Annual area burnt by wildfires by country
Area burnt by wildfires in hectares. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 07 August 2026.
Countries reporting
241
Highest
14.81 million hectares
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0 hectares
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Median
2,659 hectares
Years covered
15
2012–2026
Data points
3,720
What the numbers show
Annual area burnt by wildfires is currently reported for 241 countries. The highest value is 14.81 million hectares in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0 hectares in United States Minor Outlying Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,659 hectares, and the mean is 495,532 hectares.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 156 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 | 14.81 million hectares | 2026 | down 70.8% | falling |
| 2 | Australia | 12.30 million hectares | 2026 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 3 | Angola | 8.94 million hectares | 2026 | down 76.9% | falling |
| 4 | South Sudan | 6.96 million hectares | 2026 | down 73.3% | falling |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 6.02 million hectares | 2026 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 6 | Russia | 4.36 million hectares | 2026 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 7 | Myanmar | 4.33 million hectares | 2026 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 8 | India | 4.03 million hectares | 2026 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 9 | Zambia | 4.02 million hectares | 2026 | down 82.7% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea | 3.25 million hectares | 2026 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 11 | Venezuela | 2.99 million hectares | 2026 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 12 | Nigeria | 2.81 million hectares | 2026 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 13 | Thailand | 2.67 million hectares | 2026 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 14 | United States | 2.65 million hectares | 2026 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 15 | Laos | 2.64 million hectares | 2026 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 16 | China | 2.27 million hectares | 2026 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 17 | Brazil | 2.25 million hectares | 2026 | down 92.5% | falling |
| 18 | Canada | 2.17 million hectares | 2026 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 1.86 million hectares | 2026 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 20 | Ghana | 1.76 million hectares | 2026 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 21 | Cambodia | 1.53 million hectares | 2026 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 22 | Mali | 1.49 million hectares | 2026 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 23 | Cameroon | 1.44 million hectares | 2026 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 24 | Chad | 1.31 million hectares | 2026 | down 81.0% | falling |
| 25 | Mexico | 1.28 million hectares | 2026 | down 70.4% | falling |
| 26 | Tanzania | 1.22 million hectares | 2026 | down 89.7% | falling |
| 27 | Sudan | 1.20 million hectares | 2026 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 28 | Senegal | 1.19 million hectares | 2026 | down 49.4% | rising |
| 29 | Mozambique | 1.17 million hectares | 2026 | down 93.3% | falling |
| 30 | South Africa | 903,313 hectares | 2026 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 31 | Colombia | 902,699 hectares | 2026 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 731,535 hectares | 2026 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 33 | Congo | 730,044 hectares | 2026 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 34 | Madagascar | 729,185 hectares | 2026 | down 88.5% | falling |
| 35 | Indonesia | 655,590 hectares | 2026 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Bolivia | 587,344 hectares | 2026 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Argentina | 568,525 hectares | 2026 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 553,719 hectares | 2026 | down 61.4% | rising |
| 39 | Uganda | 520,576 hectares | 2026 | down 83.0% | falling |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 458,731 hectares | 2026 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Cote d'Ivoire | 451,527 hectares | 2026 | down 84.2% | falling |
| 42 | Paraguay | 427,928 hectares | 2026 | down 85.8% | falling |
| 43 | Benin | 343,416 hectares | 2026 | down 74.2% | falling |
| 44 | Honduras | 322,042 hectares | 2026 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Chile | 304,983 hectares | 2026 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 46 | Vietnam | 285,245 hectares | 2026 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Papua New Guinea | 284,207 hectares | 2026 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 243,469 hectares | 2026 | down 88.8% | falling |
| 49 | Philippines | 237,168 hectares | 2026 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 50 | Togo | 208,905 hectares | 2026 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 51 | Botswana | 207,386 hectares | 2026 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Nicaragua | 205,306 hectares | 2026 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 53 | Namibia | 203,511 hectares | 2026 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Guinea-Bissau | 198,497 hectares | 2026 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 55 | Ukraine | 190,751 hectares | 2026 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Cuba | 189,565 hectares | 2026 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 57 | Spain | 185,948 hectares | 2026 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Guatemala | 172,703 hectares | 2026 | down 73.7% | falling |
| 59 | Liberia | 170,428 hectares | 2026 | down 73.2% | falling |
| 60 | Nepal | 156,215 hectares | 2026 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 143,982 hectares | 2026 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 62 | Iran | 123,227 hectares | 2026 | down 76.4% | falling |
| 63 | Gabon | 110,425 hectares | 2026 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 64 | Algeria | 101,770 hectares | 2026 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 65 | France | 99,092 hectares | 2026 | up 229.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 98,035 hectares | 2026 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 67 | Gambia | 97,664 hectares | 2026 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 68 | Niger | 87,000 hectares | 2026 | down 51.3% | rising |
| 69 | Pakistan | 80,485 hectares | 2026 | down 77.8% | falling |
| 70 | Italy | 79,084 hectares | 2026 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Iraq | 74,612 hectares | 2026 | down 83.1% | falling |
| 72 | Malawi | 67,365 hectares | 2026 | down 93.7% | falling |
| 73 | Kenya | 63,279 hectares | 2026 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Mongolia | 61,527 hectares | 2026 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Peru | 60,831 hectares | 2026 | down 95.3% | falling |
| 76 | Mauritania | 52,664 hectares | 2026 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Portugal | 47,776 hectares | 2026 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Malaysia | 47,672 hectares | 2026 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Panama | 43,889 hectares | 2026 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Turkey | 39,556 hectares | 2026 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Guyana | 38,793 hectares | 2026 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Belize | 38,195 hectares | 2026 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 83 | El Salvador | 36,881 hectares | 2026 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 26,945 hectares | 2026 | down 69.9% | falling |
| 85 | Syria | 26,064 hectares | 2026 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Greece | 23,839 hectares | 2026 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 87 | United Kingdom | 22,206 hectares | 2026 | up 275.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 21,966 hectares | 2026 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Romania | 21,091 hectares | 2026 | down 90.6% | falling |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 20,543 hectares | 2026 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 91 | Tunisia | 19,740 hectares | 2026 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18,748 hectares | 2026 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Ecuador | 15,963 hectares | 2026 | down 95.3% | falling |
| 94 | New Zealand | 15,886 hectares | 2026 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 95 | Belarus | 15,390 hectares | 2026 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Japan | 14,979 hectares | 2026 | up 110.8% | rising |
| 97 | North Korea | 13,509 hectares | 2026 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Vanuatu | 12,291 hectares | 2026 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 11,031 hectares | 2026 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Eswatini | 10,789 hectares | 2026 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Bahamas | 10,380 hectares | 2026 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Eritrea | 9,690 hectares | 2026 | up 159.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Uruguay | 9,308 hectares | 2026 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Burundi | 9,303 hectares | 2026 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Georgia | 7,624 hectares | 2026 | down 81.7% | falling |
