Share of the total land area burnt by wildfires each year by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
14.79
Angola
Lowest
0
Falkland Islands
Median
0.2145
Years covered
15
2012–2026
Data points
3,540
What the numbers show
Share of the total land area burnt by wildfires each year is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 14.79 in Angola; the lowest is 0 in Falkland Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2145, and the mean is 1.31.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 142 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 1,389.9%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).
Share of the total land area burnt by wildfires each year: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 14.79 | 2026 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 2 | Zambia | 13.47 | 2026 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 3 | Guinea | 13.22 | 2026 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 4 | South Sudan | 11.27 | 2026 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 5 | Laos | 11.16 | 2026 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 10.12 | 2026 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 9.66 | 2026 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 9.53 | 2026 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 9 | Mozambique | 9.41 | 2026 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 10 | Gambia | 8.64 | 2026 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 11 | Cambodia | 8.44 | 2026 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 12 | Ghana | 7.4 | 2026 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 13 | Myanmar | 6.39 | 2026 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 14 | Senegal | 6.05 | 2026 | down 49.3% | rising |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.49 | 2026 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 16 | Thailand | 5.21 | 2026 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 17 | Togo | 3.68 | 2026 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 18 | Indonesia | 3.54 | 2026 | up 378.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Venezuela | 3.39 | 2026 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 20 | Montenegro | 3.32 | 2026 | up 221.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Tanzania | 3.23 | 2026 | down 74.2% | falling |
| 22 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1 | 2026 | up 390.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Congo | 3.07 | 2026 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 24 | Nigeria | 3.07 | 2026 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 25 | Cameroon | 3.02 | 2026 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 26 | Benin | 2.99 | 2026 | down 74.2% | falling |
| 27 | Honduras | 2.96 | 2026 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Uganda | 2.79 | 2026 | down 78.0% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 2.76 | 2026 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 30 | Reunion | 2.17 | 2026 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Australia | 2.15 | 2026 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 2.08 | 2026 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 33 | Cuba | 2.04 | 2026 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 2.02 | 2026 | down 61.3% | rising |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 1.92 | 2026 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 36 | Belize | 1.81 | 2026 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 37 | Paraguay | 1.8 | 2026 | down 75.6% | falling |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.8 | 2026 | up 100.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 1.77 | 2026 | down 71.3% | falling |
| 40 | El Salvador | 1.76 | 2026 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Guatemala | 1.63 | 2026 | down 73.0% | falling |
| 42 | Vanuatu | 1.59 | 2026 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 1.59 | 2026 | down 64.2% | falling |
| 44 | Liberia | 1.53 | 2026 | down 73.2% | falling |
| 45 | Malawi | 1.4 | 2026 | down 84.5% | falling |
| 46 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.4 | 2026 | down 84.1% | falling |
| 47 | Albania | 1.3 | 2026 | up 159.0% | volatile |
| 48 | India | 1.23 | 2026 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 49 | Mali | 1.21 | 2026 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 50 | South Africa | 1.18 | 2026 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 51 | Bolivia | 1.17 | 2026 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Eswatini | 1.15 | 2026 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 1.08 | 2026 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Brazil | 1.07 | 2026 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 55 | Nepal | 1.06 | 2026 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Chad | 1.02 | 2026 | down 80.9% | falling |
| 57 | Comoros | 1.01 | 2026 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Namibia | 0.9919 | 2026 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Fiji | 0.9801 | 2026 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Bangladesh | 0.9757 | 2026 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 61 | Vietnam | 0.9389 | 2026 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Colombia | 0.8948 | 2026 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 63 | Bahamas | 0.8944 | 2026 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 64 | East Timor | 0.8923 | 2026 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Botswana | 0.8885 | 2026 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Philippines | 0.8236 | 2026 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 67 | Ukraine | 0.8147 | 2026 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Portugal | 0.7336 | 2026 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Serbia | 0.728 | 2026 | up 193.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Mexico | 0.6849 | 2026 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 71 | Burundi | 0.6596 | 2026 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Sudan | 0.6487 | 2026 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 73 | Palau | 0.5935 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Panama | 0.5827 | 2026 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Jamaica | 0.5558 | 2026 | up 127.6% | falling |
| 76 | Gabon | 0.5352 | 2026 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 77 | Spain | 0.505 | 2026 | up 118.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Italy | 0.4709 | 2026 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Grenada | 0.4676 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Barbados | 0.4628 | 2026 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.4585 | 2026 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Russia | 0.444 | 2026 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 83 | Chile | 0.4115 | 2026 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 84 | Rwanda | 0.3866 | 2026 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Argentina | 0.363 | 2026 | down 74.8% | falling |
