Average area burnt per wildfire by country
The average area burnt per wildfire, in hectares. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 07 August 2026.
Countries reporting
180
Highest
1,369 hectares
Reunion
Lowest
75 hectares
Switzerland
Median
254.77 hectares
Years covered
15
2012–2026
Data points
2,589
What the numbers show
Average area burnt per wildfire is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 1,369 hectares in Reunion; the lowest is 75 hectares in Switzerland.
The median across all reporting countries is 254.77 hectares, and the mean is 282.49 hectares.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 96 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reunion | 1,369 hectares | 2026 | up 185.8% | rising |
| 2 | Greece | 851.39 hectares | 2026 | up 140.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Canada | 807.13 hectares | 2026 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 4 | Iceland | 793.25 hectares | 2025 | up 344.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Cyprus | 654.5 hectares | 2025 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Botswana | 609.96 hectares | 2026 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 7 | Australia | 592.02 hectares | 2026 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 8 | Mauritania | 542.93 hectares | 2026 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 9 | Russia | 510.09 hectares | 2026 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 10 | Mongolia | 504.32 hectares | 2026 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 11 | South Sudan | 481 hectares | 2026 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 471.44 hectares | 2026 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 13 | Tunisia | 470 hectares | 2026 | up 59.3% | falling |
| 14 | United States | 446.98 hectares | 2026 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 443 hectares | 2025 | up 310.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Guam | 432 hectares | 2025 | up 202.1% | falling |
| 17 | Senegal | 426.5 hectares | 2026 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 18 | Namibia | 424.87 hectares | 2026 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 19 | Vanuatu | 423.83 hectares | 2026 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 20 | Ghana | 416.39 hectares | 2026 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 21 | Bahamas | 415.2 hectares | 2026 | down 25.5% | flat |
| 22 | Laos | 406.92 hectares | 2026 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 23 | Gambia | 405.25 hectares | 2026 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 24 | Benin | 399.32 hectares | 2026 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 387.28 hectares | 2026 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 26 | Venezuela | 382.93 hectares | 2026 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 381.91 hectares | 2026 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 28 | Costa Rica | 379.98 hectares | 2026 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 29 | Niger | 376.62 hectares | 2026 | down 22.0% | flat |
| 30 | Bolivia | 375.3 hectares | 2026 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 31 | Sudan | 374.84 hectares | 2026 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 32 | Chad | 373.12 hectares | 2026 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 33 | Myanmar | 370.54 hectares | 2026 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 359.79 hectares | 2026 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 35 | Bhutan | 358.11 hectares | 2026 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 36 | Colombia | 357.65 hectares | 2026 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 37 | Spain | 356.91 hectares | 2026 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 38 | Brazil | 347.7 hectares | 2026 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 346.97 hectares | 2026 | up 134.9% | rising |
| 40 | Montenegro | 343.89 hectares | 2026 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 41 | Suriname | 342.73 hectares | 2026 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 342 hectares | 2026 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 43 | Nigeria | 340.23 hectares | 2026 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 44 | Togo | 334.25 hectares | 2026 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 45 | Mali | 330.87 hectares | 2026 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 46 | Argentina | 330.54 hectares | 2026 | down 21.1% | flat |
| 47 | Cameroon | 330.21 hectares | 2026 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 48 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 330.14 hectares | 2026 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 49 | Chile | 329.71 hectares | 2026 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 50 | Algeria | 327.24 hectares | 2026 | up 63.2% | flat |
| 51 | Cote d'Ivoire | 326.72 hectares | 2026 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 323.64 hectares | 2026 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 53 | Guinea | 321.75 hectares | 2026 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 54 | Angola | 317.73 hectares | 2026 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 55 | North Korea | 314.16 hectares | 2026 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 56 | Eritrea | 312.58 hectares | 2026 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 57 | Mexico | 310.59 hectares | 2026 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 58 | Paraguay | 308.08 hectares | 2026 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 59 | Guinea-Bissau | 307.75 hectares | 2026 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 60 | Zambia | 307.31 hectares | 2026 | down 21.1% | flat |
| 61 | Honduras | 305.54 hectares | 2026 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 62 | China | 303.81 hectares | 2026 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 63 | Tanzania | 302.15 hectares | 2026 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 302.1 hectares | 2026 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 299.24 hectares | 2026 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 67 | India | 297.35 hectares | 2026 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 68 | France | 296.68 hectares | 2026 | up 137.1% | rising |
| 69 | Nicaragua | 294.56 hectares | 2026 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 70 | Brunei | 293 hectares | 2026 | up 42.4% | falling |
| 71 | Cambodia | 292.19 hectares | 2026 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 72 | Belize | 291.56 hectares | 2026 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 73 | Cuba | 289.41 hectares | 2026 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 74 | Guyana | 285.24 hectares | 2026 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 75 | Congo | 284.73 hectares | 2026 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 76 | Japan | 282.62 hectares | 2026 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 77 | Papua New Guinea | 280.84 hectares | 2026 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 78 | Syria | 280.26 hectares | 2026 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 79 | Belarus | 279.82 hectares | 2026 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 80 | Malaysia | 278.78 hectares | 2026 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 81 | Georgia | 272.29 hectares | 2026 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 82 | Gabon | 271.98 hectares | 2026 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 83 | Zimbabwe | 268.43 hectares | 2026 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 84 | Comoros | 267.75 hectares | 2026 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 85 | Jordan | 266 hectares | 2026 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 85 | Northern Mariana Islands | 266 hectares | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 87 | Rwanda | 262.59 hectares | 2026 | up 119.5% | rising |
