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Annual number of wildfires by country

Number of wildfires. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 18 September 2026.

Countries reporting
201
Highest
65,851 wildfires
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0 wildfires
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Median
69 wildfires
Years covered
15
2012–2026
Data points
3,720

What the numbers show

Annual number of wildfires is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 65,851 wildfires in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0 wildfires in United States Minor Outlying Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 69 wildfires, and the mean is 2,279 wildfires.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 152 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Democratic Republic of Congo 65,851 wildfires 2026 down 50.4% falling
2 Angola 50,923 wildfires 2026 down 49.3% falling
3 Zambia 28,043 wildfires 2026 down 53.0% falling
4 Australia 24,293 wildfires 2026 down 26.0% falling
5 Mozambique 20,655 wildfires 2026 down 55.7% falling
6 Indonesia 17,008 wildfires 2026 up 122.7% volatile
7 South Sudan 15,057 wildfires 2026 down 67.4% falling
8 Brazil 14,348 wildfires 2026 down 80.9% falling
9 India 13,597 wildfires 2026 down 48.3% falling
10 Central African Republic 12,766 wildfires 2026 down 73.4% falling
11 Russia 12,133 wildfires 2026 down 53.5% falling
12 Myanmar 11,675 wildfires 2026 down 34.7% falling
13 Guinea 10,104 wildfires 2026 down 55.6% falling
14 Tanzania 8,502 wildfires 2026 down 75.1% falling
15 Nigeria 8,303 wildfires 2026 down 62.2% falling
16 Venezuela 8,126 wildfires 2026 down 37.3% rising
17 China 7,671 wildfires 2026 down 31.5% falling
18 Thailand 6,898 wildfires 2026 down 48.8% falling
19 United States 6,880 wildfires 2026 down 58.1% falling
20 Laos 6,492 wildfires 2026 down 34.0% flat
21 Madagascar 5,682 wildfires 2026 down 76.9% falling
22 South Africa 5,340 wildfires 2026 down 24.5% falling
23 Ethiopia 5,285 wildfires 2026 down 68.4% falling
24 Cambodia 5,226 wildfires 2026 down 65.9% falling
25 Mali 4,520 wildfires 2026 down 63.8% falling
26 Cameroon 4,351 wildfires 2026 down 65.6% falling
27 Mexico 4,316 wildfires 2026 down 69.4% falling
28 Ghana 4,236 wildfires 2026 down 66.6% falling
29 Congo 3,613 wildfires 2026 down 41.1% falling
30 Chad 3,518 wildfires 2026 down 79.7% falling
31 Canada 3,334 wildfires 2026 down 7.1% rising
32 Sudan 3,221 wildfires 2026 down 67.7% falling
33 Uganda 2,871 wildfires 2026 down 77.2% falling
34 Colombia 2,861 wildfires 2026 down 65.0% falling
35 Sierra Leone 2,823 wildfires 2026 down 57.7% falling
36 Senegal 2,785 wildfires 2026 down 56.8% flat
37 Argentina 2,689 wildfires 2026 down 71.8% falling
38 Bolivia 2,577 wildfires 2026 down 81.0% rising
39 Ukraine 2,359 wildfires 2026 down 58.3% volatile
40 Papua New Guinea 2,312 wildfires 2026 up 127.3% volatile
41 Zimbabwe 2,198 wildfires 2026 down 61.8% falling
42 Paraguay 1,957 wildfires 2026 down 77.3% falling
43 Kazakhstan 1,944 wildfires 2026 down 55.4% volatile
44 Vietnam 1,677 wildfires 2026 down 73.0% falling
45 Philippines 1,583 wildfires 2026 down 50.5% falling
46 Burkina Faso 1,541 wildfires 2026 down 65.2% falling
47 Cote d'Ivoire 1,382 wildfires 2026 down 83.5% falling
48 Namibia 1,305 wildfires 2026 down 38.2% falling
49 Honduras 1,102 wildfires 2026 down 62.7% falling
50 Chile 957 wildfires 2026 down 25.0% falling
51 Benin 860 wildfires 2026 down 78.0% falling
52 Botswana 812 wildfires 2026 down 19.7% volatile
53 Italy 805 wildfires 2026 down 13.2% falling
54 Peru 784 wildfires 2026 down 84.8% falling
55 Cuba 769 wildfires 2026 down 30.2% rising
56 Nepal 766 wildfires 2026 down 86.1% volatile
57 Guatemala 756 wildfires 2026 down 69.7% falling
58 Liberia 754 wildfires 2026 down 70.1% falling
