Annual number of fires by country
Countries reporting
201
Highest
67,267
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Median
81
Years covered
15
2012–2026
Data points
3,720
What the numbers show
Annual number of fires is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 67,267 in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0 in United States Minor Outlying Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 81, and the mean is 2,483.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 147 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 800.0%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).
Annual number of fires: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 67,267 | 2026 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 2 | Angola | 55,389 | 2026 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 3 | Zambia | 30,784 | 2026 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 4 | Australia | 26,226 | 2026 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 5 | Indonesia | 24,826 | 2026 | up 225.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Mozambique | 24,523 | 2026 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 7 | Brazil | 20,934 | 2026 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 8 | South Sudan | 15,407 | 2026 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 9 | India | 13,681 | 2026 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 12,767 | 2026 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 11 | Russia | 12,643 | 2026 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 12 | Myanmar | 11,675 | 2026 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 13 | Tanzania | 10,407 | 2026 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea | 10,105 | 2026 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 15 | Nigeria | 8,334 | 2026 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 16 | Venezuela | 8,278 | 2026 | down 36.2% | rising |
| 17 | China | 7,876 | 2026 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 18 | United States | 7,347 | 2026 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 19 | Thailand | 6,899 | 2026 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 6,856 | 2026 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 21 | Laos | 6,494 | 2026 | down 34.0% | flat |
| 22 | South Africa | 5,649 | 2026 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 5,372 | 2026 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 24 | Cambodia | 5,232 | 2026 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 25 | Mali | 4,550 | 2026 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 26 | Mexico | 4,374 | 2026 | down 69.0% | falling |
| 27 | Cameroon | 4,351 | 2026 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 28 | Ghana | 4,239 | 2026 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 29 | Congo | 3,765 | 2026 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 30 | Papua New Guinea | 3,548 | 2026 | up 248.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Chad | 3,521 | 2026 | down 79.7% | falling |
| 32 | Bolivia | 3,517 | 2026 | down 74.0% | rising |
| 33 | Canada | 3,386 | 2026 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 34 | Sudan | 3,267 | 2026 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 35 | Argentina | 3,229 | 2026 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 36 | Uganda | 3,048 | 2026 | down 75.8% | falling |
| 37 | Colombia | 2,994 | 2026 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 2,823 | 2026 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 39 | Senegal | 2,791 | 2026 | down 56.7% | flat |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 2,755 | 2026 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 41 | Ukraine | 2,423 | 2026 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Paraguay | 2,266 | 2026 | down 73.7% | falling |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 2,110 | 2026 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Vietnam | 1,784 | 2026 | down 71.3% | falling |
| 45 | Philippines | 1,610 | 2026 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 1,542 | 2026 | down 65.1% | falling |
| 47 | Namibia | 1,513 | 2026 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,384 | 2026 | down 83.4% | falling |
| 49 | Peru | 1,368 | 2026 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 50 | Honduras | 1,102 | 2026 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 51 | Chile | 957 | 2026 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 52 | Botswana | 939 | 2026 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Italy | 873 | 2026 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 54 | Benin | 860 | 2026 | down 78.0% | falling |
| 55 | Malawi | 842 | 2026 | down 79.9% | falling |
| 56 | Cuba | 771 | 2026 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 57 | Nepal | 766 | 2026 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Guatemala | 759 | 2026 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 59 | Liberia | 754 | 2026 | down 70.1% | falling |
| 60 | Nicaragua | 703 | 2026 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 61 | Spain | 665 | 2026 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 62 | Guinea-Bissau | 645 | 2026 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 63 | Iran | 627 | 2026 | down 71.7% | falling |
| 64 | Togo | 625 | 2026 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 65 | Algeria | 558 | 2026 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Gabon | 539 | 2026 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 67 | Iraq | 487 | 2026 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 68 | Turkey | 481 | 2026 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Bangladesh | 421 | 2026 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 70 | Kenya | 412 | 2026 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 71 | France | 400 | 2026 | up 66.7% | falling |
| 72 | Pakistan | 391 | 2026 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 73 | Portugal | 366 | 2026 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Romania | 339 | 2026 | down 76.5% | falling |
| 75 | Guyana | 291 | 2026 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 259 | 2026 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 76 | Ecuador | 259 | 2026 | down 83.3% | falling |
| 78 | Panama | 252 | 2026 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Gambia | 241 | 2026 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 80 | Niger | 236 | 2026 | down 36.2% | rising |
| 81 | Malaysia | 226 | 2026 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Serbia | 223 | 2026 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Burundi | 203 | 2026 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 185 | 2026 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 85 | El Salvador | 171 | 2026 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Syria | 159 | 2026 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Belize | 145 | 2026 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 88 | Uzbekistan | 143 | 2026 | down 65.0% | falling |
