Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), annual growth rate by country

The year-on-year percentage change in Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

Countries reporting
123
Highest
200 % change on previous year
Angola
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
62
1962–2023
Data points
8,055

What the numbers show

Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), annual growth rate is currently reported for 123 countries. The highest value is 200 % change on previous year in Angola; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).

The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is -4.04 % change on previous year.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 775.0%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 619.5%).

Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), annual growth rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Angola 200 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
2 Nigeria 125 % change on previous year 2023 up 775.0% volatile
3 Iraq 67.38 % change on previous year 2023 up 57.4% volatile
4 Lesotho 50 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
4 Republic of Korea 50 % change on previous year 2023 up 250.0% volatile
6 Rwanda 33.33 % change on previous year 2023 down 33.3% volatile
7 Zimbabwe 28.57 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
8 Armenia 25 % change on previous year 2023 up 225.0% volatile
9 Saudi Arabia 18.18 % change on previous year 2023 up 166.1% volatile
10 Chile 15.09 % change on previous year 2023 up 420.8% volatile
11 Republic of Moldova 12.9 % change on previous year 2023 down 24.3% volatile
12 Syrian Arab Republic 12.65 % change on previous year 2023 up 188.8% volatile
13 Zambia 11.11 % change on previous year 2023 down 44.4% volatile
14 Sweden 10.08 % change on previous year 2023 up 186.5% volatile
15 Greece 9.57 % change on previous year 2023 up 330.8% volatile
16 Serbia 7.91 % change on previous year 2023 up 67.1% volatile
17 Afghanistan 7.68 % change on previous year 2023 up 349.8% volatile
18 Hungary 7.66 % change on previous year 2023 up 359.9% volatile
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.14 % change on previous year 2023 down 39.3% volatile
20 Romania 6.92 % change on previous year 2023 up 33.1% volatile
21 Albania 6.67 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
21 Georgia 6.67 % change on previous year 2023 up 186.7% volatile
21 Croatia 6.67 % change on previous year 2023 down 30.7% volatile
21 Myanmar 6.67 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
25 Ethiopia PDR 6.41 % change on previous year 1992 down 73.1% volatile
26 Canada 5.95 % change on previous year 2023 down 41.7% volatile
27 Belgium 5.26 % change on previous year 2023 up 180.3% volatile
28 Italy 5.23 % change on previous year 2023 up 93.9% volatile
29 Brazil 5.07 % change on previous year 2023 down 43.3% volatile
30 Finland 4.92 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
31 Türkiye 3.46 % change on previous year 2023 up 13.9% volatile
32 Yugoslav SFR 3.34 % change on previous year 1991 up 139.4% volatile
33 Paraguay 3.31 % change on previous year 2023 up 139.7% volatile
34 India 3.1 % change on previous year 2023 up 538.7% volatile
35 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.86 % change on previous year 2023 up 20.0% volatile
36 OECD 2.19 % change on previous year 2023 up 205.9% volatile
37 Kazakhstan 1.86 % change on previous year 2023 down 57.6% volatile
38 Japan 1.56 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
39 Australia 1.54 % change on previous year 2023 up 123.2% volatile
40 Australia and New Zealand 1.51 % change on previous year 2023 up 122.7% volatile
41 Tajikistan 1.32 % change on previous year 2023 down 72.0% volatile
42 Bulgaria 1.18 % change on previous year 2023 down 89.1% volatile
43 Bangladesh 1.14 % change on previous year 2023 down 93.3% volatile
44 France 1.01 % change on previous year 2023 up 114.0% volatile
45 Pakistan 0.5967 % change on previous year 2023 up 381.7% volatile
46 China 0.4555 % change on previous year 2023 up 172.0% volatile
46 China, mainland 0.4555 % change on previous year 2023 up 173.7% volatile
48 Azerbaijan 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
48 Burundi 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
48 Colombia 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
48 Cyprus 0 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
48 Algeria 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
48 Ecuador 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
48 Eritrea 0 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
48 Jordan 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
48 Kyrgyzstan 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
48 Lebanon 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
48 Libya 0 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
48 Morocco 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
