Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Area burned by wildfires by land cover type. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
158
Highest
966.66 % change on previous year
Yemen
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Taiwan
Median
-19.74 % change on previous year
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
3,175
What the numbers show
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, annual growth rate is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 966.66 % change on previous year in Yemen; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Taiwan.
The median across all reporting countries is -19.74 % change on previous year, and the mean is 23.83 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Turkmenistan (up 18,320.1%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 3,983.4%).
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yemen | 966.66 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,066.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Portugal | 904.61 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 420.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 590.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 18,320.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Italy | 566.66 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,408.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Georgia | 550.9 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 850.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Eritrea | 549.51 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,804.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Spain | 515.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 225.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 511.76 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 353.26 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Uruguay | 339.29 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Cyprus | 330 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 615.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Haiti | 312.82 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 482.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Poland | 250 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 78.6% | volatile |
| 14 | India | 226.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 626.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Palestine | 220 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 219.3 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 390.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Lithuania | 214.29 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Romania | 203.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 842.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 178.33 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 789.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Cuba | 168.39 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 240.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Tunisia | 150 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 8,449.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Morocco | 141.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 243.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Algeria | 122.5 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 328.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Namibia | 104.99 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,934.9% | volatile |
| 25 | North Korea | 86.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 326.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 67.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Montenegro | 56.88 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 156.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Sudan | 53.65 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,335.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Albania | 53.29 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 191.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Australia | 46.56 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 644.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Niger | 42.45 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 218.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 42.42 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 322.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Mauritania | 35.29 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 101.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Mexico | 29.49 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 357.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 133.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Pakistan | 26.16 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 142.3% | volatile |
| 37 | France | 24.49 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 188.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Cameroon | 22.48 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 288.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Botswana | 19.6 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 152.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Myanmar | 17.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 348.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Argentina | 15.77 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 332.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Turkey | 15.58 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Uganda | 11.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 11.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Central African Republic | 11.45 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Chad | 10.61 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 432.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 5.42 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Ukraine | 1.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 106.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Germany | 0.0009 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 50 | New Zealand | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 50 | El Salvador | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | -1.7 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 92.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Mali | -1.79 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Ethiopia | -2.54 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 109.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Benin | -2.72 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 86.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Zambia | -3.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,623.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Cambodia | -3.26 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 104.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Senegal | -3.5 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Nigeria | -3.56 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3,623.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Belize | -4.68 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 107.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Egypt | -7.95 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 92.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Suriname | -8.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Gabon | -8.09 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 840.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Indonesia | -9.62 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 138.1% | volatile |
| 66 | South Sudan | -9.92 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 140.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Madagascar | -12.17 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,111.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Tanzania | -12.78 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 335.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Kenya | -12.82 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Colombia | -12.91 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Angola | -13.12 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 293.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Malawi | -13.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 140.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Belarus | -13.77 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 124.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Bulgaria | -13.92 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 104.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Guatemala | -14.99 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 149.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Guinea-Bissau | -15.36 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 114.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | -16.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 614.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Congo | -16.95 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 230.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -18.96 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 307.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Canada | -20.52 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Thailand | -24.28 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Bahamas | -26.53 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 144.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Mozambique | -27.4 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,006.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Lesotho | -28.87 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 200.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Guyana | -29.89 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 145.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Chile | -30.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 152.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Japan | -30.56 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Gambia | -30.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Papua New Guinea | -31.5 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 123.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Vietnam | -31.84 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 154.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Greece | -32.32 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Togo | -33.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 222.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Cote d'Ivoire | -34.63 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 254.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Jamaica | -36.36 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Venezuela | -36.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 634.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Armenia | -39.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Nepal | -39.42 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Russia | -41.54 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Laos | -41.99 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 150.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Rwanda | -42.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 149.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Guinea | -43.32 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Mongolia | -44.73 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 190.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Burundi | -45.1 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 106.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Serbia | -45.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 105 | China | -46.72 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 115.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Ghana | -47.75 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 654.8% | volatile |
| 107 | South Africa | -47.79 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Brazil | -48.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 563.6% | volatile |
| 109 | United States | -49.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 331.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Iran | -53.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Paraguay | -55.49 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3,983.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Eswatini | -56.12 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Israel | -57.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Bolivia | -61.48 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 167.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Nicaragua | -62.89 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Iraq | -64.68 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 163.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Panama | -64.85 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 186.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Honduras | -65.65 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Philippines | -66.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,069.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Peru | -72.8 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 406.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Hungary | -75 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Syria | -76.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 123.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Somalia | -78.58 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 124 | North Macedonia | -80.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Ecuador | -85.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Moldova | -85.19 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 127 | South Korea | -88.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 138.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | -88.98 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 186.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Bhutan | -90.32 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,786.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Liberia | -92.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Malaysia | -93.01 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 143.3% | volatile |
| 132 | East Timor | -94.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Croatia | -94.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 158.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Sri Lanka | -95.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 135 | French Guiana | -95.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Uzbekistan | -96.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 244.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Austria | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Brunei | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Switzerland | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Comoros | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Czechia | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Denmark | -100 % change on previous year | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 137 | Estonia | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 200.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Finland | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Fiji | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 137 | United Kingdom | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Hong Kong | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Ireland | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Jordan | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 137 | Lebanon | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Libya | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Latvia | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | New Caledonia | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Norway | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Puerto Rico | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Slovakia | -100 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Tajikistan | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Taiwan | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Area burned by wildfires by land cover type. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Area burned by wildfires by land cover type Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Area burned by wildfires by land cover type. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.