Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — UNFCCC 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...
What the numbers show
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 18 countries. The highest value is 1.70 million t in Romania; the lowest is 16.8 t in Austria.
The median across all reporting countries is 74,678 t, and the mean is 230,407 t.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 70.8%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 99.7%).
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — UNFCCC: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 1.70 million t | 2020 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 2 | Australia | 1.20 million t | 2020 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 3 | Spain | 289,158 t | 2003 | down 86.3% | falling |
| 4 | New Zealand | 187,433 t | 2020 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 138,899 t | 2020 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 128,006 t | 2020 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Greece | 116,227 t | 2020 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 8 | France | 96,564 t | 2020 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 9 | Italy | 84,451 t | 2020 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 10 | Japan | 64,905 t | 2020 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 11 | Poland, Republic of | 43,277 t | 2020 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 12 | Norway | 42,636 t | 2020 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Nigeria | 36,611 t | 2015 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 14 | Finland | 6,339 t | 2020 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 15 | Denmark | 5,137 t | 2020 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 16 | Cyprus | 3,904 t | 2020 | up 70.8% | falling |
| 17 | Portugal | 1,117 t | 2020 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Austria | 16.8 t | 2020 | down 99.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 1.69 million t
About this data
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).