| 106 | Rwanda | 7,615 hectares | 2026 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Serbia | 7,087 hectares | 2026 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Bhutan | 6,804 hectares | 2026 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Montenegro | 6,534 hectares | 2026 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 6,342 hectares | 2026 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Haiti | 6,269 hectares | 2026 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 112 | Germany | 6,045 hectares | 2026 | up 209.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Reunion | 5,475 hectares | 2026 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Morocco | 5,089 hectares | 2026 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 4,531 hectares | 2026 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 117 | Egypt | 4,165 hectares | 2026 | down 82.5% | falling |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 4,096 hectares | 2026 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Hungary | 4,084 hectares | 2026 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Suriname | 3,770 hectares | 2026 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Poland | 3,300 hectares | 2026 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 122 | South Korea | 2,659 hectares | 2026 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 123 | North Macedonia | 2,580 hectares | 2026 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Somalia | 2,384 hectares | 2026 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,352 hectares | 2026 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Fiji | 2,307 hectares | 2026 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Albania | 2,267 hectares | 2026 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Croatia | 2,107 hectares | 2026 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Jamaica | 2,083 hectares | 2026 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Afghanistan | 1,982 hectares | 2026 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Lesotho | 1,724 hectares | 2026 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Austria | 1,687 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Netherlands | 1,677 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 134 | French Guiana | 1,521 hectares | 2026 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 135 | New Caledonia | 1,373 hectares | 2026 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Moldova | 1,304 hectares | 2026 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Denmark | 1,177 hectares | 2026 | up 1,389.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Comoros | 1,071 hectares | 2026 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Tajikistan | 1,070 hectares | 2026 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Yemen | 984 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Norway | 971 hectares | 2026 | up 313.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Lebanon | 815 hectares | 2026 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Latvia | 732 hectares | 2026 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Equatorial Guinea | 724 hectares | 2026 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Kyrgyzstan | 661 hectares | 2026 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Slovakia | 638 hectares | 2026 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Lithuania | 464 hectares | 2026 | up 314.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Taiwan | 431 hectares | 2026 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Israel | 405 hectares | 2026 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Cape Verde | 395 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 382 hectares | 2026 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Finland | 378 hectares | 2026 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Sweden | 345 hectares | 2026 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Greenland | 329 hectares | 2026 | up 213.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Brunei | 293 hectares | 2026 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Armenia | 291 hectares | 2026 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Jordan | 266 hectares | 2026 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Belgium | 251 hectares | 2026 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Puerto Rico | 229 hectares | 2026 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 161 | East Timor | 224 hectares | 2026 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Oman | 220 hectares | 2026 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Palestine | 214 hectares | 2026 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Djibouti | 207 hectares | 2026 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Barbados | 199 hectares | 2026 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Czechia | 188 hectares | 2026 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Slovenia | 172 hectares | 2026 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Grenada | 159 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Kuwait | 143 hectares | 2026 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Libya | 115 hectares | 2026 | down 95.3% | falling |
| 171 | Switzerland | 75 hectares | 2026 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Aruba | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Andorra | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | United Arab Emirates | 0 hectares | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | American Samoa | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 hectares | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Bahrain | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Bermuda | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Curacao | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Cayman Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Cyprus | 0 hectares | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Dominica | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Estonia | 0 hectares | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Faroe Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Micronesia (country) | 0 hectares | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Gibraltar | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Guam | 0 hectares | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Hong Kong | 0 hectares | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Isle of Man | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Iceland | 0 hectares | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Kiribati | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Saint Lucia | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Macao | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Monaco | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Maldives | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Marshall Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Mauritius | 0 hectares | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Nauru | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Palau | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Qatar | 0 hectares | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Singapore | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | San Marino | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Seychelles | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Tonga | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Tuvalu | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | British Virgin Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Samoa | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Western Sahara | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Anguilla | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Cook Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Montserrat | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Niue | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Falkland Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Guernsey | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Jersey | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Saint Barthelemy | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Saint Helena | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Tokelau | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Vatican | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Cocos Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Norfolk Island | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Christmas Island | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Pitcairn | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Bouvet Island | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | French Southern Territories | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Aland Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 0 hectares | 2026 | — | volatile |
About this data
Area burnt by wildfires in hectares. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 07 August 2026.