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Average area burnt per wildfire by country

Average area burnt per wildfire, in hectares. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 18 September 2026.

Countries reporting
182
Highest
1,369 hectares
Reunion
Lowest
75 hectares
Switzerland
Median
266 hectares
Years covered
15
2012–2026
Data points
2,594

What the numbers show

Average area burnt per wildfire is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 1,369 hectares in Reunion; the lowest is 75 hectares in Switzerland.

The median across all reporting countries is 266 hectares, and the mean is 291.63 hectares.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 344.4%), and the largest decrease in Switzerland (down 55.4%).

Average area burnt per wildfire: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Reunion 1,369 hectares 2026 up 185.8% rising
2 Iceland 793.25 hectares 2025 up 344.4% volatile
3 Canada 782.34 hectares 2026 up 80.8% rising
4 Belgium 679.12 hectares 2026 up 330.7% volatile
5 Greece 654.66 hectares 2026 up 85.2% volatile
6 Cyprus 654.5 hectares 2025 up 116.7% volatile
7 Montenegro 649.03 hectares 2026 up 171.0% rising
8 Russia 618.19 hectares 2026 up 4.8% rising
9 Australia 614.28 hectares 2026 down 11.7% falling
10 Botswana 565.59 hectares 2026 down 30.1% falling
11 Namibia 545.95 hectares 2026 down 17.3% falling
12 Mauritania 542.93 hectares 2026 down 12.6% rising
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina 506.8 hectares 2026 up 110.2% rising
14 Mongolia 488.62 hectares 2026 down 19.8% falling
15 South Sudan 476.37 hectares 2026 down 15.8% falling
16 Central African Republic 471.42 hectares 2026 up 4.5% rising
17 United States 471.1 hectares 2026 up 37.8% rising
18 Bahamas 443.36 hectares 2026 down 20.5% flat
19 Hong Kong 443 hectares 2025 up 310.2% volatile
20 Guam 432 hectares 2025 up 202.1% falling
21 Senegal 426.5 hectares 2026 up 17.2% rising
22 Ghana 416.34 hectares 2026 up 10.1% rising
23 Brazil 415.2 hectares 2026 up 3.8% rising
24 Tunisia 409.1 hectares 2026 up 38.6% falling
25 Laos 406.89 hectares 2026 down 0.3% falling
26 Gambia 405.25 hectares 2026 up 14.1% rising
27 Benin 399.32 hectares 2026 up 17.3% rising
28 Spain 395.78 hectares 2026 up 83.4% rising
29 Thailand 387.15 hectares 2026 up 40.6% rising
30 Vanuatu 386.26 hectares 2026 up 33.0% rising
31 Algeria 383.66 hectares 2026 up 91.3% rising
32 Costa Rica 379.98 hectares 2026 up 5.0% flat
33 Niger 376.62 hectares 2026 down 22.0% flat
34 Venezuela 376.47 hectares 2026 up 4.6% rising
35 Bolivia 376.41 hectares 2026 down 24.0% rising
36 Ethiopia 375.15 hectares 2026 down 10.1% falling
37 Sudan 374.48 hectares 2026 down 14.7% falling
38 Chad 373.12 hectares 2026 down 6.3% flat
39 Serbia 370.65 hectares 2026 up 96.9% rising
40 Myanmar 370.52 hectares 2026 up 6.1% flat
41 Burkina Faso 359.59 hectares 2026 up 10.9% rising
42 Bhutan 358.11 hectares 2026 down 0.8% flat
43 Croatia 352.79 hectares 2026 up 66.7% rising
44 Dominican Republic 344.74 hectares 2026 up 100.8% rising
45 Colombia 343.7 hectares 2026 down 5.7% rising
46 Bangladesh 342 hectares 2026 up 19.0% rising
47 Nigeria 340.23 hectares 2026 down 1.7% rising
48 Togo 334.25 hectares 2026 up 11.5% rising
49 Angola 333.48 hectares 2026 down 13.5% flat
50 Democratic Republic of Congo 333.09 hectares 2026 down 12.6% flat
51 Zambia 331.5 hectares 2026 down 14.9% flat
52 Mali 330.85 hectares 2026 up 7.7% rising
