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Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4) 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
125
Highest
84.3 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Qatar
Median
0.2199 kt
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
9,743

What the numbers show

Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4) is currently reported for 125 countries. The highest value is 84.3 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Qatar.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2199 kt, and the mean is 2.8 kt.

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 84.3 kt 2050 — flat
2 USSR 49.54 kt 1991 down 22.5% falling
3 India 23.84 kt 2050 — rising
4 China (People’s Republic of) 18.05 kt 2050 — falling
5 China, mainland 18.05 kt 2050 — falling
6 Russian Federation 17.92 kt 2050 — rising
7 Australia and New Zealand 16.87 kt 2050 — rising
8 Australia 16.82 kt 2050 — rising
9 Canada 10.94 kt 2050 — falling
10 Kazakhstan 9.27 kt 2050 — falling
11 Argentina 8.78 kt 2050 — rising
12 Ukraine 5.99 kt 2050 — rising
13 France 5.69 kt 2050 — rising
14 Pakistan 4.86 kt 2050 — rising
15 Ethiopia 3.7 kt 2050 — rising
16 Germany 3.35 kt 2050 — rising
17 Brazil 3.3 kt 2050 — rising
18 Morocco 2.96 kt 2050 — rising
19 Algeria 2.37 kt 2050 — falling
20 Poland 2.35 kt 2050 — rising
21 Romania 2.28 kt 2050 — falling
22 Afghanistan 2.28 kt 2050 — flat
23 Italy 2.22 kt 2050 — falling
24 Spain 2.16 kt 2050 — falling
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2 kt 2050 — rising
26 Nepal 1.87 kt 2050 — volatile
27 Iraq 1.68 kt 2050 — rising
28 Yugoslav SFR 1.67 kt 1991 up 11.6% falling
29 Bangladesh 1.36 kt 2050 — volatile
30 Czechoslovakia 1.2 kt 1992 up 4.1% rising
31 Hungary 1.2 kt 2050 — falling
32 Egypt 1.19 kt 2050 — rising
33 Bulgaria 1.14 kt 2050 — rising
34 Uzbekistan 1.09 kt 2050 — rising
35 South Africa 0.9585 kt 2050 — falling
36 Mexico 0.8725 kt 2050 — falling
37 Czechia 0.8705 kt 2050 — flat
38 Greece 0.8462 kt 2050 — falling
39 Tunisia 0.7698 kt 2050 — falling
40 Denmark 0.7398 kt 2050 — volatile
41 Uruguay 0.6886 kt 2050 — falling
42 Turkmenistan 0.6779 kt 2050 — rising
43 Ethiopia PDR 0.6389 kt 1992 down 13.6% falling
44 Paraguay 0.6343 kt 2050 — volatile
45 Serbia and Montenegro 0.6092 kt 2005 down 34.6% falling
46 Serbia 0.5472 kt 2050 — flat
47 Saudi Arabia 0.4552 kt 2050 — volatile
48 Azerbaijan 0.4184 kt 2050 — rising
49 Chile 0.4065 kt 2050 — falling
50 Slovak Republic 0.3906 kt 2050 — falling
51 Sweden 0.388 kt 2050 — rising
52 Lithuania 0.3852 kt 2050 — rising
53 Zambia 0.3622 kt 2050 — volatile
54 Austria 0.3126 kt 2050 — flat
55 Sudan 0.3024 kt 2023 up 106.4% rising
56 Kyrgyzstan 0.3022 kt 2050 — falling
57 Belarus 0.2973 kt 2050 — rising
58 Kenya 0.2948 kt 2050 — rising
59 Peru 0.2713 kt 2050 — rising
60 Tajikistan 0.2327 kt 2050 — falling
61 Latvia 0.2262 kt 2050 — volatile
62 Belgium 0.2219 kt 2050 — flat
63 Finland 0.2199 kt 2050 — rising
64 Japan 0.2184 kt 2050 — falling
65 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.2039 kt 1999 down 13.8% flat
66 Sudan (former) 0.1973 kt 2011 up 52.1% volatile
67 Croatia 0.1649 kt 2050 — falling
68 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.1507 kt 2050 — falling
69 Libya 0.1241 kt 2050 — falling
70 Yemen 0.1104 kt 2050 — rising
71 Armenia 0.1083 kt 2050 — falling
72 Portugal 0.1018 kt 2050 — volatile
73 Estonia 0.0995 kt 2050 — rising
74 Mongolia 0.0991 kt 2050 — falling
75 Myanmar 0.099 kt 2050 — flat
76 North Macedonia 0.0985 kt 2050 — falling
77 Ireland 0.0963 kt 2050 — flat
78 Switzerland 0.092 kt 2050 — falling
79 Norway 0.0856 kt 2050 — volatile
80 Israel 0.079 kt 2050 — falling
81 Nigeria 0.0784 kt 2050 — volatile
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0759 kt 2050 — falling
83 Albania 0.0756 kt 2050 — falling
84 Zimbabwe 0.0736 kt 2050 — volatile
85 Lebanon 0.066 kt 2050 — falling
86 Rwanda 0.0633 kt 2050 — volatile
87 Georgia 0.0501 kt 2050 — falling
88 New Zealand 0.0493 kt 2050 — falling
89 Eritrea 0.0345 kt 2050 — rising
90 Slovenia 0.034 kt 2050 — falling
91 Jordan 0.0293 kt 2050 — volatile
92 Colombia 0.0292 kt 2050 — volatile
93 Lesotho 0.0214 kt 2050 — volatile
94 Bhutan 0.0205 kt 2050 — volatile
95 Palestine 0.0193 kt 2050 — falling
96 Ecuador 0.0182 kt 2050 — volatile
97 Luxembourg 0.0134 kt 2050 — rising
98 Uganda 0.0127 kt 2050 — volatile
99 Burundi 0.0125 kt 2050 — rising
100 Mozambique 0.0121 kt 2050 — volatile
101 Angola 0.0097 kt 2050 — volatile
102 Mali 0.0074 kt 2050 — volatile
103 Somalia 0.0067 kt 2050 — volatile
104 Madagascar 0.006 kt 2050 — volatile
105 Cyprus 0.0058 kt 2050 — volatile
105 Niger 0.0058 kt 2050 — volatile
107 Namibia 0.0056 kt 2050 — volatile
108 Republic of Korea 0.0045 kt 2050 — volatile
109 Chad 0.0036 kt 2050 — volatile
110 Malawi 0.0034 kt 2050 — volatile
111 Malta 0.0028 kt 2050 — rising
112 Guatemala 0.0018 kt 2050 — volatile
113 Cameroon 0.0015 kt 2050 — volatile
113 Thailand 0.0015 kt 2050 — volatile
115 Mauritania 0.0012 kt 2050 — volatile
116 Honduras 0.0011 kt 2050 — rising
117 Montenegro 0.0006 kt 2050 — rising
118 Botswana 0.0002 kt 2050 — volatile
118 Oman 0.0002 kt 2050 — volatile
120 Kuwait 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
120 Eswatini 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
120 China, Taiwan Province of 0.0001 kt 2050 — volatile
123 United Arab Emirates 0 kt 2050 — volatile
123 New Caledonia 0 kt 2050 — volatile
123 Qatar 0 kt 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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About this data

Indicator
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4)
Unit
kt
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
Last refreshed

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).