59 Nicaragua 703 wildfires 2026 down 63.1% falling
60 Malawi 684 wildfires 2026 down 83.7% falling
61 Guinea-Bissau 645 wildfires 2026 down 56.6% falling
62 Spain 627 wildfires 2026 up 15.9% falling
63 Togo 625 wildfires 2026 down 77.1% falling
64 Iran 579 wildfires 2026 down 73.8% falling
65 Algeria 547 wildfires 2026 down 35.7% volatile
66 Gabon 513 wildfires 2026 down 30.7% falling
67 Iraq 422 wildfires 2026 down 75.8% falling
68 Bangladesh 421 wildfires 2026 down 35.6% falling
69 Turkey 415 wildfires 2026 down 83.4% volatile
70 France 385 wildfires 2026 up 60.4% falling
71 Pakistan 380 wildfires 2026 down 74.1% falling
72 Portugal 343 wildfires 2026 down 64.8% volatile
73 Kenya 337 wildfires 2026 down 61.9% falling
74 Romania 264 wildfires 2026 down 81.7% falling
75 Costa Rica 258 wildfires 2026 down 36.1% falling
76 Panama 252 wildfires 2026 down 75.0% volatile
77 Gambia 241 wildfires 2026 down 19.9% rising
78 Niger 231 wildfires 2026 down 37.6% rising
79 Malaysia 219 wildfires 2026 down 78.0% volatile
80 Ecuador 205 wildfires 2026 down 86.8% falling
81 Burundi 193 wildfires 2026 down 82.2% volatile
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 178 wildfires 2026 down 6.3% volatile
83 Guyana 174 wildfires 2026 down 71.7% volatile
84 El Salvador 171 wildfires 2026 down 19.3% volatile
85 Belize 143 wildfires 2026 down 59.7% falling
86 Syria 142 wildfires 2026 down 45.0% volatile
87 Uzbekistan 137 wildfires 2026 down 66.5% falling
88 Mongolia 130 wildfires 2026 down 53.2% volatile
89 Sri Lanka 106 wildfires 2026 down 67.0% volatile
90 Serbia 105 wildfires 2026 down 6.2% volatile
91 Turkmenistan 102 wildfires 2026 down 83.9% volatile
92 Albania 101 wildfires 2026 up 50.7% volatile
93 New Zealand 100 wildfires 2026 down 45.9% falling
94 Mauritania 97 wildfires 2026 down 1.0% rising
95 Eswatini 94 wildfires 2026 down 57.7% falling
96 Dominican Republic 93 wildfires 2026 down 46.9% falling
97 United Kingdom 92 wildfires 2026 up 130.0% rising
98 North Macedonia 82 wildfires 2026 down 3.5% falling
99 Germany 79 wildfires 2026 up 393.8% volatile
100 Azerbaijan 76 wildfires 2026 down 79.5% volatile
101 Tunisia 69 wildfires 2026 up 50.0% falling
102 Montenegro 64 wildfires 2026 up 6.7% volatile
103 Bulgaria 62 wildfires 2026 down 90.6% volatile
104 Uruguay 60 wildfires 2026 down 44.4% volatile
105 Belarus 58 wildfires 2026 down 48.2% volatile
106 Japan 54 wildfires 2026 up 74.2% rising
107 Georgia 53 wildfires 2026 down 65.6% falling
108 Fiji 44 wildfires 2026 down 67.9% volatile
108 Greece 44 wildfires 2026 down 82.3% falling
110 North Korea 43 wildfires 2026 down 56.1% volatile
111 Hungary 40 wildfires 2026 up 150.0% volatile
112 Haiti 38 wildfires 2026 down 19.1% falling
113 Rwanda 36 wildfires 2026 down 89.8% volatile
114 Eritrea 34 wildfires 2026 up 112.5% volatile
114 Vanuatu 34 wildfires 2026 down 69.4% volatile
116 East Timor 33 wildfires 2026 down 29.8% volatile
117 Egypt 29 wildfires 2026 down 76.8% falling
118 Bahamas 28 wildfires 2026 down 57.6% falling
119 Morocco 26 wildfires 2026 down 56.7% falling
120 Croatia 24 wildfires 2026 down 69.2% volatile
121 Lesotho 23 wildfires 2026 up 15.0% volatile
121 Poland 23 wildfires 2026 down 34.3% volatile
123 Suriname 22 wildfires 2026 down 88.8% volatile
124 Lebanon 21 wildfires 2026 down 50.0% volatile
125 Jamaica 20 wildfires 2026 up 66.7% falling
126 Bhutan 19 wildfires 2026 down 61.2% falling
126 Ireland 19 wildfires 2026 up 26.7% volatile
128 Saudi Arabia 15 wildfires 2026 down 50.0% falling
129 South Korea 12 wildfires 2026 down 7.7% volatile
129 Moldova 12 wildfires 2026 down 95.5% volatile
129 Trinidad and Tobago 12 wildfires 2026 down 58.6% volatile
132 New Caledonia 11 wildfires 2026 down 87.6% volatile
132 Somalia 11 wildfires 2026 down 89.7% volatile
134 Afghanistan 10 wildfires 2026 down 80.8% volatile