53 Cameroon 330.19 hectares 2026 up 5.9% rising
54 Cote d'Ivoire 326.72 hectares 2026 down 4.2% rising
55 Chile 325.6 hectares 2026 up 21.9% rising
56 Saudi Arabia 323.4 hectares 2026 up 24.2% rising
57 Guinea 321.75 hectares 2026 down 4.2% falling
58 Kazakhstan 320.75 hectares 2026 down 6.4% falling
59 Papua New Guinea 319.83 hectares 2026 up 11.4% falling
60 Albania 314.86 hectares 2026 up 46.6% rising
61 North Korea 314.16 hectares 2026 up 24.3% rising
62 Argentina 310.66 hectares 2026 down 25.8% flat
63 Paraguay 308.35 hectares 2026 down 11.6% flat
64 Mexico 307.9 hectares 2026 up 0.8% rising
65 Guinea-Bissau 307.75 hectares 2026 down 7.0% falling
66 United Kingdom 307.6 hectares 2026 up 108.2% rising
67 Mozambique 307.28 hectares 2026 down 17.5% falling
68 North Macedonia 302.58 hectares 2026 up 97.4% rising
69 Eritrea 302.44 hectares 2026 up 29.4% rising
70 Honduras 302.33 hectares 2026 up 7.5% rising
71 China 300.36 hectares 2026 up 25.2% rising
72 Tanzania 299.57 hectares 2026 down 13.7% falling
73 Jamaica 297.7 hectares 2026 up 33.1% rising
74 Ireland 297.63 hectares 2026 up 74.1% rising
75 India 297.14 hectares 2026 down 9.5% flat
76 Suriname 294.68 hectares 2026 up 8.8% rising
77 Nicaragua 294.03 hectares 2026 down 3.0% rising
78 Cambodia 292.06 hectares 2026 down 2.1% flat
79 Cuba 290.58 hectares 2026 up 21.5% rising
80 Belize 287.85 hectares 2026 down 3.6% flat
81 Zimbabwe 285.71 hectares 2026 down 24.6% falling
82 Rwanda 282.86 hectares 2026 up 136.5% rising
83 Congo 281 hectares 2026 down 10.1% flat
84 France 280.8 hectares 2026 up 124.4% rising
85 Japan 280.56 hectares 2026 up 22.4% falling
86 Palau 273 hectares 2026 up 215.6% volatile
87 Guyana 272.55 hectares 2026 down 7.8% rising
88 Belarus 269.26 hectares 2026 up 61.0% rising
89 Malaysia 268.57 hectares 2026 down 15.6% falling
90 Fiji 267.93 hectares 2026 up 8.0% rising
91 Jordan 266 hectares 2026 up 79.7% rising
91 Northern Mariana Islands 266 hectares 2024 down 4.5% rising
93 Gabon 265 hectares 2026 down 8.4% falling
94 New Caledonia 261.09 hectares 2026 up 1.1% rising
95 Syria 260.67 hectares 2026 up 14.8% rising
96 Sierra Leone 259.13 hectares 2026 down 18.3% falling
97 Saint Kitts and Nevis 256.5 hectares 2022 up 27.0% rising
98 Georgia 256.11 hectares 2026 down 5.3% rising
99 Kenya 255.09 hectares 2026 down 7.5% falling
100 South Africa 254.76 hectares 2026 down 13.8% flat
101 Turkey 250.16 hectares 2026 down 8.9% flat
102 Indonesia 246.94 hectares 2026 up 33.2% falling
103 Iran 240.8 hectares 2026 up 2.1% rising
104 Somalia 237.09 hectares 2026 down 6.9% falling
105 Comoros 234.62 hectares 2026 down 26.8% falling
106 Guatemala 234.38 hectares 2026 down 11.0% flat
107 Madagascar 234.3 hectares 2026 down 9.4% flat
108 Turkmenistan 229.8 hectares 2026 up 3.2% falling
109 Puerto Rico 229 hectares 2026 up 3.4% rising
110 Liberia 226.03 hectares 2026 down 10.4% falling
111 French Guiana 226 hectares 2026 down 20.4% rising
112 Iraq 224.45 hectares 2026 down 11.4% rising
113 Uganda 222.64 hectares 2026 down 8.6% falling
114 South Korea 221.58 hectares 2026 down 26.9% volatile
115 Morocco 221.27 hectares 2026 down 9.0% rising
116 Peru 220.07 hectares 2026 down 11.6% flat
117 Oman 220 hectares 2026 up 10.2% rising
118 Brunei 219.5 hectares 2026 up 6.7% falling
119 Azerbaijan 218.83 hectares 2026 down 23.9% falling
120 Kyrgyzstan 217.38 hectares 2026 up 23.0% falling
121 El Salvador 216.86 hectares 2026 up 11.7% falling
