Annual number of wildfires by country
Number of wildfires. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 07 August 2026.
Countries reporting
241
Highest
44,861 wildfires
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0 wildfires
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Median
12 wildfires
Years covered
15
2012–2026
Data points
3,720
What the numbers show
Annual number of wildfires is currently reported for 241 countries. The highest value is 44,861 wildfires in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0 wildfires in United States Minor Outlying Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 12 wildfires, and the mean is 1,363 wildfires.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 161 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 800.0%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).
Annual number of wildfires: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 44,861 wildfires | 2026 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 2 | Angola | 28,133 wildfires | 2026 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 3 | Australia | 20,782 wildfires | 2026 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 4 | South Sudan | 14,468 wildfires | 2026 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 5 | India | 13,557 wildfires | 2026 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 6 | Zambia | 13,090 wildfires | 2026 | down 78.1% | falling |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 12,765 wildfires | 2026 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 8 | Myanmar | 11,674 wildfires | 2026 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 9 | Guinea | 10,104 wildfires | 2026 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 10 | Russia | 8,555 wildfires | 2026 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 11 | Nigeria | 8,254 wildfires | 2026 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 12 | Venezuela | 7,800 wildfires | 2026 | down 39.8% | rising |
| 13 | China | 7,468 wildfires | 2026 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 14 | Thailand | 6,893 wildfires | 2026 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 15 | Laos | 6,491 wildfires | 2026 | down 34.0% | flat |
| 16 | Brazil | 6,465 wildfires | 2026 | down 91.4% | falling |
| 17 | United States | 5,936 wildfires | 2026 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 18 | Cambodia | 5,221 wildfires | 2026 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 4,865 wildfires | 2026 | down 70.9% | falling |
| 20 | Mozambique | 4,564 wildfires | 2026 | down 90.2% | falling |
| 21 | Mali | 4,506 wildfires | 2026 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 22 | Cameroon | 4,348 wildfires | 2026 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 23 | Ghana | 4,235 wildfires | 2026 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 24 | Mexico | 4,111 wildfires | 2026 | down 70.9% | falling |
| 25 | Tanzania | 4,052 wildfires | 2026 | down 88.1% | falling |
| 26 | Indonesia | 3,672 wildfires | 2026 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 27 | South Africa | 3,581 wildfires | 2026 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 28 | Chad | 3,512 wildfires | 2026 | down 79.7% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 3,273 wildfires | 2026 | down 86.7% | falling |
| 30 | Sudan | 3,211 wildfires | 2026 | down 67.8% | falling |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 2,823 wildfires | 2026 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 32 | Senegal | 2,785 wildfires | 2026 | down 56.8% | flat |
| 33 | Canada | 2,689 wildfires | 2026 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 34 | Congo | 2,564 wildfires | 2026 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 35 | Colombia | 2,524 wildfires | 2026 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 36 | Uganda | 2,216 wildfires | 2026 | down 82.4% | falling |
| 37 | Argentina | 1,720 wildfires | 2026 | down 82.0% | falling |
| 38 | Vietnam | 1,613 wildfires | 2026 | down 74.1% | falling |
| 39 | Bolivia | 1,565 wildfires | 2026 | down 88.4% | rising |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 1,539 wildfires | 2026 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 1,533 wildfires | 2026 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Philippines | 1,515 wildfires | 2026 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 43 | Paraguay | 1,389 wildfires | 2026 | down 83.9% | falling |
| 44 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,382 wildfires | 2026 | down 83.5% | falling |
| 45 | Honduras | 1,054 wildfires | 2026 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 46 | Papua New Guinea | 1,012 wildfires | 2026 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Chile | 925 wildfires | 2026 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 907 wildfires | 2026 | down 84.2% | falling |
| 49 | Ukraine | 893 wildfires | 2026 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Benin | 860 wildfires | 2026 | down 78.0% | falling |
| 51 | Nepal | 766 wildfires | 2026 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Liberia | 754 wildfires | 2026 | down 70.1% | falling |
| 53 | Guatemala | 723 wildfires | 2026 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 697 wildfires | 2026 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 55 | Cuba | 655 wildfires | 2026 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 645 wildfires | 2026 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 57 | Togo | 625 wildfires | 2026 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 58 | Spain | 521 wildfires | 2026 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 59 | Iran | 504 wildfires | 2026 | down 77.2% | falling |
| 60 | Italy | 494 wildfires | 2026 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 61 | Namibia | 479 wildfires | 2026 | down 77.3% | falling |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 421 wildfires | 2026 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 63 | Gabon | 406 wildfires | 2026 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 64 | Pakistan | 376 wildfires | 2026 | down 74.4% | falling |
| 65 | Botswana | 340 wildfires | 2026 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 66 | France | 334 wildfires | 2026 | up 39.2% | falling |
| 67 | Malawi | 326 wildfires | 2026 | down 92.2% | falling |
| 68 | Iraq | 313 wildfires | 2026 | down 82.0% | falling |
| 69 | Algeria | 311 wildfires | 2026 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Peru | 264 wildfires | 2026 | down 94.9% | falling |
| 71 | Portugal | 259 wildfires | 2026 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 258 wildfires | 2026 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 73 | Panama | 252 wildfires | 2026 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Kenya | 242 wildfires | 2026 | down 72.6% | falling |
| 75 | Gambia | 241 wildfires | 2026 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 76 | Niger | 231 wildfires | 2026 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 77 | Malaysia | 171 wildfires | 2026 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 78 | El Salvador | 170 wildfires | 2026 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Turkey | 162 wildfires | 2026 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Guyana | 136 wildfires | 2026 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Belize | 131 wildfires | 2026 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 81 | Romania | 131 wildfires | 2026 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Uzbekistan | 125 wildfires | 2026 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 84 | Mongolia | 122 wildfires | 2026 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Mauritania | 97 wildfires | 2026 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 86 | Turkmenistan | 94 wildfires | 2026 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 87 | New Zealand | 93 wildfires | 2026 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 87 | Syria | 93 wildfires | 2026 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Burundi | 88 wildfires | 2026 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Ecuador | 84 wildfires | 2026 | down 94.6% | falling |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 80 wildfires | 2026 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 68 wildfires | 2026 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 93 | United Kingdom | 64 wildfires | 2026 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 94 | Germany | 59 wildfires | 2026 | up 268.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Belarus | 55 wildfires | 2026 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Japan | 53 wildfires | 2026 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 97 | Eswatini | 52 wildfires | 2026 | down 76.6% | falling |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 51 wildfires | 2026 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Uruguay | 45 wildfires | 2026 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 100 | North Korea | 43 wildfires | 2026 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Tunisia | 42 wildfires | 2026 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 102 | Haiti | 35 wildfires | 2026 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 34 wildfires | 2026 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Eritrea | 31 wildfires | 2026 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Rwanda | 29 wildfires | 2026 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 29 wildfires | 2026 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Georgia | 28 wildfires | 2026 | down 81.8% | falling |
