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Share of the total land area burnt by wildfires each year by country

Countries reporting
233
Highest
13.22
Guinea
Lowest
0
Pitcairn
Median
0.0593
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 233 countries. The highest value is 13.22 in Guinea; the lowest is 0 in Pitcairn.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0593, and the mean is 0.8528.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 156 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea 13.22 2026 down 57.5% falling
1 Cook Islands 0 2026 β€” flat
1 Montserrat 0 2026 β€” volatile
1 Niue 0 2026 β€” flat
1 Tokelau 0 2026 β€” flat
2 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 11.15 2026 down 34.2% falling
3 South Sudan 10.76 2026 down 73.3% falling
4 Sierra Leone 10.12 2026 down 65.5% falling
5 Central African Republic 9.66 2026 down 72.2% falling
6 Gambia 8.64 2026 down 8.6% rising
7 Cambodia 8.43 2026 down 66.6% falling
8 Ghana 7.39 2026 down 63.3% falling
9 Angola 7.17 2026 down 76.9% falling
10 Myanmar 6.39 2026 down 30.7% falling
11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.32 2026 down 70.8% falling
12 Senegal 6.04 2026 down 49.4% rising
13 Guinea-Bissau 5.49 2026 down 59.7% falling
14 Zambia 5.35 2026 down 82.7% falling
15 Thailand 5.2 2026 down 28.1% falling
16 Togo 3.68 2026 down 74.5% falling
17 Venezuela 3.27 2026 down 36.0% rising
18 Nigeria 3.04 2026 down 63.1% falling
19 Cameroon 3.02 2026 down 63.6% falling
20 Benin 2.99 2026 down 74.2% falling
21 Honduras 2.86 2026 down 61.3% volatile
22 Reunion 2.17 2026 up 42.9% volatile
23 Uganda 2.16 2026 down 83.0% falling
24 Congo 2.13 2026 down 62.0% falling
25 Burkina Faso 2.02 2026 down 61.4% rising
26 Costa Rica 1.92 2026 down 33.0% falling
27 El Salvador 1.75 2026 down 10.4% volatile
28 Cuba 1.73 2026 down 28.0% rising
29 Belize 1.66 2026 down 64.0% falling
30 Ethiopia 1.64 2026 down 73.4% falling
31 Australia 1.59 2026 down 46.1% falling
32 Guatemala 1.59 2026 down 73.7% falling
33 Nicaragua 1.57 2026 down 64.5% falling
34 Liberia 1.53 2026 down 73.2% falling
35 Mozambique 1.46 2026 down 93.3% falling
36 CΓ΄te d’Ivoire 1.4 2026 down 84.2% falling
37 Tanzania 1.29 2026 down 89.7% falling
38 Madagascar 1.24 2026 down 88.5% falling
39 India 1.23 2026 down 53.2% falling
40 Mali 1.2 2026 down 61.1% falling
41 Nepal 1.06 2026 down 89.2% volatile
42 Paraguay 1.05 2026 down 85.8% falling
43 Chad 1.02 2026 down 81.0% falling
44 Vanuatu 1.01 2026 down 61.9% volatile
45 Bangladesh 0.9757 2026 down 23.4% falling
46 Viet Nam 0.8609 2026 down 77.5% volatile
47 Colombia 0.7914 2026 down 69.7% falling
48 Philippines 0.7906 2026 down 49.6% falling
49 Bahamas 0.7478 2026 down 71.8% volatile
50 South Africa 0.741 2026 down 56.8% falling
51 Mexico 0.6524 2026 down 70.4% falling
52 Sudan 0.6409 2026 down 72.5% falling
53 Zimbabwe 0.6231 2026 down 88.8% falling
54 Eswatini 0.6215 2026 down 81.4% volatile
55 Papua New Guinea 0.614 2026 down 2.7% volatile
56 Panama 0.5827 2026 down 81.0% volatile
57 Comoros 0.5755 2026 down 33.2% volatile
58 Malawi 0.5686 2026 down 93.7% falling
59 Bolivia 0.5346 2026 down 91.2% volatile
60 Portugal 0.518 2026 down 77.1% volatile
61 Montenegro 0.4705 2026 down 54.5% volatile
62 Grenada 0.4676 2026 β€” volatile
63 Barbados 0.4628 2026 up 8.7% volatile
64 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4585 2026 down 76.4% volatile
65 Gabon 0.4125 2026 down 48.4% falling
66 Chile 0.4028 2026 down 10.5% falling
67 Spain 0.3675 2026 up 59.3% volatile
68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3661 2026 down 59.1% volatile
69 Botswana 0.3565 2026 down 74.7% volatile
70 Indonesia 0.342 2026 down 53.7% volatile
71 Burundi 0.3343 2026 down 90.5% volatile
