Area burned by wildfires by land cover type by country
Area of shrubland and grassland burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares. Includes open and closed shrublands and grasslands without a significant tree cover.
Countries reporting
178
Highest
46.69 million hectares
Australia
Lowest
0 hectares
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
Median
10,057 hectares
Years covered
24
2002–2025
Data points
5,400
What the numbers show
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 46.69 million hectares in Australia; the lowest is 0 hectares in Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba.
The median across all reporting countries is 10,057 hectares, and the mean is 804,741 hectares.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in United Kingdom (up 14,899.9%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 46.69 million hectares | 2025 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 2 | Angola | 12.35 million hectares | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 3 | South Sudan | 8.48 million hectares | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 4 | Sudan | 8.34 million hectares | 2025 | up 52.7% | falling |
| 5 | Mali | 6.72 million hectares | 2025 | up 34.7% | falling |
| 6 | Chad | 5.31 million hectares | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 7 | Zambia | 3.95 million hectares | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 8 | Brazil | 3.63 million hectares | 2025 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 3.45 million hectares | 2025 | up 130.1% | falling |
| 10 | Senegal | 3.26 million hectares | 2025 | up 42.1% | falling |
| 11 | Madagascar | 2.96 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 12 | Nigeria | 2.89 million hectares | 2025 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 13 | Botswana | 2.59 million hectares | 2025 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Tanzania | 2.44 million hectares | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 15 | Namibia | 2.15 million hectares | 2025 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 16 | South Africa | 2.13 million hectares | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 17 | Mozambique | 2.04 million hectares | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 18 | Congo | 1.93 million hectares | 2025 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 19 | Ghana | 1.75 million hectares | 2025 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 20 | Venezuela | 1.69 million hectares | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 1.62 million hectares | 2025 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.46 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 1.39 million hectares | 2025 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Russia | 1.16 million hectares | 2025 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 25 | United States | 1.13 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 26 | Argentina | 1.12 million hectares | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 27 | Niger | 1.10 million hectares | 2025 | up 528.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 1.01 million hectares | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 919,598 hectares | 2025 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 30 | Uganda | 649,944 hectares | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 31 | Benin | 600,250 hectares | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 32 | Cameroon | 482,746 hectares | 2025 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 33 | Bolivia | 450,955 hectares | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 34 | Colombia | 446,662 hectares | 2025 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 35 | Myanmar | 377,434 hectares | 2025 | up 175.2% | rising |
| 36 | Gabon | 353,328 hectares | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 37 | Kenya | 276,223 hectares | 2025 | up 150.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Mauritania | 276,201 hectares | 2025 | up 550.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Guinea | 266,756 hectares | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 40 | Cambodia | 263,579 hectares | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 41 | Mexico | 259,179 hectares | 2025 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 42 | India | 245,999 hectares | 2025 | up 437.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Togo | 245,140 hectares | 2025 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 44 | Ukraine | 182,116 hectares | 2025 | up 62.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Cote d'Ivoire | 181,580 hectares | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 46 | Mongolia | 143,993 hectares | 2025 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Iran | 139,421 hectares | 2025 | up 247.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Pakistan | 117,912 hectares | 2025 | up 1,054.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Paraguay | 101,405 hectares | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 50 | Gambia | 96,961 hectares | 2025 | up 39.9% | flat |
| 51 | Spain | 93,098 hectares | 2025 | up 188.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Canada | 90,801 hectares | 2025 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 53 | China | 71,417 hectares | 2025 | down 64.2% | falling |
| 54 | Malawi | 69,721 hectares | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 55 | Iraq | 65,149 hectares | 2025 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 61,199 hectares | 2025 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Portugal | 60,813 hectares | 2025 | up 465.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Laos | 52,398 hectares | 2025 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Turkey | 49,522 hectares | 2025 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Guyana | 49,393 hectares | 2025 | down 43.7% | rising |
| 61 | Turkmenistan | 48,448 hectares | 2025 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Egypt | 46,452 hectares | 2025 | up 6,082.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Eritrea | 43,082 hectares | 2025 | up 1,284.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Eswatini | 37,522 hectares | 2025 | up 39.7% | falling |
| 65 | Peru | 31,512 hectares | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Lesotho | 30,310 hectares | 2025 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Guatemala | 25,802 hectares | 2025 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 68 | Albania | 25,501 hectares | 2025 | up 1,331.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Georgia | 23,333 hectares | 2025 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Vietnam | 22,926 hectares | 2025 | down 46.7% | rising |
| 71 | Thailand | 22,689 hectares | 2025 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 72 | Armenia | 20,779 hectares | 2025 | up 146.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Rwanda | 20,135 hectares | 2025 | down 59.5% | rising |
| 74 | Papua New Guinea | 17,881 hectares | 2025 | down 82.4% | falling |
