising
13 Australia 0.6239 kt 2050 — rising
13 Australia and New Zealand 0.6239 kt 2050 — rising
15 South Africa 0.5468 kt 2050 — rising
16 Egypt 0.4888 kt 2050 — rising
17 Argentina 0.4347 kt 2050 — rising
18 Guatemala 0.3948 kt 2050 — volatile
19 Myanmar 0.3608 kt 2050 — volatile
20 Bangladesh 0.3324 kt 2050 — falling
21 Madagascar 0.2912 kt 2050 — volatile
22 Uganda 0.2534 kt 2050 — volatile
23 Mauritius 0.2441 kt 2050 — falling
24 Dominican Republic 0.2145 kt 2050 — falling
25 Kenya 0.2076 kt 2050 — rising
26 Nepal 0.2045 kt 2050 — volatile
27 Eswatini 0.1893 kt 2050 — volatile
28 Honduras 0.1867 kt 2050 — rising
29 Paraguay 0.1645 kt 2050 — rising
30 Ecuador 0.1613 kt 2050 — rising
31 Peru 0.1482 kt 2050 — rising
32 Nicaragua 0.1464 kt 2050 — rising
33 Nigeria 0.1418 kt 2050 — volatile
34 El Salvador 0.1401 kt 2050 — rising
35 Ethiopia 0.1395 kt 2050 — rising
36 Fiji 0.123 kt 2050 — flat
37 Mozambique 0.1218 kt 2050 — rising
38 Costa Rica 0.12 kt 2050 — rising
39 Cameroon 0.1199 kt 2050 — volatile
40 Sudan 0.1104 kt 2023 down 9.9% falling
41 Sudan (former) 0.1061 kt 2011 down 5.3% volatile
42 Guyana 0.0982 kt 2050 — falling
43 Réunion 0.0942 kt 2050 — falling
44 Zimbabwe 0.0941 kt 2050 — rising
45 Zambia 0.0856 kt 2050 — volatile
46 Malawi 0.0822 kt 2050 — volatile
47 Panama 0.0765 kt 2050 — rising
48 Jamaica 0.0673 kt 2050 — falling
49 Liberia 0.0597 kt 2050 — volatile
50 Congo 0.0573 kt 2050 — rising
51 Belize 0.0556 kt 2050 — rising
52 Central African Republic 0.047 kt 2050 — rising
53 Angola 0.0415 kt 2050 — rising
54 Haiti 0.0411 kt 2050 — volatile
55 Sri Lanka 0.0403 kt 2050 — rising
56 Japan 0.034 kt 2050 — falling
57 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0297 kt 2050 — falling
58 Morocco 0.0291 kt 2050 — volatile
59 Guadeloupe 0.0285 kt 2050 — falling
60 Ethiopia PDR 0.0263 kt 1992 up 5.6% rising
61 Senegal 0.0261 kt 2050 — volatile
62 Malaysia 0.0255 kt 2050 — volatile
63 Burkina Faso 0.0212 kt 2050 — volatile
64 Somalia 0.0211 kt 2050 — rising
65 Cambodia 0.0208 kt 2050 — volatile
66 Ghana 0.0203 kt 2050 — rising
67 Guinea 0.0192 kt 2050 — volatile
68 Papua New Guinea 0.0174 kt 2050 — volatile
69 Mali 0.0173 kt 2050 — volatile
70 China, Taiwan Province of 0.017 kt 2050 — volatile
71 Barbados 0.0153 kt 2050 — volatile
72 Niger 0.0149 kt 2050 — volatile
73 Chad 0.0142 kt 2050 — volatile
74 Gabon 0.0108 kt 2050 — volatile
75 Rwanda 0.0094 kt 2050 — volatile
76 Afghanistan 0.0092 kt 2050 — rising
76 Burundi 0.0092 kt 2050 — volatile
76 Uruguay 0.0092 kt 2050 — falling
79 Martinique 0.0076 kt 2050 — volatile
80 Suriname 0.0066 kt 2050 — rising
81 Benin 0.0063 kt 2050 — volatile
82 Bahamas 0.005 kt 2050 — rising
83 Sierra Leone 0.0037 kt 2050 — volatile
84 Puerto Rico 0.0035 kt 2002 down 85.9% volatile
85 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0021 kt 2050 — falling
86 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0018 kt 1990 up 350.0% volatile
87 Guinea-Bissau 0.0007 kt 2050 — rising
88 Dominica 0.0005 kt 2050 — rising
89 Grenada 0.0004 kt 2050 — volatile
90 French Guiana 0.0003 kt 2050 — volatile
91 Bhutan 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
91 Spain 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
91 Oman 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
91 French Polynesia 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
95 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt 1992 down 100.0% volatile
95 Iraq 0 kt 2050 — volatile
95 Lebanon 0 kt 2050 — volatile
95 Saint Lucia 0 kt 1966 down 100.0% volatile
95 Portugal 0 kt 2050 — volatile
95 Singapore 0 kt 1992 down 100.0% volatile
95 Yemen 0 kt 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 (Emissions CH4)
Unit
kt
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
Last refreshed

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).