| 89 | Mongolia | 133 | 2026 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Albania | 131 | 2026 | up 95.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 109 | 2026 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 92 | New Zealand | 108 | 2026 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 105 | 2026 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Mauritania | 98 | 2026 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Eswatini | 98 | 2026 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 97 | 2026 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 96 | Suriname | 97 | 2026 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 98 | North Macedonia | 93 | 2026 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 99 | United Kingdom | 92 | 2026 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 85 | 2026 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Germany | 81 | 2026 | up 406.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Tunisia | 79 | 2026 | up 71.7% | falling |
| 103 | East Timor | 78 | 2026 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 76 | 2026 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Montenegro | 76 | 2026 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Fiji | 70 | 2026 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Uruguay | 66 | 2026 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Belarus | 58 | 2026 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Georgia | 55 | 2026 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 109 | Japan | 55 | 2026 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 111 | Greece | 47 | 2026 | down 81.0% | falling |
| 112 | Vanuatu | 44 | 2026 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Hungary | 43 | 2026 | up 168.8% | volatile |
| 113 | North Korea | 43 | 2026 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Haiti | 38 | 2026 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 116 | Rwanda | 36 | 2026 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 116 | French Guiana | 36 | 2026 | down 76.2% | falling |
| 118 | Eritrea | 34 | 2026 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Egypt | 33 | 2026 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 120 | Morocco | 30 | 2026 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 121 | Bahamas | 28 | 2026 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 122 | Croatia | 27 | 2026 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Lebanon | 25 | 2026 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Poland | 25 | 2026 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Lesotho | 23 | 2026 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Jamaica | 21 | 2026 | up 75.0% | falling |
| 127 | Bhutan | 19 | 2026 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 127 | Ireland | 19 | 2026 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 127 | New Caledonia | 19 | 2026 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 130 | South Korea | 15 | 2026 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Saudi Arabia | 15 | 2026 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 132 | Moldova | 13 | 2026 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12 | 2026 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Somalia | 11 | 2026 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Afghanistan | 10 | 2026 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Austria | 10 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Netherlands | 10 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Denmark | 9 | 2026 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Armenia | 8 | 2026 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Belgium | 8 | 2026 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Comoros | 8 | 2026 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 2026 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Tajikistan | 8 | 2026 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Equatorial Guinea | 7 | 2026 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Israel | 7 | 2026 | down 74.1% | falling |
| 146 | Norway | 6 | 2026 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Yemen | 5 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Latvia | 4 | 2026 | unchanged | volatile |
| 148 | Sweden | 4 | 2026 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Reunion | 4 | 2026 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Cape Verde | 3 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Finland | 3 | 2026 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Lithuania | 3 | 2026 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Slovakia | 3 | 2026 | unchanged | volatile |
| 155 | Brunei | 2 | 2026 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Grenada | 2 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Greenland | 2 | 2026 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Libya | 2 | 2026 | down 81.8% | falling |
| 155 | Palestine | 2 | 2026 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 2 | 2026 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Guadeloupe | 2 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Taiwan | 2 | 2026 | unchanged | volatile |
| 163 | Barbados | 1 | 2026 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Switzerland | 1 | 2026 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Czechia | 1 | 2026 | unchanged | volatile |
| 163 | Djibouti | 1 | 2026 | unchanged | volatile |
| 163 | Jordan | 1 | 2026 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Kuwait | 1 | 2026 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Mauritius | 1 | 2026 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Oman | 1 | 2026 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Palau | 1 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 2026 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Slovenia | 1 | 2026 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 174 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Curacao | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Cyprus | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Dominica | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Estonia | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Micronesia (country) | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Guam | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Iceland | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Malta | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Qatar | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Martinique | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Mayotte | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Western Sahara | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Montserrat | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Falkland Islands | 0 | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 174 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 0 | 2026 | — | volatile |