Annual area burnt per wildfire by country
Countries reporting
182
Highest
1,369
Reunion
Lowest
75
Switzerland
Median
266
Years covered
15
2012–2026
Data points
2,595
What the numbers show
Annual area burnt per wildfire is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 1,369 in Reunion; the lowest is 75 in Switzerland.
The median across all reporting countries is 266, and the mean is 291.95.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 344.4%), and the largest decrease in Switzerland (down 55.4%).
Annual area burnt per wildfire: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reunion | 1,369 | 2026 | up 185.8% | rising |
| 2 | Iceland | 793.25 | 2025 | up 344.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Canada | 773.01 | 2026 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 4 | Belgium | 679.12 | 2026 | up 330.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Cyprus | 654.5 | 2025 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Australia | 635.26 | 2026 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 7 | Greece | 631.36 | 2026 | up 78.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Montenegro | 607.41 | 2026 | up 153.7% | rising |
| 9 | Russia | 601.38 | 2026 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 10 | Botswana | 550.45 | 2026 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 11 | Mauritania | 548.2 | 2026 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 12 | Namibia | 540.38 | 2026 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 497.16 | 2026 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 14 | Mongolia | 483.52 | 2026 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 15 | South Sudan | 473.04 | 2026 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 471.4 | 2026 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 17 | United States | 455.79 | 2026 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 18 | Bahamas | 443.36 | 2026 | down 20.5% | flat |
| 19 | Hong Kong | 443 | 2025 | up 310.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Vanuatu | 439.8 | 2026 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 434.87 | 2026 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 22 | Guam | 432 | 2025 | up 202.1% | falling |
| 23 | Senegal | 426.19 | 2026 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 24 | Ghana | 416.22 | 2026 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 25 | Laos | 406.81 | 2026 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 26 | Gambia | 405.25 | 2026 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 27 | Papua New Guinea | 403.96 | 2026 | up 40.7% | flat |
| 28 | Benin | 399.32 | 2026 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 29 | Thailand | 387.12 | 2026 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 30 | Tunisia | 384.43 | 2026 | up 30.3% | falling |
| 31 | Spain | 384.26 | 2026 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 379.19 | 2026 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 33 | Algeria | 378.34 | 2026 | up 88.7% | rising |
| 34 | Niger | 374.75 | 2026 | down 22.4% | flat |
| 35 | Venezuela | 373.75 | 2026 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 373.42 | 2026 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 37 | Chad | 373.05 | 2026 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 38 | Sudan | 372.9 | 2026 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 39 | Myanmar | 370.52 | 2026 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 40 | Bolivia | 365.27 | 2026 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 359.5 | 2026 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 42 | Bhutan | 358.11 | 2026 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 343.02 | 2026 | up 99.8% | rising |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 342 | 2026 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 45 | Colombia | 340.88 | 2026 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 46 | Nigeria | 340.11 | 2026 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 47 | Croatia | 334.59 | 2026 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 48 | Togo | 334.25 | 2026 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 49 | Angola | 332.8 | 2026 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 50 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 332.05 | 2026 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 51 | Mali | 330.61 | 2026 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 52 | Cameroon | 330.19 | 2026 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 53 | Zambia | 329.39 | 2026 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 54 | Cote d'Ivoire | 326.54 | 2026 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 55 | Chile | 325.6 | 2026 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 56 | French Guiana | 324.83 | 2026 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 57 | Paraguay | 323.79 | 2026 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 323.4 | 2026 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 59 | Guinea | 321.74 | 2026 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 314.97 | 2026 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 61 | North Korea | 314.16 | 2026 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 62 | Argentina | 312.55 | 2026 | down 25.4% | flat |
| 63 | Guinea-Bissau | 307.75 | 2026 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 64 | United Kingdom | 307.6 | 2026 | up 108.2% | rising |
| 65 | Mozambique | 306.79 | 2026 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 66 | Mexico | 306.45 | 2026 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 67 | Eritrea | 302.44 | 2026 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 68 | Honduras | 302.33 | 2026 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 69 | New Caledonia | 298.74 | 2026 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 298.1 | 2026 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 71 | Ireland | 297.63 | 2026 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 72 | China | 297.44 | 2026 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 73 | India | 296.39 | 2026 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 295.43 | 2026 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 294.03 | 2026 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 76 | Tanzania | 293.94 | 2026 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 77 | Cambodia | 291.93 | 2026 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 78 | Jamaica | 290.86 | 2026 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 79 | Cuba | 290.33 | 2026 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 80 | Belize | 286.69 | 2026 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 81 | Albania | 284.4 | 2026 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 82 | Rwanda | 282.86 | 2026 | up 136.5% | rising |
| 83 | Japan | 280.31 | 2026 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 84 | Congo | 279.3 | 2026 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 85 | Suriname | 278.58 | 2026 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 86 | Serbia | 277.46 | 2026 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 87 | France | 275.36 | 2026 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 88 | Palau | 273 | 2026 | up 215.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Indonesia | 272.97 | 2026 | up 47.3% | falling |