72 Ukraine 0.316 2026 down 82.8% volatile
73 Rwanda 0.2891 2026 down 82.0% volatile
74 United States 0.2699 2026 down 52.7% falling
75 Brazil 0.2641 2026 down 92.5% falling
76 Italy 0.2618 2026 down 32.3% volatile
77 Russia 0.2548 2026 down 71.6% falling
78 Namibia 0.2469 2026 down 85.4% volatile
79 China (People’s Republic of) 0.2373 2026 down 15.6% falling
80 Haiti 0.2259 2026 down 15.8% falling
81 Guadeloupe 0.2179 2026 β€” volatile
82 Argentina 0.2045 2026 down 85.8% volatile
83 Jamaica 0.1895 2026 down 22.4% volatile
84 Greece 0.1807 2026 down 72.8% volatile
85 Guyana 0.1805 2026 down 78.7% volatile
86 Bhutan 0.1772 2026 down 61.5% volatile
87 Iraq 0.1715 2026 down 83.1% falling
88 Kazakhstan 0.1683 2026 down 69.3% volatile
89 France 0.1634 2026 up 229.9% volatile
90 Malaysia 0.1443 2026 down 84.9% volatile
91 Syria 0.1407 2026 down 55.5% volatile
92 Dominican Republic 0.1399 2026 down 31.6% falling
93 Canada 0.1388 2026 up 39.8% volatile
94 Azerbaijan 0.1274 2026 down 89.7% volatile
95 Fiji 0.1263 2026 down 93.2% volatile
96 Tunisia 0.1207 2026 up 45.4% volatile
97 North Korea 0.1121 2026 down 45.5% volatile
98 Georgia 0.1094 2026 down 81.7% falling
99 Kenya 0.1069 2026 down 74.0% volatile
100 Pakistan 0.1011 2026 down 77.8% falling
101 North Macedonia 0.1003 2026 down 80.2% volatile
102 Cabo Verde 0.098 2026 β€” volatile
103 Sri Lanka 0.0967 2026 down 90.4% volatile
104 United Kingdom 0.0912 2026 up 275.8% volatile
105 Romania 0.0885 2026 down 90.6% falling
106 Serbia 0.0834 2026 down 66.4% volatile
107 Ireland 0.0805 2026 up 120.6% volatile
108 Eritrea 0.0796 2026 up 159.0% volatile
109 Albania 0.0789 2026 down 84.2% volatile
110 Lebanon 0.078 2026 down 72.1% volatile
111 Belarus 0.0741 2026 down 17.8% volatile
112 New Caledonia 0.0739 2026 down 94.0% volatile
113 Iran 0.0706 2026 down 76.4% falling
114 Niger 0.0687 2026 down 51.3% rising
115 Ecuador 0.0623 2026 down 95.3% falling
116 Uzbekistan 0.06 2026 down 69.9% falling
117 New Zealand 0.0593 2026 down 56.3% falling
118 Lesotho 0.0568 2026 down 62.8% volatile
119 Uruguay 0.0528 2026 down 55.4% volatile
120 Mauritania 0.0511 2026 down 13.5% volatile
121 Brunei 0.0508 2026 down 94.5% volatile
122 TΓΌrkiye 0.0504 2026 down 94.2% volatile
123 Peru 0.0473 2026 down 95.3% falling
124 Turkmenistan 0.0447 2026 down 84.4% volatile
125 Hungary 0.0439 2026 up 83.5% volatile
126 Algeria 0.0427 2026 down 40.4% volatile
127 Netherlands 0.0404 2026 β€” volatile
128 Japan 0.0396 2026 up 110.8% rising
129 Mongolia 0.0393 2026 down 63.7% volatile
130 Moldova 0.0385 2026 down 97.4% volatile
131 Bulgaria 0.0369 2026 down 96.9% volatile
132 Palestine 0.0355 2026 down 93.0% volatile
133 Denmark 0.0274 2026 up 1,389.9% volatile
134 Korea 0.0265 2026 down 32.6% volatile
135 Puerto Rico 0.0258 2026 down 82.8% volatile
136 Equatorial Guinea 0.0258 2026 down 72.4% volatile
137 Croatia 0.0239 2026 down 87.2% volatile
138 Suriname 0.023 2026 down 92.9% volatile
139 Austria 0.0201 2026 β€” volatile
140 Israel 0.0184 2026 down 94.6% volatile
141 French Guiana 0.0182 2026 down 96.5% volatile
142 Germany 0.0169 2026 up 209.2% volatile
143 Timor-Leste 0.0151 2026 down 96.8% volatile
144 Solomon Islands 0.0132 2026 down 38.0% volatile
145 Slovak Republic 0.013 2026 up 45.3% volatile
146 Taiwan 0.012 2026 up 18.1% volatile
147 Morocco 0.0114 2026 down 65.1% volatile
148 Latvia 0.0113 2026 up 29.6% volatile
149 Poland 0.0105 2026 up 3.0% volatile
150 Armenia 0.0098 2026 down 98.4% volatile
151 Djibouti 0.0089 2026 down 13.8% volatile
152 Slovenia 0.0084 2026 down 82.0% volatile
153 Belgium 0.0082 2026 down 46.9% volatile
154 Kuwait 0.008 2026 down 95.5% volatile
155 Tajikistan 0.0076 2026 down 83.4% volatile
156 Lithuania 0.0071 2026 up 314.3% volatile