134 Austria 10 wildfires 2026 — volatile
134 Netherlands 10 wildfires 2026 — volatile
137 Denmark 9 wildfires 2026 up 800.0% volatile
137 French Guiana 9 wildfires 2026 down 94.0% falling
139 Belgium 8 wildfires 2026 up 166.7% volatile
139 Comoros 8 wildfires 2026 up 60.0% volatile
139 Kyrgyzstan 8 wildfires 2026 down 86.0% volatile
142 Equatorial Guinea 7 wildfires 2026 down 53.3% volatile
142 Tajikistan 7 wildfires 2026 down 78.8% volatile
144 Norway 6 wildfires 2026 up 200.0% volatile
145 Israel 5 wildfires 2026 down 81.5% falling
145 Yemen 5 wildfires 2026 — volatile
147 Latvia 4 wildfires 2026 unchanged volatile
147 Sweden 4 wildfires 2026 down 66.7% volatile
147 Reunion 4 wildfires 2026 down 50.0% volatile
150 Armenia 3 wildfires 2026 down 95.9% volatile
150 Cape Verde 3 wildfires 2026 — volatile
150 Finland 3 wildfires 2026 down 62.5% volatile
150 Lithuania 3 wildfires 2026 up 200.0% volatile
150 Slovakia 3 wildfires 2026 unchanged volatile
155 Brunei 2 wildfires 2026 down 92.3% volatile
155 Grenada 2 wildfires 2026 — volatile
155 Greenland 2 wildfires 2026 up 100.0% volatile
155 Palestine 2 wildfires 2026 down 86.7% volatile
155 Solomon Islands 2 wildfires 2026 down 33.3% volatile
155 Guadeloupe 2 wildfires 2026 — volatile
155 Taiwan 2 wildfires 2026 unchanged volatile
162 Barbados 1 wildfires 2026 down 50.0% volatile
162 Switzerland 1 wildfires 2026 down 66.7% volatile
162 Czechia 1 wildfires 2026 unchanged volatile
162 Djibouti 1 wildfires 2026 unchanged volatile
162 Jordan 1 wildfires 2026 down 50.0% volatile
162 Kuwait 1 wildfires 2026 down 90.9% volatile
162 Libya 1 wildfires 2026 down 90.9% falling
162 Oman 1 wildfires 2026 down 66.7% volatile
162 Palau 1 wildfires 2026 — volatile
162 Puerto Rico 1 wildfires 2026 down 83.3% volatile
162 Slovenia 1 wildfires 2026 down 66.7% volatile
173 United Arab Emirates 0 wildfires 2026 down 100.0% volatile
173 Antigua and Barbuda 0 wildfires 2026 down 100.0% volatile
173 Curacao 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 Cayman Islands 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 Cyprus 0 wildfires 2026 down 100.0% volatile
173 Dominica 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 Estonia 0 wildfires 2026 down 100.0% volatile
173 Micronesia (country) 0 wildfires 2026 down 100.0% volatile
173 Guam 0 wildfires 2026 down 100.0% volatile
173 Hong Kong 0 wildfires 2026 down 100.0% volatile
173 Iceland 0 wildfires 2026 down 100.0% volatile
173 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 Saint Lucia 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 Malta 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 Northern Mariana Islands 0 wildfires 2026 down 100.0% volatile
173 Mauritius 0 wildfires 2026 down 100.0% volatile
173 Qatar 0 wildfires 2026 down 100.0% volatile
173 Sao Tome and Principe 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 British Virgin Islands 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 United States Virgin Islands 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 Martinique 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 Mayotte 0 wildfires 2026 down 100.0% volatile
173 Western Sahara 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 Montserrat 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 Falkland Islands 0 wildfires 2026 down 100.0% volatile
173 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile
173 United States Minor Outlying Islands 0 wildfires 2026 — volatile

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Indicator
Annual number of wildfires
Unit
wildfires
Source
Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
248 places, 3,720 data points, 2012–2026
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Number of wildfires. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 18 September 2026.