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
189
Highest
50.56 million hectares
Australia
Lowest
0 hectares
Aland Islands
Median
22,926 hectares
Years covered
24
2002–2025
Data points
5,400
What the numbers show
Annual area burnt by wildfires by region is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 50.56 million hectares in Australia; the lowest is 0 hectares in Aland Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 22,926 hectares, and the mean is 1.76 million hectares.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 2,583.3%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 100.0%).
Annual area burnt by wildfires by region: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 50.56 million hectares | 2025 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 2 | Angola | 34.83 million hectares | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 31.02 million hectares | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 4 | South Sudan | 26.58 million hectares | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 5 | Zambia | 22.77 million hectares | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 6 | Mozambique | 16.49 million hectares | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 13.20 million hectares | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 8 | Brazil | 10.29 million hectares | 2025 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 9 | Sudan | 9.57 million hectares | 2025 | up 51.5% | falling |
| 10 | Tanzania | 8.40 million hectares | 2025 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 11 | Mali | 7.30 million hectares | 2025 | up 33.6% | falling |
| 12 | Nigeria | 6.52 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 13 | Chad | 6.35 million hectares | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 14 | Russia | 5.34 million hectares | 2025 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 15 | India | 5.30 million hectares | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 16 | Myanmar | 4.88 million hectares | 2025 | up 29.5% | falling |
| 17 | Canada | 4.42 million hectares | 2025 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 4.36 million hectares | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 19 | Senegal | 3.93 million hectares | 2025 | up 42.6% | falling |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 3.66 million hectares | 2025 | up 121.7% | falling |
| 21 | Congo | 3.41 million hectares | 2025 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 22 | Madagascar | 3.17 million hectares | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 23 | Venezuela | 2.92 million hectares | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 24 | Ghana | 2.74 million hectares | 2025 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 25 | China | 2.62 million hectares | 2025 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 26 | Botswana | 2.59 million hectares | 2025 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 27 | South Africa | 2.59 million hectares | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 28 | United States | 2.56 million hectares | 2025 | down 37.4% | flat |
| 29 | Guinea | 2.32 million hectares | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 30 | Cameroon | 2.18 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 31 | Namibia | 2.15 million hectares | 2025 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Cambodia | 2.10 million hectares | 2025 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 33 | Argentina | 2.09 million hectares | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 34 | Uganda | 1.80 million hectares | 2025 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 35 | Bolivia | 1.59 million hectares | 2025 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Kazakhstan | 1.55 million hectares | 2025 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Mexico | 1.38 million hectares | 2025 | up 57.6% | falling |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 1.32 million hectares | 2025 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 39 | Colombia | 1.29 million hectares | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 40 | Ukraine | 1.19 million hectares | 2025 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Benin | 1.15 million hectares | 2025 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 42 | Niger | 1.14 million hectares | 2025 | up 500.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 880,508 hectares | 2025 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 44 | Paraguay | 845,948 hectares | 2025 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 45 | Vietnam | 690,621 hectares | 2025 | down 51.8% | flat |
| 46 | Thailand | 685,083 hectares | 2025 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 582,455 hectares | 2025 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 48 | Gabon | 443,399 hectares | 2025 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 49 | Pakistan | 443,184 hectares | 2025 | up 235.1% | rising |
| 50 | Laos | 441,939 hectares | 2025 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Turkey | 427,965 hectares | 2025 | down 56.8% | flat |
| 52 | Togo | 422,749 hectares | 2025 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 53 | Malawi | 385,312 hectares | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 54 | Spain | 369,964 hectares | 2025 | up 348.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Cuba | 326,968 hectares | 2025 | up 71.6% | falling |
| 56 | Kenya | 318,210 hectares | 2025 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Iran | 300,007 hectares | 2025 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 290,047 hectares | 2025 | up 1,143.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Mauritania | 277,060 hectares | 2025 | up 551.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Portugal | 266,907 hectares | 2025 | up 527.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Guinea-Bissau | 225,241 hectares | 2025 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 62 | Guatemala | 215,281 hectares | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 63 | Mongolia | 177,952 hectares | 2025 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Gambia | 164,386 hectares | 2025 | up 70.9% | falling |
| 65 | Nepal | 152,816 hectares | 2025 | up 338.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Iraq | 109,476 hectares | 2025 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 99,666 hectares | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Indonesia | 98,722 hectares | 2025 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 69 | South Korea | 97,562 hectares | 2025 | up 1,500.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Guyana | 90,693 hectares | 2025 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Honduras | 88,225 hectares | 2025 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 88,010 hectares | 2025 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Chile | 86,357 hectares | 2025 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Papua New Guinea | 64,247 hectares | 2025 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Turkmenistan | 60,512 hectares | 2025 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Eswatini | 60,104 hectares | 2025 | up 22.0% | falling |
| 77 | Eritrea | 59,074 hectares | 2025 | up 234.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Romania | 57,486 hectares | 2025 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Peru | 52,548 hectares | 2025 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Italy | 49,844 hectares | 2025 | up 186.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Greece | 49,565 hectares | 2025 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Egypt | 48,041 hectares | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Albania | 44,992 hectares | 2025 | up 974.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Syria | 38,510 hectares | 2025 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Georgia | 37,716 hectares | 2025 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Belize | 37,630 hectares | 2025 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Rwanda | 33,594 hectares | 2025 | down 48.5% | rising |
