Greece vs Iceland: Average area burnt per wildfire

Greece

851.39 hectares

in 2026

Iceland

793.25 hectares

in 2025

Greece rank

2nd

Iceland rank

4th

Average area burnt per wildfire over time

Greece currently reports 851.39 hectares against 793.25 hectares in Iceland, a difference of 58.14 hectares.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 2nd 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.