122 Taiwan 215.5 hectares 2026 up 18.1% rising
123 United Arab Emirates 215 hectares 2025 up 103.8% volatile
124 Lesotho 214.48 hectares 2026 down 7.3% flat
125 Ecuador 213.77 hectares 2026 down 1.5% rising
126 Pakistan 213.25 hectares 2026 down 13.8% flat
127 Slovakia 212.67 hectares 2026 up 45.3% rising
128 Uzbekistan 211.24 hectares 2026 down 3.5% falling
129 Djibouti 207 hectares 2026 down 13.8% flat
130 Eswatini 204.32 hectares 2026 down 21.9% falling
131 Ukraine 204.04 hectares 2026 up 3.9% rising
132 Nepal 203.94 hectares 2026 down 21.8% falling
133 Egypt 200.59 hectares 2026 up 5.5% rising
134 Uruguay 199.7 hectares 2026 up 3.2% rising
135 Afghanistan 198.2 hectares 2026 up 6.5% rising
136 Dominica 198 hectares 2023 up 11.2% falling
137 Yemen 196.8 hectares 2026 up 18.6% flat
138 Trinidad and Tobago 196 hectares 2026 down 43.0% falling
139 Bulgaria 194.39 hectares 2026 down 3.2% rising
140 Malawi 192.87 hectares 2026 down 24.6% rising
141 Austria 191.4 hectares 2026 up 3.1% rising
142 Solomon Islands 191 hectares 2026 down 7.0% flat
143 Portugal 190 hectares 2026 down 11.0% rising
144 Czechia 188 hectares 2026 up 56.7% falling
145 Sri Lanka 186.31 hectares 2026 down 9.9% falling
146 Latvia 183 hectares 2026 up 29.6% rising
147 Netherlands 178.7 hectares 2026 up 28.6% volatile
148 Poland 177.7 hectares 2026 up 94.1% rising
149 Vietnam 175.09 hectares 2026 down 14.1% falling
150 Panama 174.16 hectares 2026 down 24.3% falling
151 Slovenia 172 hectares 2026 down 46.0% falling
152 New Zealand 171.03 hectares 2026 down 12.9% rising
153 Haiti 170.79 hectares 2026 up 7.8% flat
154 Falkland Islands 169 hectares 2024 down 35.0% falling
155 Cape Verde 167.67 hectares 2026 down 53.6% volatile
156 Italy 165.85 hectares 2026 up 31.5% rising
157 Moldova 165 hectares 2026 down 13.3% falling
158 East Timor 164.73 hectares 2026 up 10.2% flat
159 Greenland 164.5 hectares 2026 up 56.7% volatile
160 Israel 162.2 hectares 2026 down 41.7% falling
161 Norway 161.83 hectares 2026 up 37.7% falling
162 Romania 161.7 hectares 2026 up 4.0% rising
163 Philippines 155.61 hectares 2026 up 5.8% rising
164 Lithuania 154.67 hectares 2026 up 38.1% falling
165 Hungary 153.38 hectares 2026 up 10.2% rising
166 Tajikistan 152.86 hectares 2026 down 21.6% falling
167 Armenia 151 hectares 2026 down 39.9% falling
168 Mauritius 145.9 hectares 2024 down 33.8% flat
169 Estonia 145 hectares 2023 up 47.0% volatile
170 Kuwait 143 hectares 2026 down 50.7% falling
171 Equatorial Guinea 137.14 hectares 2026 down 21.5% flat
172 Denmark 130.78 hectares 2026 up 65.5% rising
173 Finland 126 hectares 2026 up 14.2% rising
174 Libya 115 hectares 2026 down 47.9% falling
175 Qatar 111 hectares 2020 up 6.1% flat
176 Germany 107.81 hectares 2026 down 11.8% rising
177 Palestine 107 hectares 2026 down 47.8% rising
178 Lebanon 99.24 hectares 2026 up 42.8% flat
179 Antigua and Barbuda 95 hectares 2021 down 19.8% falling
180 Burundi 91.74 hectares 2026 up 1.4% rising
181 Sweden 86.25 hectares 2026 down 46.6% volatile
182 Switzerland 75 hectares 2026 down 55.4% volatile

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Indicator
Average area burnt per wildfire
Unit
hectares
Source
Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
182 places, 2,594 data points, 2012–2026
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Average area burnt per wildfire, in hectares. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 18 September 2026.