Annual area burnt by wildfires by country
Countries reporting
201
Highest
22.34 million
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Median
19,351
Years covered
15
2012–2026
Data points
3,720
What the numbers show
Annual area burnt by wildfires is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 22.34 million in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0 in United States Minor Outlying Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 19,351, and the mean is 902,605.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 142 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 1,389.9%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).
Annual area burnt by wildfires: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 22.34 million | 2026 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 2 | Angola | 18.43 million | 2026 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 3 | Australia | 16.66 million | 2026 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 4 | Zambia | 10.14 million | 2026 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 9.10 million | 2026 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 6 | Russia | 7.60 million | 2026 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 7 | Mozambique | 7.52 million | 2026 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 8 | South Sudan | 7.29 million | 2026 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 9 | Indonesia | 6.78 million | 2026 | up 378.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 6.02 million | 2026 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 11 | Myanmar | 4.33 million | 2026 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 12 | India | 4.05 million | 2026 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 13 | United States | 3.35 million | 2026 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea | 3.25 million | 2026 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 15 | Venezuela | 3.09 million | 2026 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 16 | Tanzania | 3.06 million | 2026 | down 74.2% | falling |
| 17 | Nigeria | 2.83 million | 2026 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 18 | Thailand | 2.67 million | 2026 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 19 | Laos | 2.64 million | 2026 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 20 | Canada | 2.62 million | 2026 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 21 | China | 2.34 million | 2026 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 2.01 million | 2026 | down 71.3% | falling |
| 23 | Ghana | 1.76 million | 2026 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 24 | Madagascar | 1.62 million | 2026 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 25 | Cambodia | 1.53 million | 2026 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 26 | Mali | 1.50 million | 2026 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 27 | Cameroon | 1.44 million | 2026 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 1.43 million | 2026 | up 390.7% | volatile |
| 29 | South Africa | 1.43 million | 2026 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 30 | Mexico | 1.34 million | 2026 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 31 | Chad | 1.31 million | 2026 | down 80.9% | falling |
| 32 | Bolivia | 1.28 million | 2026 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Sudan | 1.22 million | 2026 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 34 | Senegal | 1.19 million | 2026 | down 49.3% | rising |
| 35 | Congo | 1.05 million | 2026 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 36 | Colombia | 1.02 million | 2026 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 37 | Argentina | 1.01 million | 2026 | down 74.8% | falling |
| 38 | Namibia | 817,594 | 2026 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 813,918 | 2026 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 40 | Paraguay | 733,713 | 2026 | down 75.6% | falling |
| 41 | Sierra Leone | 731,535 | 2026 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 42 | Uganda | 673,063 | 2026 | down 78.0% | falling |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 664,587 | 2026 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 554,352 | 2026 | down 61.3% | rising |
| 45 | Botswana | 516,876 | 2026 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Ukraine | 491,741 | 2026 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 451,937 | 2026 | down 84.1% | falling |
| 48 | Benin | 343,416 | 2026 | down 74.2% | falling |
| 49 | Honduras | 333,168 | 2026 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 319,543 | 2026 | down 75.1% | falling |
| 51 | Chile | 311,596 | 2026 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 52 | Vietnam | 311,098 | 2026 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Spain | 255,532 | 2026 | up 118.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Philippines | 247,081 | 2026 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 55 | Cuba | 223,842 | 2026 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 56 | Algeria | 211,114 | 2026 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Togo | 208,905 | 2026 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 206,703 | 2026 | down 64.2% | falling |
| 59 | Guinea-Bissau | 198,497 | 2026 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 60 | Guatemala | 177,414 | 2026 | down 73.0% | falling |
| 61 | Liberia | 170,428 | 2026 | down 73.2% | falling |
| 62 | Malawi | 166,377 | 2026 | down 84.5% | falling |
| 63 | Nepal | 156,215 | 2026 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Iran | 148,105 | 2026 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 143,982 | 2026 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 66 | Gabon | 143,247 | 2026 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 67 | Italy | 142,249 | 2026 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Turkey | 116,152 | 2026 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 69 | France | 110,145 | 2026 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Iraq | 106,692 | 2026 | down 75.8% | falling |
| 71 | Kenya | 103,130 | 2026 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 98,211 | 2026 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 73 | Gambia | 97,664 | 2026 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 91,974 | 2026 | up 100.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Niger | 88,442 | 2026 | down 50.5% | rising |
| 76 | Pakistan | 83,079 | 2026 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 77 | Guyana | 75,281 | 2026 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Portugal | 67,664 | 2026 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Mongolia | 64,308 | 2026 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Serbia | 61,873 | 2026 | up 193.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Malaysia | 59,961 | 2026 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Romania | 57,022 | 2026 | down 74.6% | falling |
| 83 | Ecuador | 54,751 | 2026 | down 83.7% | falling |
| 84 | Mauritania | 53,724 | 2026 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Montenegro | 46,163 | 2026 | up 221.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Panama | 43,889 | 2026 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Belize | 41,570 | 2026 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 88 | Syria | 40,588 | 2026 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Albania | 37,256 | 2026 | up 159.0% | volatile |
