Annual area burnt by wildfires by region by country
Total land area burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares, across all land cover types.
Countries reporting
218
Highest
37.84 million hectares
Angola
Lowest
0 hectares
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Median
7,631 hectares
Years covered
23
2002–2024
Data points
5,175
What the numbers show
Annual area burnt by wildfires by region is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 37.84 million hectares in Angola; the lowest is 0 hectares in United States Minor Outlying Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,631 hectares, and the mean is 1.68 million hectares.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 12,845.8%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).
Annual area burnt by wildfires by region: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 37.84 million hectares | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 2 | Australia | 35.17 million hectares | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 33.96 million hectares | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 4 | South Sudan | 29.68 million hectares | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 25.09 million hectares | 2024 | up 58.9% | falling |
| 6 | Zambia | 22.15 million hectares | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 7 | Mozambique | 17.67 million hectares | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 14.76 million hectares | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 9 | Bolivia | 11.00 million hectares | 2024 | up 896.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Russia | 9.77 million hectares | 2024 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 11 | Tanzania | 8.10 million hectares | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 12 | Mali | 7.39 million hectares | 2024 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 13 | Nigeria | 6.70 million hectares | 2024 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 14 | Sudan | 6.40 million hectares | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 15 | Chad | 5.96 million hectares | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 16 | Ghana | 5.52 million hectares | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 17 | Venezuela | 5.17 million hectares | 2024 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 4.70 million hectares | 2024 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 19 | Canada | 4.62 million hectares | 2024 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Congo | 4.53 million hectares | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 21 | Senegal | 4.15 million hectares | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 4.01 million hectares | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 23 | Madagascar | 3.94 million hectares | 2024 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 24 | China | 3.83 million hectares | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 25 | United States | 3.81 million hectares | 2024 | up 61.3% | flat |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 3.77 million hectares | 2024 | up 77.5% | falling |
| 27 | Guinea | 3.53 million hectares | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 28 | India | 3.46 million hectares | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 29 | Myanmar | 2.66 million hectares | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 30 | Botswana | 2.19 million hectares | 2024 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Cameroon | 2.18 million hectares | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 32 | Cambodia | 2.17 million hectares | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 33 | Paraguay | 1.94 million hectares | 2024 | up 45.1% | falling |
| 34 | Argentina | 1.88 million hectares | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 35 | Mexico | 1.86 million hectares | 2024 | up 255.8% | falling |
| 36 | Uganda | 1.67 million hectares | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 37 | Colombia | 1.55 million hectares | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 38 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.42 million hectares | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 1.34 million hectares | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 40 | Ukraine | 1.25 million hectares | 2024 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Benin | 1.09 million hectares | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 42 | Laos | 1.08 million hectares | 2024 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Namibia | 1.06 million hectares | 2024 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Vietnam | 956,262 hectares | 2024 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 921,444 hectares | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 46 | Thailand | 825,942 hectares | 2024 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 47 | Niger | 809,156 hectares | 2024 | up 180.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Iran | 647,754 hectares | 2024 | up 262.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Gabon | 638,889 hectares | 2024 | up 92.1% | rising |
| 50 | Togo | 631,311 hectares | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 568,566 hectares | 2024 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Turkey | 546,822 hectares | 2024 | up 51.3% | flat |
| 53 | Nepal | 518,465 hectares | 2024 | up 115.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Iraq | 458,661 hectares | 2024 | up 200.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Honduras | 419,701 hectares | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Malawi | 381,942 hectares | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 57 | Guatemala | 368,612 hectares | 2024 | up 92.0% | falling |
| 58 | Pakistan | 366,787 hectares | 2024 | up 143.6% | rising |
| 59 | Kenya | 352,019 hectares | 2024 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Nicaragua | 328,320 hectares | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Guinea-Bissau | 307,413 hectares | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 62 | Peru | 301,595 hectares | 2024 | up 371.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Mongolia | 262,978 hectares | 2024 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Guyana | 251,859 hectares | 2024 | up 150.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Gambia | 239,688 hectares | 2024 | up 54.5% | falling |
| 66 | Cuba | 225,928 hectares | 2024 | up 114.2% | falling |
| 67 | Mauritania | 204,763 hectares | 2024 | up 464.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Syria | 154,275 hectares | 2024 | up 629.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Portugal | 140,086 hectares | 2024 | up 1,179.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Indonesia | 134,892 hectares | 2024 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Eswatini | 134,290 hectares | 2024 | up 50.3% | falling |
| 72 | Philippines | 133,045 hectares | 2024 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 73 | Papua New Guinea | 122,184 hectares | 2024 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Serbia | 114,542 hectares | 2024 | up 2,784.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Belize | 95,158 hectares | 2024 | up 569.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Ecuador | 88,289 hectares | 2024 | up 630.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Bangladesh | 86,400 hectares | 2024 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 66,694 hectares | 2024 | up 12,845.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Chile | 66,609 hectares | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Egypt | 59,375 hectares | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Liberia | 53,579 hectares | 2024 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Suriname | 52,785 hectares | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Rwanda | 50,273 hectares | 2024 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 84 | Burundi | 42,867 hectares | 2024 | up 112.2% | falling |