48 Mali 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
48 Mozambique 0 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
48 Namibia 0 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
48 Niger 0 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
48 Palestine 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
48 Sudan 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
48 Slovenia 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
48 Uganda 0 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
48 Yemen 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
48 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
48 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
48 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
48 United Republic of Tanzania 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
48 China, Taiwan Province of 0 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
76 Lithuania -0.7547 % change on previous year 2023 down 112.1% volatile
77 Slovakia -0.8696 % change on previous year 2023 up 84.2% volatile
78 Denmark -1.44 % change on previous year 2023 up 81.0% volatile
79 Russian Federation -1.79 % change on previous year 2023 down 118.2% volatile
80 Ethiopia -2.07 % change on previous year 2023 down 57.1% volatile
81 Uzbekistan -2.27 % change on previous year 2023 down 181.2% volatile
82 Latvia -2.65 % change on previous year 2023 down 165.6% volatile
83 Poland -2.7 % change on previous year 2023 down 192.3% volatile
84 Germany -2.87 % change on previous year 2023 down 223.0% volatile
85 Nepal -2.99 % change on previous year 2023 down 112.9% volatile
86 Estonia -3.92 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
87 Switzerland -4 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
88 Czechia -4.18 % change on previous year 2023 down 338.5% volatile
89 USSR -4.78 % change on previous year 1991 down 30.8% volatile
90 Austria -4.82 % change on previous year 2023 down 38.2% volatile
91 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -4.93 % change on previous year 2023 up 74.0% volatile
92 North Macedonia -5 % change on previous year 2023 down 210.0% volatile
93 South Africa -5.03 % change on previous year 2023 down 619.5% volatile
94 Egypt -5.97 % change on previous year 2023 down 197.1% volatile
95 Mexico -5.99 % change on previous year 2023 down 160.6% volatile
96 Mongolia -6 % change on previous year 2023 up 17.0% volatile
97 Democratic People's Republic of Korea -6.25 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
98 Czechoslovakia -7.72 % change on previous year 1992 down 484.4% volatile
99 New Zealand -8.33 % change on previous year 2023 down 25.0% volatile
100 Peru -8.82 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
101 Spain -9.87 % change on previous year 2023 down 236.1% volatile
102 Turkmenistan -10.05 % change on previous year 2023 down 278.6% volatile
103 Serbia and Montenegro -11.24 % change on previous year 2005 down 137.8% volatile
104 Uruguay -11.76 % change on previous year 2023 up 51.2% volatile
105 Ukraine -11.83 % change on previous year 2023 down 170.9% volatile
106 Kenya -12.12 % change on previous year 2023 down 227.3% volatile
107 Norway -14.29 % change on previous year 2023 up 32.1% volatile
108 Belgium-Luxembourg -14.52 % change on previous year 1999 down 306.9% volatile
109 Ireland -15.79 % change on previous year 2023 up 57.4% volatile
110 Argentina -16.19 % change on previous year 2023 up 50.8% volatile
111 Belarus -16.59 % change on previous year 2023 down 314.8% volatile
112 Sudan (former) -19.05 % change on previous year 2011 down 161.9% volatile
113 Portugal -22.22 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
114 Luxembourg -25 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
115 Israel -33.33 % change on previous year 2023 down 533.3% volatile
116 Tunisia -43.21 % change on previous year 2023 down 279.9% volatile
117 Bhutan -100 % change on previous year 2018 down 100.0% volatile
117 Cameroon -100 % change on previous year 1982 volatile
117 Guatemala -100 % change on previous year 2005 volatile
117 Madagascar -100 % change on previous year 2020 volatile
117 Malta -100 % change on previous year 2018 volatile
117 Mauritania -100 % change on previous year 2022 volatile
117 Malawi -100 % change on previous year 2008 volatile
117 Chad -100 % change on previous year 2013 volatile
117 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) -100 % change on previous year 1968 unchanged 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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The year-on-year percentage change in Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

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Indicator
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
158 places, 8,055 data points, 1962–2023
Last refreshed

The year-on-year percentage change in Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.