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Wheat — 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
126
Highest
31.22 million t
OECD
Lowest
2.08 t
New Caledonia
Median
81,815 t
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
9,743

What the numbers show

Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) is currently reported for 126 countries. The highest value is 31.22 million t in OECD; the lowest is 2.08 t in New Caledonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 81,815 t, and the mean is 1.05 million t.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 106.4%), and the largest decrease in Serbia and Montenegro (down 34.6%).

Wheat — Burning crop residues: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 31.22 million t 2050 — flat
2 USSR 18.35 million t 1991 down 22.5% falling
3 India 8.83 million t 2050 — rising
3 Türkiye 2.61 million t 2050 — falling
4 China 6.68 million t 2050 — falling
5 China, mainland 6.68 million t 2050 — falling
6 Russian Federation 6.64 million t 2050 — rising
7 Australia and New Zealand 6.25 million t 2050 — rising
8 Australia 6.23 million t 2050 — rising
9 Canada 4.05 million t 2050 — falling
10 Kazakhstan 3.43 million t 2050 — falling
11 Argentina 3.25 million t 2050 — rising
12 Ukraine 2.22 million t 2050 — rising
13 France 2.11 million t 2050 — rising
14 Pakistan 1.80 million t 2050 — rising
15 Ethiopia 1.37 million t 2050 — rising
16 Germany 1.24 million t 2050 — rising
17 Brazil 1.22 million t 2050 — rising
18 Morocco 1.10 million t 2050 — rising
19 Algeria 878,115 t 2050 — falling
20 Poland 869,245 t 2050 — rising
21 Romania 845,944 t 2050 — falling
22 Afghanistan 843,813 t 2050 — flat
23 Italy 821,571 t 2050 — falling
24 Spain 801,351 t 2050 — falling
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 739,285 t 2050 — rising
26 Nepal 692,494 t 2050 — volatile
27 Iraq 621,245 t 2050 — rising
28 Yugoslav SFR 618,800 t 1991 up 11.6% falling
29 Bangladesh 503,612 t 2050 — volatile
30 Czechoslovakia 444,792 t 1992 up 4.1% rising
31 Hungary 443,150 t 2050 — falling
32 Egypt 441,130 t 2050 — rising
33 Bulgaria 422,236 t 2050 — rising
34 Uzbekistan 403,382 t 2050 — rising
35 South Africa 355,007 t 2050 — falling
36 Mexico 323,131 t 2050 — falling
37 Czechia 322,396 t 2050 — flat
38 Greece 313,411 t 2050 — falling
39 Tunisia 285,127 t 2050 — falling
40 Denmark 274,009 t 2050 — volatile
41 Uruguay 255,026 t 2050 — falling
42 Turkmenistan 251,066 t 2050 — rising
43 Ethiopia PDR 236,636 t 1992 down 13.6% falling
44 Paraguay 234,913 t 2050 — volatile
45 Serbia and Montenegro 225,644 t 2005 down 34.6% falling
46 Serbia 202,680 t 2050 — flat
47 Saudi Arabia 168,607 t 2050 — volatile
48 Azerbaijan 154,968 t 2050 — rising
49 Chile 150,574 t 2050 — falling
50 Slovakia 144,669 t 2050 — falling
51 Sweden 143,686 t 2050 — rising
52 Lithuania 142,683 t 2050 — rising
53 Zambia 134,135 t 2050 — volatile
54 Austria 115,775 t 2050 — flat
55 Sudan 112,000 t 2023 up 106.4% rising
56 Kyrgyzstan 111,926 t 2050 — falling
57 Belarus 110,103 t 2050 — rising
58 Kenya 109,170 t 2050 — rising
59 Peru 100,468 t 2050 — rising
60 Tajikistan 86,195 t 2050 — falling
61 Latvia 83,787 t 2050 — volatile
62 Belgium 82,167 t 2050 — flat
63 Finland 81,462 t 2050 — rising
64 Japan 80,901 t 2050 — falling
65 Belgium-Luxembourg 75,520 t 1999 down 13.8% flat
66 Sudan (former) 73,080 t 2011 up 52.1% volatile
67 Croatia 61,083 t 2050 — falling
68 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 55,823 t 2050 — falling
69 Libya 45,945 t 2050 — falling
70 Yemen 40,874 t 2050 — rising
71 Armenia 40,098 t 2050 — falling
72 Portugal 37,713 t 2050 — volatile
73 Estonia 36,852 t 2050 — rising
74 Mongolia 36,686 t 2050 — falling
75 Myanmar 36,657 t 2050 — flat
76 North Macedonia 36,467 t 2050 — falling
77 Ireland 35,674 t 2050 — flat
78 Switzerland 34,078 t 2050 — falling
79 Norway 31,692 t 2050 — volatile
80 Israel 29,259 t 2050 — falling
81 Nigeria 29,033 t 2050 — volatile
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 28,099 t 2050 — falling
83 Albania 27,983 t 2050 — falling
84 Zimbabwe 27,248 t 2050 — volatile
85 Lebanon 24,454 t 2050 — falling
86 Rwanda 23,437 t 2050 — volatile
87 Georgia 18,552 t 2050 — falling
88 New Zealand 18,250 t 2050 — falling
89 Eritrea 12,780 t 2050 — rising
90 Slovenia 12,584 t 2050 — falling
91 Jordan 10,862 t 2050 — volatile
92 Colombia 10,799 t 2050 — volatile
93 Lesotho 7,939 t 2050 — volatile
94 Bhutan 7,594 t 2050 — volatile
95 Palestine, State of 7,159 t 2050 — falling
96 Ecuador 6,741 t 2050 — volatile
97 Luxembourg 4,967 t 2050 — rising
98 Uganda 4,717 t 2050 — volatile
99 Burundi 4,627 t 2050 — rising
100 Mozambique 4,483 t 2050 — volatile
101 Angola 3,578 t 2050 — volatile
102 Mali 2,748 t 2050 — volatile
103 Somalia 2,474 t 2050 — volatile
104 Madagascar 2,219 t 2050 — volatile
105 Niger 2,155 t 2050 — volatile
106 Cyprus 2,130 t 2050 — volatile
107 Namibia 2,087 t 2050 — volatile
108 Republic of Korea 1,657 t 2050 — volatile
109 Chad 1,350 t 2050 — volatile
110 Malawi 1,271 t 2050 — volatile
111 Malta 1,050 t 2050 — rising
112 Guatemala 672.32 t 2050 — volatile
113 Thailand 547.98 t 2050 — volatile
114 Cameroon 541.82 t 2050 — volatile
115 Mauritania 456.03 t 2050 — volatile
116 Honduras 423.64 t 2050 — rising
117 Montenegro 206.72 t 2050 — rising
118 Botswana 85.23 t 2050 — volatile
119 Oman 80.95 t 2050 — volatile
120 Eswatini 49.21 t 2050 — volatile
121 Kuwait 39.11 t 2050 — volatile
122 China, Taiwan Province of 18.97 t 2050 — volatile
123 Qatar 3.12 t 2050 — volatile
124 United Arab Emirates 3.02 t 2050 — volatile
125 New Caledonia 2.08 t 2050 — 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
Wheat — 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
169 places, 9,743 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).