Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — UNFCCC in Australia
Australia: Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — UNFCCC was 1.20 million t in 2020. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — UNFCCC in Australia, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2020, wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) — unfccc in Australia stood at 1.20 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) — unfccc in Australia peaked at 4.11 million t in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1.02 million t, in 2007.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — UNFCCC in Australia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.96 million t | — |
| 1991 | 3.11 million t | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 2.22 million t | -28.6% |
| 1993 | 3.12 million t | +40.6% |
| 1994 | 3.54 million t | +13.4% |
| 1995 | 1.49 million t | -57.9% |
| 1996 | 2.95 million t | +97.8% |
| 1997 | 4.11 million t | +39.6% |
| 1998 | 3.37 million t | -18.1% |
| 1999 | 3.74 million t | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 3.46 million t | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 3.31 million t | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 3.53 million t | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 1.35 million t | -61.6% |
| 2004 | 3.57 million t | +163.6% |
| 2005 | 2.31 million t | -35.1% |
| 2006 | 2.72 million t | +17.5% |
| 2007 | 1.02 million t | -62.5% |
| 2008 | 1.33 million t | +30.1% |
| 2009 | 2.18 million t | +64.6% |
| 2010 | 1.79 million t | -18.0% |
| 2011 | 2.70 million t | +50.7% |
| 2012 | 2.52 million t | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 2.05 million t | -18.5% |
| 2014 | 2.10 million t | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 1.98 million t | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 1.88 million t | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 2.90 million t | +54.5% |
| 2018 | 1.80 million t | -38.1% |
| 2019 | 1.22 million t | -32.3% |
| 2020 | 1.20 million t | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.06 million t | 1.49 million t | 4.11 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.48 million t | 1.02 million t | 3.57 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.09 million t | 1.22 million t | 2.90 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.20 million t | 1.20 million t | 1.20 million t | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) — unfccc in Australia?
- Wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) — unfccc in Australia was 1.20 million t in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) — unfccc recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.11 million t in 1997.
- What is the lowest wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) — unfccc recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.02 million t in 2007.
- How does Australia rank for wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) — unfccc?
- Australia ranks 2nd out of 18 countries with data for 2020.
- Is wheat — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) — unfccc rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).