| 88 | Kenya | 261.48 hectares | 2026 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 259.13 hectares | 2026 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 256.5 hectares | 2022 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 91 | Mozambique | 256.04 hectares | 2026 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 92 | French Guiana | 253.5 hectares | 2026 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 93 | Serbia | 253.11 hectares | 2026 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 94 | South Africa | 252.25 hectares | 2026 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 95 | Iran | 244.5 hectares | 2026 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 96 | Turkey | 244.17 hectares | 2026 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 97 | Guatemala | 238.87 hectares | 2026 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 98 | Somalia | 238.4 hectares | 2026 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 99 | Iraq | 238.38 hectares | 2026 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 100 | Uganda | 234.92 hectares | 2026 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 234.35 hectares | 2026 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 102 | Turkmenistan | 233.68 hectares | 2026 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 103 | Jamaica | 231.44 hectares | 2026 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 104 | Peru | 230.42 hectares | 2026 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 105 | Puerto Rico | 229 hectares | 2026 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 106 | New Caledonia | 228.83 hectares | 2026 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 107 | Liberia | 226.03 hectares | 2026 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 108 | East Timor | 224 hectares | 2026 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 109 | Madagascar | 222.79 hectares | 2026 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 110 | South Korea | 221.58 hectares | 2026 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Oman | 220 hectares | 2026 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 112 | El Salvador | 216.95 hectares | 2026 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 216.29 hectares | 2026 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 215.56 hectares | 2026 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 115 | Lesotho | 215.5 hectares | 2026 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 115 | Taiwan | 215.5 hectares | 2026 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 117 | United Arab Emirates | 215 hectares | 2025 | up 103.8% | volatile |
| 117 | North Macedonia | 215 hectares | 2026 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 119 | Pakistan | 214.06 hectares | 2026 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 120 | Ukraine | 213.61 hectares | 2026 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 121 | Slovakia | 212.67 hectares | 2026 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 122 | Morocco | 212.04 hectares | 2026 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 123 | Egypt | 208.25 hectares | 2026 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 124 | Eswatini | 207.48 hectares | 2026 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 125 | Djibouti | 207 hectares | 2026 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 126 | Uruguay | 206.84 hectares | 2026 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 127 | Malawi | 206.64 hectares | 2026 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 128 | Poland | 206.25 hectares | 2026 | up 125.3% | rising |
| 129 | Nepal | 203.94 hectares | 2026 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 130 | Israel | 202.5 hectares | 2026 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 131 | Afghanistan | 198.2 hectares | 2026 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 132 | Dominica | 198 hectares | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 133 | Cape Verde | 197.5 hectares | 2026 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Yemen | 196.8 hectares | 2026 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 135 | Trinidad and Tobago | 196 hectares | 2026 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 136 | Fiji | 192.25 hectares | 2026 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 137 | Solomon Islands | 191 hectares | 2026 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 138 | Ecuador | 190.04 hectares | 2026 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 139 | Czechia | 188 hectares | 2026 | up 56.7% | falling |
| 140 | Austria | 187.44 hectares | 2026 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 141 | Sri Lanka | 186.53 hectares | 2026 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 142 | Netherlands | 186.33 hectares | 2026 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Moldova | 186.29 hectares | 2026 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 144 | Portugal | 184.46 hectares | 2026 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 145 | Latvia | 183 hectares | 2026 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 146 | Haiti | 179.11 hectares | 2026 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 147 | Indonesia | 178.54 hectares | 2026 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 148 | Vietnam | 176.84 hectares | 2026 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 149 | Panama | 174.16 hectares | 2026 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 150 | Slovenia | 172 hectares | 2026 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 151 | New Zealand | 170.82 hectares | 2026 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 152 | Falkland Islands | 169 hectares | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 153 | Kyrgyzstan | 165.25 hectares | 2026 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 154 | Greenland | 164.5 hectares | 2026 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Lebanon | 163 hectares | 2026 | up 134.5% | rising |
| 156 | Croatia | 162.08 hectares | 2026 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 157 | Norway | 161.83 hectares | 2026 | up 37.7% | falling |
| 158 | Romania | 161 hectares | 2026 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 159 | Italy | 160.09 hectares | 2026 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 160 | Bulgaria | 157.54 hectares | 2026 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 161 | Hungary | 157.08 hectares | 2026 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 162 | Philippines | 156.55 hectares | 2026 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 163 | Lithuania | 154.67 hectares | 2026 | up 38.1% | falling |
| 164 | Tajikistan | 152.86 hectares | 2026 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 165 | Albania | 151.13 hectares | 2026 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 166 | Mauritius | 145.9 hectares | 2024 | down 33.8% | flat |
| 167 | Armenia | 145.5 hectares | 2026 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 168 | Estonia | 145 hectares | 2023 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Kuwait | 143 hectares | 2026 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 170 | Denmark | 130.78 hectares | 2026 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 171 | Finland | 126 hectares | 2026 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 172 | Belgium | 125.5 hectares | 2026 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 120.67 hectares | 2026 | down 30.9% | flat |
| 174 | Libya | 115 hectares | 2026 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 175 | Qatar | 111 hectares | 2020 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 176 | Palestine | 107 hectares | 2026 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 177 | Burundi | 105.72 hectares | 2026 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 178 | Germany | 102.46 hectares | 2026 | down 16.1% | flat |
| 179 | Antigua and Barbuda | 95 hectares | 2021 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 180 | Sweden | 86.25 hectares | 2026 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Switzerland | 75 hectares | 2026 | down 55.4% | volatile |
About this data
The average area burnt per wildfire, in hectares. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 07 August 2026.