India vs Myanmar: Annual area burnt by wildfires

India

4.03 million hectares

in 2026

Myanmar

4.33 million hectares

in 2026

India rank

8th

Myanmar rank

7th

Annual area burnt by wildfires over time

Myanmar currently reports 4.33 million hectares against 4.03 million hectares in India, a difference of 294,500 hectares.

That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2012 it was India ahead.

India ranks 8th and Myanmar ranks 7th of 248 countries.

Indicator: Annual area burnt by wildfires
Unit: hectares
Source: Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 3,720 data points, 2012–2026
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Area burnt by wildfires in hectares. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 07 August 2026.