Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre by country
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
110
Highest
6.01 t per square kilometre
Lithuania
Lowest
0 t per square kilometre
Malta
Median
0.3686 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
6,134
What the numbers show
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 6.01 t per square kilometre in Lithuania; the lowest is 0 t per square kilometre in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3686 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 1.01 t per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 907.7%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania | 6.01 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 2 | Denmark | 4.89 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Pakistan | 4.69 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 4 | Hungary | 4.62 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 4.5 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 6 | Czechia | 4.24 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 7 | India | 4.22 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 8 | Romania | 4.03 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 9 | France | 3.71 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 10 | Slovakia | 3.38 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 11 | Latvia | 3.37 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Germany | 3.32 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 13 | Serbia | 3.25 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 3.22 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 3.2 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 16 | Belgium | 2.79 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 17 | Azerbaijan | 2.63 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 2.53 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 19 | Morocco | 2.18 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 20 | Nepal | 1.95 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 1.95 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 1.94 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 23 | Estonia | 1.62 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 24 | Spain | 1.57 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 25 | Lebanon | 1.56 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 26 | Iraq | 1.54 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 27 | Israel | 1.46 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 28 | Greece | 1.39 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 29 | Austria | 1.37 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 30 | Belarus | 1.31 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 31 | Croatia | 1.24 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 32 | Afghanistan | 1.23 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.5% | flat |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 1.12 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 34 | North Macedonia | 1.1 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 35 | China | 1.01 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 36 | Armenia | 0.9986 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 0.975 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Palestine | 0.9386 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 39 | Switzerland | 0.8814 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 40 | Tunisia | 0.8471 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 41 | Albania | 0.8412 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 42 | Argentina | 0.8022 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 43 | Tajikistan | 0.7926 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 44 | Australia | 0.6721 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 45 | Ethiopia | 0.6593 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 46 | Uruguay | 0.6098 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 47 | Slovenia | 0.5704 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 48 | Cyprus | 0.5498 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 0.5443 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 50 | Egypt | 0.5425 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 51 | Sweden | 0.4985 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 52 | Canada | 0.4862 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4807 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 54 | Paraguay | 0.4523 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4133 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 56 | Ireland | 0.3239 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 57 | Georgia | 0.3206 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 58 | Algeria | 0.3023 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 59 | Finland | 0.3016 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 60 | Japan | 0.2542 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 61 | Rwanda | 0.2151 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 62 | South Africa | 0.1774 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 63 | Burundi | 0.1694 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 64 | Brazil | 0.1594 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 65 | Lesotho | 0.1402 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Chile | 0.1167 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 67 | Mexico | 0.1153 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 68 | Portugal | 0.108 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Mongolia | 0.0862 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 70 | Eritrea | 0.0825 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 71 | Kenya | 0.0719 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.2% | rising |
| 72 | Norway | 0.0708 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 0.0681 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 202.8% | volatile |
| 74 | New Zealand | 0.0615 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 75 | Sudan | 0.06 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.4% | rising |
| 76 | Jordan | 0.0546 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Yemen | 0.0455 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.3% | rising |
| 78 | Libya | 0.039 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.7% | flat |
| 79 | Myanmar | 0.0355 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.6% | flat |
| 80 | Peru | 0.0347 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.8% | flat |
| 81 | Uganda | 0.0299 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0256 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Montenegro | 0.0224 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 84 | Zambia | 0.0197 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Nigeria | 0.0146 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Eswatini | 0.0088 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Honduras | 0.0085 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 88 | Mozambique | 0.0081 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Bhutan | 0.0077 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Angola | 0.0072 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 557.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Ecuador | 0.0065 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Malawi | 0.0042 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Oman | 0.0039 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 907.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Mali | 0.0022 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Namibia | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Somalia | 0.0017 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 97 | Colombia | 0.0011 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Thailand | 0.001 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Madagascar | 0.0008 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Niger | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Botswana | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 102 | New Caledonia | 0.0005 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Cameroon | 0.0004 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Mauritania | 0.0004 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Chad | 0.0002 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Kuwait | 0.0001 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 107 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0001 t per square kilometre | 2008 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Qatar | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Guatemala | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Malta | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.6794 t per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0475 t per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Wheat — Burning crop residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.