Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4) by country

Name: Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

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

114

Highest

16.3 kt

Brazil

Lowest

0 kt

Yemen

Median

0.0635 kt

Years covered

1961–2050

Data points

8,867

What the numbers show

Sugar cane — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4) is currently reported for 114 countries. The highest value is 16.3 kt in Brazil; the lowest is 0 kt in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0635 kt, and the mean is 0.4655 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 (Emissions CH4): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Brazil	16.3 kt	2050	—	volatile
2	India	9.37 kt	2050	—	rising
3	China	2.24 kt	2050	—	rising
4	China, mainland	2.23 kt	2050	—	rising
4	Viet Nam	0.7135 kt	2050	—	volatile
5	OECD	2.17 kt	2050	—	rising
6	Pakistan	1.99 kt	2050	—	rising
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.3359 kt	2050	—	volatile
7	Thailand	1.93 kt	2050	—	volatile
7	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.2308 kt	2050	—	rising
8	Indonesia	1.12 kt	2050	—	volatile
8	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.2112 kt	2050	—	volatile
9	Cuba	0.9474 kt	2050	—	falling
9	United Republic of Tanzania	0.2037 kt	2050	—	volatile
10	Mexico	0.9108 kt	2050	—	rising
10	Melanesia	0.1403 kt	2050	—	rising
11	Philippines	0.8537 kt	2050	—	rising
11	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.1145 kt	2050	—	volatile
12	Colombia	0.7882 kt	2050	—	rising
12	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.0441 kt	2050	—	volatile
13	Australia	0.6239 kt	2050	—	rising
13	Australia and New Zealand	0.6239 kt	2050	—	rising
13	Polynesia	0.0001 kt	2050	—	volatile
14	Syrian Arab Republic	0 kt	2001	—	volatile
15	South Africa	0.5468 kt	2050	—	rising
16	Egypt	0.4888 kt	2050	—	rising
17	Caribbean	1.36 kt	2050	—	falling
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
24	Côte d'Ivoire	0.0931 kt	2050	—	volatile
25	Kenya	0.2076 kt	2050	—	rising
25	Cabo Verde	0.0052 kt	2050	—	volatile
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.

World 46.89 kt
Asia 19.41 kt
Non-Annex I countries 45.5 kt
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.84 kt
Americas 22.54 kt
Small island developing states (SIDS) 1.91 kt
Latin America and the Caribbean 21.94 kt
South America 18.55 kt
Middle Africa 0.6267 kt
Southern Asia 12.07 kt
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 8.12 kt
South-Eastern Asia 5.07 kt
Africa 4.17 kt
Sub-Saharan Africa 3.65 kt
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.58 kt
Eastern Asia 2.28 kt
Central America 2.03 kt
Eastern Africa 1.86 kt
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.61 kt
Annex I countries 1.39 kt
Oceania 0.7643 kt
Southern Africa 0.7361 kt
Northern America 0.601 kt
United States of America 0.601 kt
Northern Africa 0.518 kt
Western Africa 0.4295 kt
European Union (27) 0.0002 kt
Europe 0.0002 kt
Southern Europe 0.0002 kt
Western Asia 0.0001 kt

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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: 13 August 2026