| 75 | Belize | 17,495 hectares | 2025 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 17,130 hectares | 2025 | up 458.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Nicaragua | 16,507 hectares | 2025 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Indonesia | 16,336 hectares | 2025 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Greece | 15,327 hectares | 2025 | up 244.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 15,026 hectares | 2025 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 81 | Chile | 13,953 hectares | 2025 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Uzbekistan | 12,922 hectares | 2025 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Syria | 12,729 hectares | 2025 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Honduras | 12,300 hectares | 2025 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Guinea-Bissau | 12,300 hectares | 2025 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 86 | North Macedonia | 11,248 hectares | 2025 | up 274.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Suriname | 11,248 hectares | 2025 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Uruguay | 10,561 hectares | 2025 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,089 hectares | 2025 | up 106.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Cuba | 10,025 hectares | 2025 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Romania | 9,381 hectares | 2025 | up 312.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 8,908 hectares | 2025 | up 90.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Italy | 8,157 hectares | 2025 | up 427.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 8,028 hectares | 2025 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 95 | Nepal | 7,685 hectares | 2025 | up 342.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Montenegro | 7,341 hectares | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Cyprus | 6,461 hectares | 2025 | up 3,244.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 4,465 hectares | 2025 | up 292.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Philippines | 4,079 hectares | 2025 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 100 | Afghanistan | 3,907 hectares | 2025 | up 167.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Algeria | 3,821 hectares | 2025 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Burundi | 3,606 hectares | 2025 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Haiti | 3,456 hectares | 2025 | up 7,949.9% | volatile |
| 104 | United Kingdom | 3,220 hectares | 2025 | up 14,899.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Somalia | 2,855 hectares | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,791 hectares | 2025 | up 132.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Belarus | 2,554 hectares | 2025 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Serbia | 2,318 hectares | 2025 | up 369.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 2,297 hectares | 2025 | up 613.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Ecuador | 2,061 hectares | 2025 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Germany | 1,803 hectares | 2025 | up 1,580.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Panama | 1,803 hectares | 2025 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 113 | North Korea | 1,717 hectares | 2025 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 114 | France | 1,309 hectares | 2025 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 115 | French Guiana | 1,159 hectares | 2025 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 1,009 hectares | 2025 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 117 | South Korea | 837.17 hectares | 2025 | up 1,200.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Bahamas | 772.77 hectares | 2025 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Yemen | 686.91 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Israel | 622.51 hectares | 2025 | up 163.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Morocco | 622.51 hectares | 2025 | up 1,350.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Japan | 536.65 hectares | 2025 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Lithuania | 472.25 hectares | 2025 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Croatia | 386.38 hectares | 2025 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 364.92 hectares | 2025 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Palestine | 343.45 hectares | 2025 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Poland | 300.52 hectares | 2025 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Malaysia | 279.06 hectares | 2025 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 279.06 hectares | 2025 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Czechia | 236.12 hectares | 2025 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Hong Kong | 214.66 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Tunisia | 214.66 hectares | 2025 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 133 | El Salvador | 150.26 hectares | 2025 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Jamaica | 150.26 hectares | 2025 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Bhutan | 128.79 hectares | 2025 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Moldova | 85.86 hectares | 2025 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Ireland | 85.86 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | New Zealand | 64.4 hectares | 2025 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Slovenia | 42.93 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 139 | East Timor | 42.93 hectares | 2025 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Austria | 21.47 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Hungary | 21.47 hectares | 2025 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Liberia | 21.47 hectares | 2025 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Libya | 21.47 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Slovakia | 21.47 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Belgium | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Barbados | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Brunei | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Switzerland | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Comoros | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Cape Verde | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Djibouti | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Denmark | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Estonia | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Finland | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Fiji | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Grenada | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Greenland | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Iceland | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Jordan | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Kuwait | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Lebanon | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Latvia | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Mauritius | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | New Caledonia | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Netherlands | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Norway | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Oman | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Solomon Islands | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Sweden | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Reunion | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Taiwan | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Montserrat | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
About this data
Area of shrubland and grassland burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares. Includes open and closed shrublands and grasslands without a significant tree cover.