Wheat — Crop residues in Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand: Wheat — Crop residues was 1.72 kt in 2050. ▲ Rising

Latest (2050)
1.72 kt
World rank
8th
of 125 countries
All-time high
1.9 kt
in 2023
All-time low
0.3719 kt
in 1961
Years of data
65
1961–2050

Wheat — Crop residues in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2050

0.511.52196120052050

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

Australia and New Zealand recorded 1.72 kt for wheat — crop residues in 2050.

Over the whole period, wheat — crop residues in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 1.9 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3719 kt, in 1961.

That places Australia and New Zealand 8th out of 125 countries with data for 2050, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.

Wheat — Crop residues in Australia and New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Wheat — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O) in Australia and New Zealand, 1961 to 2050.
Year kt Change
1961 0.3719 kt
1962 0.4472 kt +20.2%
1963 0.4727 kt +5.7%
1964 0.5277 kt +11.6%
1965 0.4012 kt -24.0%
1966 0.6549 kt +63.2%
1967 0.4526 kt -30.9%
1968 0.782 kt +72.8%
1969 0.5877 kt -24.8%
1970 0.429 kt -27.0%
1971 0.4692 kt +9.4%
1972 0.3947 kt -15.9%
1973 0.6363 kt +61.2%
1974 0.5942 kt -6.6%
1975 0.6219 kt +4.7%
1976 0.6291 kt +1.2%
1977 0.5405 kt -14.1%
1978 0.905 kt +67.4%
1979 0.837 kt -7.5%
1980 0.6181 kt -26.2%
1981 0.8553 kt +38.4%
1982 0.5384 kt -37.1%
1983 1.1 kt +104.9%
1984 0.953 kt -13.6%
1985 0.8368 kt -12.2%
1986 0.8375 kt +0.1%
1987 0.6476 kt -22.7%
1988 0.7076 kt +9.3%
1989 0.7185 kt +1.5%
1990 0.7589 kt +5.6%
1991 0.7586 kt -0.0%
1992 0.5443 kt -28.2%
1993 0.7338 kt +34.8%
1994 0.8085 kt +10.2%
1995 0.4902 kt -39.4%
1996 0.8225 kt +67.8%
1997 1.15 kt +39.3%
1998 0.9529 kt -16.9%
1999 1.06 kt +11.4%
2000 1.21 kt +13.9%
2001 1.1 kt -9.2%
2002 1.18 kt +7.3%
2003 0.5865 kt -50.2%
2004 1.27 kt +117.1%
2005 1.11 kt -13.2%
2006 1.22 kt +10.8%
2007 0.6247 kt -49.0%
2008 0.7493 kt +19.9%
2009 1.09 kt +45.5%
2010 1.11 kt +2.2%
2011 1.34 kt +20.1%
2012 1.45 kt +8.5%
2013 1.14 kt -21.1%
2014 1.24 kt +8.3%
2015 1.17 kt -5.5%
2016 1.1 kt -6.3%
2017 1.5 kt +37.0%
2018 1.03 kt -31.3%
2019 0.8889 kt -14.0%
2020 0.7546 kt -15.1%
2021 1.51 kt +100.7%
2022 1.69 kt +11.8%
2023 1.9 kt +12.3%
2030 1.61 kt -15.2%
2050 1.72 kt +6.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.522 kt 0.3719 kt 0.782 kt 9
1970s 0.6057 kt 0.3947 kt 0.905 kt 10
1980s 0.7816 kt 0.5384 kt 1.1 kt 10
1990s 0.8078 kt 0.4902 kt 1.15 kt 10
2000s 1.01 kt 0.5865 kt 1.27 kt 10
2010s 1.2 kt 0.8889 kt 1.5 kt 10
2020s 1.47 kt 0.7546 kt 1.9 kt 4
2030s 1.61 kt 1.61 kt 1.61 kt 1
2050s 1.72 kt 1.72 kt 1.72 kt 1

Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand

  1. 5 Syrian Arab Republic 0.4199 kt compare
  2. 5 USSR 3.61 kt compare
  3. 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.0775 kt compare
  4. 6 Russian Federation 3.01 kt compare
  5. 7 France 1.8 kt compare
  6. 7 Republic of Moldova 0.0291 kt compare
  7. 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.0111 kt compare
  8. 9 Australia 1.7 kt compare
  9. 9 United Republic of Tanzania 0.0084 kt compare
  10. 10 Canada 1.53 kt compare
  11. 11 Argentina 1.2 kt compare
  12. 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0008 kt compare

See the full ranking of 169 places →

More climate change data for Australia and New Zealand

All data for Australia and New Zealand →

Frequently asked questions

What is wheat — crop residues in Australia and New Zealand?
Wheat — crop residues in Australia and New Zealand was 1.72 kt in 2050, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest wheat — crop residues recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 1.9 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest wheat — crop residues recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3719 kt in 1961.
How does Australia and New Zealand rank for wheat — crop residues?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 8th out of 125 countries with data for 2050.
Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 65 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wheat — Crop residues in Australia and New Zealand. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/wheat-crop-residues-indirect-emissions-n2o-fao-tier-1/australia-and-new-zealand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/wheat-crop-residues-indirect-emissions-n2o-fao-tier-1/australia-and-new-zealand/">Wheat — Crop residues in Australia and New Zealand</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wheat — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
169 places, 9,554 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).