| 90 | El Salvador | 37,083 | 2026 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 33,273 | 2026 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 92 | Tunisia | 30,370 | 2026 | up 123.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 29,965 | 2026 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 94 | Greece | 29,674 | 2026 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 95 | United Kingdom | 28,299 | 2026 | up 378.9% | volatile |
| 96 | North Macedonia | 27,723 | 2026 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Suriname | 27,022 | 2026 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 23,993 | 2026 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Sri Lanka | 20,210 | 2026 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Eswatini | 20,011 | 2026 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 101 | Vanuatu | 19,351 | 2026 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 18,370 | 2026 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Burundi | 18,358 | 2026 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 104 | New Zealand | 18,213 | 2026 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 105 | Fiji | 17,907 | 2026 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Belarus | 15,617 | 2026 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Japan | 15,417 | 2026 | up 117.0% | rising |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 15,144 | 2026 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Georgia | 13,880 | 2026 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 110 | North Korea | 13,509 | 2026 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Uruguay | 13,466 | 2026 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 112 | East Timor | 13,269 | 2026 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Bahamas | 12,414 | 2026 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 114 | French Guiana | 11,694 | 2026 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 115 | Eritrea | 10,283 | 2026 | up 174.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Rwanda | 10,183 | 2026 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Croatia | 9,034 | 2026 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Germany | 8,817 | 2026 | up 351.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Morocco | 7,114 | 2026 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Bhutan | 6,804 | 2026 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Egypt | 6,698 | 2026 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 122 | Hungary | 6,495 | 2026 | up 191.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Haiti | 6,490 | 2026 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 124 | Jamaica | 6,108 | 2026 | up 127.6% | falling |
| 125 | New Caledonia | 5,676 | 2026 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Ireland | 5,655 | 2026 | up 120.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Reunion | 5,475 | 2026 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Belgium | 5,433 | 2026 | up 1,048.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Lesotho | 4,933 | 2026 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Saudi Arabia | 4,851 | 2026 | down 37.9% | flat |
| 131 | Poland | 4,404 | 2026 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 132 | South Korea | 3,045 | 2026 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Somalia | 2,608 | 2026 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,352 | 2026 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Lebanon | 2,241 | 2026 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Moldova | 2,094 | 2026 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Afghanistan | 1,982 | 2026 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Austria | 1,914 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Comoros | 1,877 | 2026 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Netherlands | 1,787 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,739 | 2026 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Armenia | 1,439 | 2026 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Israel | 1,357 | 2026 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Tajikistan | 1,262 | 2026 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Denmark | 1,177 | 2026 | up 1,389.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Yemen | 984 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Norway | 971 | 2026 | up 313.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Equatorial Guinea | 960 | 2026 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Latvia | 732 | 2026 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Slovakia | 638 | 2026 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Cape Verde | 503 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Lithuania | 464 | 2026 | up 314.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Brunei | 439 | 2026 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Taiwan | 431 | 2026 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 382 | 2026 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Finland | 378 | 2026 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Guadeloupe | 356 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Sweden | 345 | 2026 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Greenland | 329 | 2026 | up 213.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Libya | 281 | 2026 | down 88.4% | falling |
| 161 | Palau | 273 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Jordan | 266 | 2026 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Puerto Rico | 229 | 2026 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Oman | 220 | 2026 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Mauritius | 215 | 2026 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Palestine | 214 | 2026 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Djibouti | 207 | 2026 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Barbados | 199 | 2026 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Czechia | 188 | 2026 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Slovenia | 172 | 2026 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Grenada | 159 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Kuwait | 143 | 2026 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Switzerland | 75 | 2026 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 174 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Curacao | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Cyprus | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Dominica | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Estonia | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Micronesia (country) | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Guam | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Iceland | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Malta | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Qatar | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Martinique | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Mayotte | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Western Sahara | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Montserrat | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Falkland Islands | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |