Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per in Palestine

Palestine: Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per was 0.9386 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.9386 t per square kilometre
Change on year
up 5.7%
World rank
38th
of 110 countries
All-time high
1.94 t per square kilometre
in 2018
All-time low
0.5637 t per square kilometre
in 2021
Years of data
30
1994–2023

Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per in Palestine, 1994–2023

0.511.521994200820231994: 1.1 t per square kilometre1995: 1.4 t per square kilometre1996: 1.1 t per square kilometre1997: 1.2 t per square kilometre1998: 1.4 t per square kilometre1999: 0.944 t per square kilometre2000: 1.4 t per square kilometre2001: 1.4 t per square kilometre2002: 1.5 t per square kilometre2003: 1.4 t per square kilometre2004: 1.5 t per square kilometre2005: 1.4 t per square kilometre2006: 1.4 t per square kilometre2007: 1.3 t per square kilometre2008: 1.5 t per square kilometre2009: 1.5 t per square kilometre2010: 0.645 t per square kilometre2011: 0.731 t per square kilometre2012: 0.886 t per square kilometre2013: 1.2 t per square kilometre2014: 1.2 t per square kilometre2015: 0.882 t per square kilometre2016: 0.957 t per square kilometre2017: 1 t per square kilometre2018: 1.9 t per square kilometre2019: 1 t per square kilometre2020: 1 t per square kilometre2021: 0.564 t per square kilometre2022: 0.888 t per square kilometre2023: 0.939 t per square kilometre

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.

Analysis

Palestine recorded 0.9386 t per square kilometre for wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.7% on the previous year and down 18.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per in Palestine peaked at 1.94 t per square kilometre in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5637 t per square kilometre, in 2021.

Palestine ranks 38th of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.

Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per in Palestine, year by year

Annual values for Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre in Palestine, 1994 to 2023.
Year t per square kilometre Change
1994 1.08 t per square kilometre
1995 1.41 t per square kilometre +30.5%
1996 1.12 t per square kilometre -20.9%
1997 1.24 t per square kilometre +11.1%
1998 1.39 t per square kilometre +12.1%
1999 0.944 t per square kilometre -32.2%
2000 1.44 t per square kilometre +52.5%
2001 1.37 t per square kilometre -4.9%
2002 1.49 t per square kilometre +8.9%
2003 1.44 t per square kilometre -3.5%
2004 1.45 t per square kilometre +1.1%
2005 1.42 t per square kilometre -2.3%
2006 1.4 t per square kilometre -1.4%
2007 1.34 t per square kilometre -4.1%
2008 1.52 t per square kilometre +13.4%
2009 1.46 t per square kilometre -4.1%
2010 0.6454 t per square kilometre -55.8%
2011 0.7309 t per square kilometre +13.2%
2012 0.8864 t per square kilometre +21.3%
2013 1.15 t per square kilometre +30.1%
2014 1.15 t per square kilometre +0.0%
2015 0.8817 t per square kilometre -23.6%
2016 0.9568 t per square kilometre +8.5%
2017 1.03 t per square kilometre +7.4%
2018 1.94 t per square kilometre +88.8%
2019 1.02 t per square kilometre -47.6%
2020 1.01 t per square kilometre -1.0%
2021 0.5637 t per square kilometre -44.0%
2022 0.8876 t per square kilometre +57.5%
2023 0.9386 t per square kilometre +5.7%

Palestine compared with similar countries

  • Palestine's 0.9386 t per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1402 t per square kilometre, 6.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Palestine's 0.9386 t per square kilometre is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.3023 t per square kilometre, 3.1× the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.2 t per square kilometre 0.944 t per square kilometre 1.41 t per square kilometre 6
2000s 1.43 t per square kilometre 1.34 t per square kilometre 1.52 t per square kilometre 10
2010s 1.04 t per square kilometre 0.6454 t per square kilometre 1.94 t per square kilometre 10
2020s 0.8491 t per square kilometre 0.5637 t per square kilometre 1.01 t per square kilometre 4

Countries ranked near Palestine

  1. 35 China 1.01 t per square kilometre compare
  2. 36 Armenia 0.9986 t per square kilometre compare
  3. 37 Bangladesh 0.975 t per square kilometre compare
  4. 39 Switzerland 0.8814 t per square kilometre compare
  5. 40 Tunisia 0.8471 t per square kilometre compare
  6. 41 Albania 0.8412 t per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per in Palestine?
Wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per in Palestine was 0.9386 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per recorded in Palestine?
The highest recorded value was 1.94 t per square kilometre in 2018.
What is the lowest wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per recorded in Palestine?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5637 t per square kilometre in 2021.
How does Palestine rank for wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per?
Palestine ranks 38th out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
Is wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per rising or falling in Palestine?
Over the last ten years it is down 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Palestine data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre
Unit
t per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
112 places, 6,134 data points, 1961–2023
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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.