Australia vs Iceland: Average area burnt per wildfire

Australia

592.02 hectares

in 2026

Iceland

793.25 hectares

in 2025

Australia rank

7th

Iceland rank

4th

Average area burnt per wildfire over time

Iceland currently reports 793.25 hectares against 592.02 hectares in Australia, a difference of 201.23 hectares.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 7th and Iceland ranks 4th of 181 countries.

Indicator: Average area burnt per wildfire
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: 181 places, 2,589 data points, 2012–2026
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The average area burnt per wildfire, in hectares. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 07 August 2026.