| 88 | Lesotho | 33,122 hectares | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 29,880 hectares | 2025 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Philippines | 28,829 hectares | 2025 | down 76.3% | falling |
| 91 | Liberia | 27,455 hectares | 2025 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Armenia | 26,017 hectares | 2025 | up 149.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Bahamas | 25,287 hectares | 2025 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Uruguay | 24,299 hectares | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 95 | Burundi | 22,926 hectares | 2025 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 96 | Uzbekistan | 21,165 hectares | 2025 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 20,028 hectares | 2025 | up 318.4% | volatile |
| 98 | France | 18,997 hectares | 2025 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 99 | United Kingdom | 18,697 hectares | 2025 | up 469.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 17,709 hectares | 2025 | down 64.3% | rising |
| 101 | Suriname | 15,949 hectares | 2025 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15,820 hectares | 2025 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Serbia | 13,974 hectares | 2025 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Belarus | 13,888 hectares | 2025 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Cyprus | 13,824 hectares | 2025 | up 2,583.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Algeria | 11,613 hectares | 2025 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Montenegro | 11,549 hectares | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 108 | North Korea | 10,583 hectares | 2025 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 10,003 hectares | 2025 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Dominican Republic | 9,681 hectares | 2025 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Ecuador | 7,728 hectares | 2025 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Japan | 7,255 hectares | 2025 | down 39.8% | flat |
| 113 | Malaysia | 7,191 hectares | 2025 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Germany | 6,697 hectares | 2025 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Haiti | 6,397 hectares | 2025 | up 441.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Tunisia | 6,139 hectares | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 5,409 hectares | 2025 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | 4,250 hectares | 2025 | up 115.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Afghanistan | 4,250 hectares | 2025 | up 115.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 3,435 hectares | 2025 | up 661.9% | volatile |
| 121 | New Zealand | 3,413 hectares | 2025 | up 238.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Morocco | 3,220 hectares | 2025 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Somalia | 3,091 hectares | 2025 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Panama | 2,984 hectares | 2025 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Poland | 2,791 hectares | 2025 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 126 | French Guiana | 2,211 hectares | 2025 | up 80.7% | volatile |
| 127 | El Salvador | 2,211 hectares | 2025 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Czechia | 1,975 hectares | 2025 | up 196.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Israel | 1,567 hectares | 2025 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Hungary | 1,546 hectares | 2025 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Bhutan | 1,374 hectares | 2025 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Moldova | 1,374 hectares | 2025 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Palestine | 1,116 hectares | 2025 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Lithuania | 1,095 hectares | 2025 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Slovakia | 1,030 hectares | 2025 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Croatia | 1,009 hectares | 2025 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Ireland | 1,009 hectares | 2025 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Jamaica | 944.5 hectares | 2025 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 794.24 hectares | 2025 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Yemen | 708.37 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Equatorial Guinea | 708.37 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 142 | East Timor | 686.91 hectares | 2025 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 665.44 hectares | 2025 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 536.65 hectares | 2025 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Hong Kong | 364.92 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Brunei | 236.12 hectares | 2025 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Austria | 214.66 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Slovenia | 214.66 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Comoros | 150.26 hectares | 2025 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Taiwan | 107.33 hectares | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Denmark | 85.86 hectares | 2025 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Belgium | 64.4 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Estonia | 42.93 hectares | 2025 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Finland | 42.93 hectares | 2025 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 153 | British Virgin Islands | 42.93 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Jordan | 21.47 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Libya | 21.47 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Netherlands | 21.47 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Barbados | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Switzerland | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Cape Verde | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Cayman Islands | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Djibouti | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Fiji | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Grenada | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Greenland | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Iceland | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Kuwait | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Lebanon | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Liechtenstein | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Latvia | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Mauritius | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Norway | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Oman | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Sweden | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Samoa | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Guadeloupe | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Mayotte | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Reunion | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Montserrat | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Guernsey | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Aland Islands | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
About this data
Total land area burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares, across all land cover types.