Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre by country

Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O) 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.

Countries reporting
102
Highest
0 kt per square kilometre
Lithuania
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Chad
Median
0 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
6,134

What the numbers show

Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre is currently reported for 102 countries. The highest value is 0 kt per square kilometre in Lithuania; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0 kt per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 500.0%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 100.0%).

Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lithuania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 40.8% rising
2 Denmark 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.8% volatile
3 Pakistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
4 Hungary 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.1% falling
5 Bulgaria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.1% rising
6 Czechia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% flat
7 India 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
8 Romania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.5% falling
9 France 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 6.0% rising
10 Slovakia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% flat
11 Latvia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 42.7% volatile
12 Germany 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.6% rising
13 Serbia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.2% rising
14 Ukraine 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 29.1% rising
15 Poland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 14.5% rising
16 Belgium 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.7% flat
17 Azerbaijan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 21.2% rising
18 Italy 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% falling
19 Morocco 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 24.0% rising
20 Kazakhstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
21 Nepal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.6% rising
22 Luxembourg 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 25.0% rising
23 Estonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 42.4% rising
24 Spain 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% falling
25 Iraq 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.9% rising
26 Lebanon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.3% falling
27 Israel 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.2% falling
28 Greece 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 31.9% falling
29 Austria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.8% flat
30 Belarus 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% rising
31 Afghanistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 21.5% flat
32 Croatia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 15.8% falling
33 Uzbekistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 15.8% rising
34 North Macedonia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 17.4% falling
35 Armenia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 27.9% falling
36 China 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.0% falling
37 Bangladesh 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 23.8% volatile
38 Palestine 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.1% falling
39 Switzerland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% falling
40 Tunisia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 50.8% falling
41 Albania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.0% falling
42 Argentina 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 79.3% rising
43 Tajikistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 12.8% rising
44 Australia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% rising
45 Ethiopia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 15.8% rising
46 Cyprus 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 100.0% volatile
47 Uruguay 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 40.5% falling
48 Slovenia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.1% falling
49 Turkmenistan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 26.6% rising
50 Egypt 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.8% rising
51 Sweden 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 56.1% rising
52 Canada 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% falling
53 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 33.0% falling
54 Paraguay 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.6% volatile
55 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 21.1% falling
56 Ireland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.9% falling
57 Georgia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 33.3% falling
58 Algeria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% falling
59 Finland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% flat
60 Japan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.1% falling
61 Rwanda 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 33.3% volatile
62 South Africa 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% falling
63 Burundi 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 50.0% rising
64 Brazil 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 59.6% rising
65 Lesotho 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
66 Chile 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 14.0% falling
67 Mexico 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.8% falling
68 Portugal 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 53.3% volatile
69 Mongolia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% falling
70 Eritrea 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% falling
71 Kenya 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 38.2% rising
72 Norway 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.3% volatile
73 Zimbabwe 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 200.0% volatile
74 New Zealand 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 21.4% falling
75 Sudan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 105.3% rising
76 Jordan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 50.0% volatile
77 Yemen 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 55.3% rising
78 Libya 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 32.4% flat
79 Myanmar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 42.8% flat
80 Peru 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 27.9% flat
81 Uganda 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
82 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 34.5% volatile
83 Zambia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.7% volatile
84 Nigeria 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 59.1% volatile
85 Honduras 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
86 Mozambique 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.0% volatile
87 Angola 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 500.0% volatile
88 Ecuador 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 50.0% volatile
89 Oman 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
90 Mali 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
91 Somalia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
92 Namibia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
93 Colombia 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
94 Niger 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
95 Bhutan 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Cameroon 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
95 Guatemala 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
95 Madagascar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Malta 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Mauritania 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
95 Malawi 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 volatile
95 Chad 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 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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Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O) 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.

Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre
Unit
kt 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 (Emissions N2O) 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.