| 107 | Greece | 28 wildfires | 2026 | down 88.7% | falling |
| 107 | Serbia | 28 wildfires | 2026 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 26 wildfires | 2026 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Hungary | 26 wildfires | 2026 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Bahamas | 25 wildfires | 2026 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 113 | Morocco | 24 wildfires | 2026 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 114 | Egypt | 20 wildfires | 2026 | down 84.0% | falling |
| 115 | Bhutan | 19 wildfires | 2026 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 115 | Montenegro | 19 wildfires | 2026 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Poland | 16 wildfires | 2026 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Albania | 15 wildfires | 2026 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Saudi Arabia | 14 wildfires | 2026 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 121 | Croatia | 13 wildfires | 2026 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Fiji | 12 wildfires | 2026 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 122 | South Korea | 12 wildfires | 2026 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 122 | North Macedonia | 12 wildfires | 2026 | down 85.9% | falling |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12 wildfires | 2026 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Suriname | 11 wildfires | 2026 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Afghanistan | 10 wildfires | 2026 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Somalia | 10 wildfires | 2026 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Austria | 9 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Denmark | 9 wildfires | 2026 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Jamaica | 9 wildfires | 2026 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 129 | Netherlands | 9 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Lesotho | 8 wildfires | 2026 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Moldova | 7 wildfires | 2026 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 7 wildfires | 2026 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Equatorial Guinea | 6 wildfires | 2026 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 6 wildfires | 2026 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Norway | 6 wildfires | 2026 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 136 | French Guiana | 6 wildfires | 2026 | down 96.0% | falling |
| 140 | Lebanon | 5 wildfires | 2026 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Yemen | 5 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Comoros | 4 wildfires | 2026 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 wildfires | 2026 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Latvia | 4 wildfires | 2026 | unchanged | volatile |
| 142 | Sweden | 4 wildfires | 2026 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Reunion | 4 wildfires | 2026 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Finland | 3 wildfires | 2026 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Lithuania | 3 wildfires | 2026 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Slovakia | 3 wildfires | 2026 | unchanged | volatile |
| 150 | Armenia | 2 wildfires | 2026 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Belgium | 2 wildfires | 2026 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Cape Verde | 2 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Grenada | 2 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Greenland | 2 wildfires | 2026 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Israel | 2 wildfires | 2026 | down 92.6% | falling |
| 150 | Palestine | 2 wildfires | 2026 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 2 wildfires | 2026 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Taiwan | 2 wildfires | 2026 | unchanged | volatile |
| 160 | Barbados | 1 wildfires | 2026 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Brunei | 1 wildfires | 2026 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Switzerland | 1 wildfires | 2026 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Czechia | 1 wildfires | 2026 | unchanged | volatile |
| 160 | Djibouti | 1 wildfires | 2026 | unchanged | volatile |
| 160 | Jordan | 1 wildfires | 2026 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Kuwait | 1 wildfires | 2026 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Libya | 1 wildfires | 2026 | down 90.9% | falling |
| 160 | Oman | 1 wildfires | 2026 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Puerto Rico | 1 wildfires | 2026 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Slovenia | 1 wildfires | 2026 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 160 | East Timor | 1 wildfires | 2026 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Aruba | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Andorra | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | United Arab Emirates | 0 wildfires | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | American Samoa | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 wildfires | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Bahrain | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Bermuda | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Curacao | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Cayman Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Cyprus | 0 wildfires | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Dominica | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Estonia | 0 wildfires | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Faroe Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Micronesia (country) | 0 wildfires | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Gibraltar | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Guam | 0 wildfires | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Hong Kong | 0 wildfires | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Isle of Man | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Iceland | 0 wildfires | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Kiribati | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Saint Lucia | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Macao | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Monaco | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Maldives | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Marshall Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Mauritius | 0 wildfires | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Nauru | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Palau | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Qatar | 0 wildfires | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Singapore | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | San Marino | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Seychelles | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Tonga | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Tuvalu | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | British Virgin Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Samoa | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Western Sahara | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Anguilla | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Cook Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Montserrat | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Niue | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Falkland Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Guernsey | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Jersey | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Saint Barthelemy | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Saint Helena | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Tokelau | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Vatican | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Cocos Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Norfolk Island | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Christmas Island | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Pitcairn | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Bouvet Island | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | French Southern Territories | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | Aland Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | flat |
| 172 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 0 wildfires | 2026 | — | volatile |
About this data
Number of wildfires. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 07 August 2026.