| 86 | Guyana | 0.3502 | 2026 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 87 | United States | 0.3406 | 2026 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 0.308 | 2026 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 89 | New Caledonia | 0.3055 | 2026 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Peru | 0.2486 | 2026 | down 75.1% | falling |
| 91 | Iraq | 0.2452 | 2026 | down 75.8% | falling |
| 92 | China | 0.245 | 2026 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 0.2439 | 2026 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Romania | 0.2392 | 2026 | down 74.6% | falling |
| 95 | Haiti | 0.2339 | 2026 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 0.2266 | 2026 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 97 | Greece | 0.2249 | 2026 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Syria | 0.2192 | 2026 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Guadeloupe | 0.2179 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Lebanon | 0.2145 | 2026 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Ecuador | 0.2136 | 2026 | down 83.7% | falling |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 0.2121 | 2026 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Georgia | 0.1991 | 2026 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 104 | Tunisia | 0.1856 | 2026 | up 123.8% | volatile |
| 105 | France | 0.1816 | 2026 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Malaysia | 0.1815 | 2026 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Bhutan | 0.1772 | 2026 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Belgium | 0.177 | 2026 | up 1,048.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Kenya | 0.1742 | 2026 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Canada | 0.1674 | 2026 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Suriname | 0.1649 | 2026 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Lesotho | 0.1625 | 2026 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Turkey | 0.1479 | 2026 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 114 | French Guiana | 0.1399 | 2026 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 0.1364 | 2026 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Cape Verde | 0.1248 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 117 | United Kingdom | 0.1162 | 2026 | up 378.9% | volatile |
| 118 | North Korea | 0.1121 | 2026 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritius | 0.107 | 2026 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Pakistan | 0.1044 | 2026 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 121 | Croatia | 0.1026 | 2026 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Algeria | 0.0886 | 2026 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Iran | 0.0849 | 2026 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 124 | Eritrea | 0.0844 | 2026 | up 174.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Ireland | 0.0805 | 2026 | up 120.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Uruguay | 0.0764 | 2026 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Brunei | 0.0761 | 2026 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Belarus | 0.0752 | 2026 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Hungary | 0.0698 | 2026 | up 191.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Niger | 0.0698 | 2026 | down 50.5% | rising |
| 131 | New Zealand | 0.068 | 2026 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 132 | Uzbekistan | 0.0667 | 2026 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 133 | Moldova | 0.0619 | 2026 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Israel | 0.0615 | 2026 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Mauritania | 0.0521 | 2026 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Turkmenistan | 0.0488 | 2026 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Armenia | 0.0484 | 2026 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Netherlands | 0.043 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Mongolia | 0.0411 | 2026 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Japan | 0.0408 | 2026 | up 117.0% | rising |
| 141 | Palestine | 0.0355 | 2026 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0342 | 2026 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 143 | South Korea | 0.0303 | 2026 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Denmark | 0.0274 | 2026 | up 1,389.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 0.0258 | 2026 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Germany | 0.0247 | 2026 | up 351.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Austria | 0.0228 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Morocco | 0.0159 | 2026 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Poland | 0.014 | 2026 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 0.0132 | 2026 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Slovakia | 0.013 | 2026 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Taiwan | 0.012 | 2026 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Latvia | 0.0113 | 2026 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Tajikistan | 0.0089 | 2026 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Djibouti | 0.0089 | 2026 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0087 | 2026 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Slovenia | 0.0084 | 2026 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Kuwait | 0.008 | 2026 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Lithuania | 0.0071 | 2026 | up 314.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Egypt | 0.0067 | 2026 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 161 | Somalia | 0.0041 | 2026 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Afghanistan | 0.003 | 2026 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Jordan | 0.003 | 2026 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Czechia | 0.0024 | 2026 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0023 | 2026 | down 37.9% | flat |
| 166 | Yemen | 0.0019 | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Switzerland | 0.0018 | 2026 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Norway | 0.0016 | 2026 | up 313.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Finland | 0.0011 | 2026 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Greenland | 0.0008 | 2026 | up 213.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Oman | 0.0007 | 2026 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Sweden | 0.0007 | 2026 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Libya | 0.0002 | 2026 | down 88.4% | falling |
| 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 |