| 90 | Belarus | 269.26 | 2026 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 91 | Jordan | 266 | 2026 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 91 | Northern Mariana Islands | 266 | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 93 | Gabon | 265.76 | 2026 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 94 | Malaysia | 265.31 | 2026 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 95 | Sierra Leone | 259.13 | 2026 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 96 | Guyana | 258.7 | 2026 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 97 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 256.5 | 2022 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 98 | Fiji | 255.81 | 2026 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 99 | Syria | 255.27 | 2026 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 100 | South Africa | 253.69 | 2026 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 101 | Georgia | 252.36 | 2026 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 102 | Kenya | 250.32 | 2026 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 103 | Turkey | 241.48 | 2026 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 104 | Morocco | 237.13 | 2026 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 105 | Somalia | 237.09 | 2026 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 106 | Madagascar | 236.71 | 2026 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 107 | Iran | 236.21 | 2026 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 108 | Comoros | 234.62 | 2026 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 109 | Guatemala | 233.75 | 2026 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 110 | Peru | 233.58 | 2026 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 111 | Puerto Rico | 229 | 2026 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 112 | Turkmenistan | 228.5 | 2026 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 113 | Liberia | 226.03 | 2026 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 114 | Uganda | 220.82 | 2026 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 115 | Oman | 220 | 2026 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 116 | Brunei | 219.5 | 2026 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 117 | Iraq | 219.08 | 2026 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | 217.38 | 2026 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 119 | El Salvador | 216.86 | 2026 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 216.12 | 2026 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 121 | Taiwan | 215.5 | 2026 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | 215 | 2025 | up 103.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Mauritius | 215 | 2026 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 124 | Lesotho | 214.48 | 2026 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 125 | Slovakia | 212.67 | 2026 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 126 | Pakistan | 212.48 | 2026 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 127 | Ecuador | 211.39 | 2026 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 209.54 | 2026 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 129 | Djibouti | 207 | 2026 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 130 | Eswatini | 204.19 | 2026 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 131 | Uruguay | 204.03 | 2026 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 132 | Nepal | 203.94 | 2026 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 133 | South Korea | 203 | 2026 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Egypt | 202.97 | 2026 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 135 | Ukraine | 202.95 | 2026 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 136 | Bulgaria | 199.26 | 2026 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 137 | Afghanistan | 198.2 | 2026 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 138 | Dominica | 198 | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 139 | Malawi | 197.6 | 2026 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 140 | Yemen | 196.8 | 2026 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 196 | 2026 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 142 | Israel | 193.86 | 2026 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 143 | Austria | 191.4 | 2026 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 144 | Solomon Islands | 191 | 2026 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 145 | Czechia | 188 | 2026 | up 56.7% | falling |
| 146 | Sri Lanka | 185.41 | 2026 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 147 | Portugal | 184.87 | 2026 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 148 | Latvia | 183 | 2026 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 149 | Armenia | 179.88 | 2026 | down 28.4% | flat |
| 150 | Netherlands | 178.7 | 2026 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Poland | 176.16 | 2026 | up 92.4% | rising |
| 152 | Vietnam | 174.38 | 2026 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 153 | Panama | 174.16 | 2026 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 154 | Slovenia | 172 | 2026 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 155 | Haiti | 170.79 | 2026 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 156 | East Timor | 170.12 | 2026 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 157 | Falkland Islands | 169 | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 158 | New Zealand | 168.64 | 2026 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 159 | Romania | 168.21 | 2026 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 160 | Cape Verde | 167.67 | 2026 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Greenland | 164.5 | 2026 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Italy | 162.94 | 2026 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 163 | Norway | 161.83 | 2026 | up 37.7% | falling |
| 164 | Moldova | 161.08 | 2026 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 157.75 | 2026 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 166 | Lithuania | 154.67 | 2026 | up 38.1% | falling |
| 167 | Philippines | 153.47 | 2026 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 168 | Hungary | 151.05 | 2026 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 169 | Estonia | 145 | 2023 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Kuwait | 143 | 2026 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 171 | Libya | 140.5 | 2026 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 137.14 | 2026 | down 21.5% | flat |
| 173 | Denmark | 130.78 | 2026 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 174 | Finland | 126 | 2026 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 175 | Qatar | 111 | 2020 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 176 | Germany | 108.85 | 2026 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 177 | Palestine | 107 | 2026 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 178 | Antigua and Barbuda | 95 | 2021 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 179 | Burundi | 90.43 | 2026 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 180 | Lebanon | 89.64 | 2026 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 181 | Sweden | 86.25 | 2026 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Switzerland | 75 | 2026 | down 55.4% | volatile |