Indonesia vs Madagascar: Annual area burnt by wildfires

Indonesia

655,590 hectares

in 2026

Madagascar

729,185 hectares

in 2026

Indonesia rank

35th

Madagascar rank

34th

Annual area burnt by wildfires over time

Madagascar currently reports 729,185 hectares against 655,590 hectares in Indonesia, a difference of 73,595 hectares.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Indonesia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Madagascar ahead.

Indonesia ranks 35th and Madagascar ranks 34th 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.