| 85 | Greece | 42,867 hectares | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Lesotho | 42,674 hectares | 2024 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Romania | 35,955 hectares | 2024 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 34,453 hectares | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 34,217 hectares | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Malaysia | 30,868 hectares | 2024 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 29,988 hectares | 2024 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 92 | Albania | 28,721 hectares | 2024 | up 8,820.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Spain | 24,664 hectares | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Bahamas | 17,645 hectares | 2024 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 95 | North Korea | 16,593 hectares | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Panama | 16,250 hectares | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Italy | 15,820 hectares | 2024 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 15,606 hectares | 2024 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Somalia | 13,609 hectares | 2024 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12,922 hectares | 2024 | up 333.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Saudi Arabia | 12,794 hectares | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Eritrea | 12,042 hectares | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Belarus | 12,021 hectares | 2024 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Japan | 11,162 hectares | 2024 | down 47.4% | rising |
| 105 | Georgia | 10,454 hectares | 2024 | up 115.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 9,230 hectares | 2024 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Croatia | 9,187 hectares | 2024 | up 678.2% | volatile |
| 108 | New Caledonia | 7,792 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Montenegro | 7,685 hectares | 2024 | up 3,480.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Uruguay | 7,577 hectares | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 111 | Israel | 6,891 hectares | 2024 | up 744.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 5,774 hectares | 2024 | down 91.7% | falling |
| 113 | Bhutan | 5,646 hectares | 2024 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4,443 hectares | 2024 | up 239.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Algeria | 4,229 hectares | 2024 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 116 | France | 3,799 hectares | 2024 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 117 | East Timor | 3,563 hectares | 2024 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Hungary | 3,220 hectares | 2024 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Comoros | 2,919 hectares | 2024 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Moldova | 2,769 hectares | 2024 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Jamaica | 2,576 hectares | 2024 | up 287.1% | volatile |
| 122 | El Salvador | 2,361 hectares | 2024 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Haiti | 1,717 hectares | 2024 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Iceland | 1,696 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Cyprus | 1,588 hectares | 2024 | up 196.0% | volatile |
| 126 | New Zealand | 1,481 hectares | 2024 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Lebanon | 1,417 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,417 hectares | 2024 | up 3,200.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Armenia | 1,374 hectares | 2024 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Afghanistan | 1,374 hectares | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Jordan | 1,245 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 1,224 hectares | 2024 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Czechia | 1,030 hectares | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Austria | 944.5 hectares | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Morocco | 493.72 hectares | 2024 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 136 | South Korea | 472.25 hectares | 2024 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Tunisia | 429.32 hectares | 2024 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Fiji | 429.32 hectares | 2024 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 429.32 hectares | 2024 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Palestine | 429.32 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | French Guiana | 407.85 hectares | 2024 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Estonia | 343.45 hectares | 2024 | up 128.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Slovakia | 343.45 hectares | 2024 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Taiwan | 321.99 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Poland | 300.52 hectares | 2024 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Lithuania | 236.12 hectares | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Latvia | 171.73 hectares | 2024 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Mauritius | 150.26 hectares | 2024 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Germany | 128.8 hectares | 2024 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Brunei | 107.33 hectares | 2024 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Reunion | 107.33 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Puerto Rico | 85.86 hectares | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Yemen | 64.4 hectares | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 155 | United States Virgin Islands | 42.93 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Switzerland | 21.47 hectares | 2024 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Grenada | 21.47 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Slovenia | 21.47 hectares | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Andorra | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | American Samoa | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Belgium | 0 hectares | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Bahrain | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Bermuda | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Barbados | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Cape Verde | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Cayman Islands | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Djibouti | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Dominica | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Denmark | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Finland | 0 hectares | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Faroe Islands | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Micronesia (country) | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | United Kingdom | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Greenland | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Guam | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Hong Kong | 0 hectares | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Isle of Man | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Kuwait | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Libya | 0 hectares | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Macao | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Netherlands | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Norway | 0 hectares | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Nauru | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Oman | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Palau | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | French Polynesia | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Qatar | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Singapore | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | San Marino | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Sweden | 0 hectares | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Seychelles | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Tajikistan | 0 hectares | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Tonga | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Tuvalu | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | British Virgin Islands | 0 hectares | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Samoa | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Western Sahara | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Montserrat | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Guernsey | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Jersey | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Saint Helena | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Tokelau | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | French Southern Territories | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
| 159 | Aland Islands | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 0 hectares | 2024 | — | flat |
About this data
Total land area burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares, across all land cover types.