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