157 Egypt 0.0042 2026 down 82.5% falling
158 Somalia 0.0037 2026 down 91.3% volatile
159 Kyrgyzstan 0.0033 2026 down 93.4% volatile
160 Afghanistan 0.003 2026 down 79.5% volatile
161 Jordan 0.003 2026 down 10.1% volatile
162 Czechia 0.0024 2026 up 56.7% volatile
163 Saudi Arabia 0.0021 2026 down 42.0% falling
164 Yemen 0.0019 2026 β€” volatile
165 Switzerland 0.0018 2026 down 85.1% volatile
166 Norway 0.0016 2026 up 313.2% volatile
167 Finland 0.0011 2026 down 57.2% volatile
168 Greenland 0.0008 2026 up 213.3% volatile
169 Oman 0.0007 2026 down 63.3% volatile
170 Sweden 0.0007 2026 down 82.2% volatile
171 Libya 0.0001 2026 down 95.3% falling
172 Aruba 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Andorra 0 2026 β€” flat
172 United Arab Emirates 0 2026 down 100.0% volatile
172 American Samoa 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2026 down 100.0% volatile
172 Bahrain 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Bermuda 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Curaçao 0 2026 — volatile
172 Cayman Islands 0 2026 β€” volatile
172 Cyprus 0 2026 down 100.0% volatile
172 Dominica 0 2026 β€” volatile
172 Estonia 0 2026 down 100.0% volatile
172 Faroe Islands 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Micronesia (country) 0 2026 down 100.0% volatile
172 Gibraltar 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Guam 0 2026 down 100.0% volatile
172 Hong Kong (China) 0 2026 down 100.0% volatile
172 Isle of Man 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Iceland 0 2026 down 100.0% volatile
172 Kiribati 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2026 β€” volatile
172 Saint Lucia 0 2026 β€” volatile
172 Liechtenstein 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Luxembourg 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Macau (China) 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Saint Martin (French Part) 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Monaco 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Maldives 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Marshall Islands 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Malta 0 2026 β€” volatile
172 Northern Mariana Islands 0 2026 down 100.0% volatile
172 Mauritius 0 2026 down 100.0% volatile
172 Nauru 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Palau 0 2026 β€” volatile
172 French Polynesia 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Qatar 0 2026 down 100.0% volatile
172 Singapore 0 2026 β€” flat
172 San Marino 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2026 β€” volatile
172 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Seychelles 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2026 β€” volatile
172 Tonga 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Tuvalu 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2026 β€” volatile
172 British Virgin Islands 0 2026 β€” volatile
172 United States Virgin Islands 0 2026 β€” volatile
172 Samoa 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Martinique 0 2026 β€” volatile
172 Western Sahara 0 2026 β€” volatile
172 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Falkland Islands 0 2026 down 100.0% volatile
172 Saint Barthelemy 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Vatican 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Wallis and Futuna 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Norfolk Island 0 2026 β€” flat
172 Pitcairn 0 2026 β€” flat

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Indicator
Share of the total land area burnt by wildfires each year
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 3,540 data points, 2012–2026
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