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