Wildfire area burned by land cover type, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Wildfire area burned by land cover type. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
117
Highest
966.66 % change on previous year
Italy
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Uzbekistan
Median
-62.79 % change on previous year
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
2,052
What the numbers show
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, annual growth rate is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 966.66 % change on previous year in Italy; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is -62.79 % change on previous year, and the mean is -0.04 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Italy (up 1,711.1%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 27,598,800.0%).
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 966.66 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,711.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Albania | 800 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Mali | 730.77 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 174.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Uruguay | 600 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran | 500 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 500 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Guatemala | 200 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 7 | North Korea | 200 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Portugal | 200 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Syria | 188.89 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Cuba | 167.39 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 886.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Rwanda | 162.5 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Paraguay | 150.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 322.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Chile | 150 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 287.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Kenya | 140 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Tanzania | 126.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Thailand | 100 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 273.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Argentina | 88.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Bahamas | 84.61 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 252.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Philippines | 75 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 68.75 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 168.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Cameroon | 66.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 54.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 190.5% | volatile |
| 24 | United States | 37.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 548.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Zambia | 29.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Ukraine | 21.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Myanmar | 18.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 220.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Laos | 16.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Turkey | 3.54 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 1.72 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Central African Republic | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Liberia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 33 | China | -1.83 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Australia | -16.54 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 155.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Cote d'Ivoire | -16.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 121.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -16.85 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 160.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Senegal | -18.75 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 146.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Uganda | -21.15 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Canada | -21.76 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 70.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Mozambique | -26.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 431.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Angola | -30.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 109.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Burundi | -37.5 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 43 | South Sudan | -42.46 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 853.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Malawi | -46.91 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | -47.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 109.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Nigeria | -47.4 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 150.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Belize | -50 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Gabon | -50 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 48 | French Guiana | -50 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 110.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Russia | -53.16 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 142.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Mexico | -53.76 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 136.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Guinea-Bissau | -54.17 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 274.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Sudan | -55.56 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 54 | South Africa | -55.91 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 265.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | -56.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 133.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Madagascar | -57.98 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Haiti | -60 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 58 | Greece | -60 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 107.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Nicaragua | -62.79 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | -65.48 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 109.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Indonesia | -66.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 195.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Panama | -66.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 147.6% | volatile |
| 63 | India | -66.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 139.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Ghana | -67.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4,002.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Guinea | -69.09 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Congo | -71.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 121.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Honduras | -71.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Venezuela | -71.94 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 404.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Cambodia | -73 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 108.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Chad | -74.36 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 111.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Colombia | -75.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Malaysia | -81.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 118.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Pakistan | -83.33 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Guyana | -85.45 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 111.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Romania | -85.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 27,598,800.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Vietnam | -85.91 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Bolivia | -92.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 167.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Brazil | -95.28 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 183.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Suriname | -98.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 161.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Ecuador | -99.1 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 110.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Botswana | -99.35 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 82 | Benin | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Bangladesh | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Belarus | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Brunei | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Costa Rica | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 200.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Algeria | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 217.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Spain | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Fiji | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 600.0% | volatile |
| 82 | France | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | United Kingdom | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Gambia | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 133.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Grenada | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Hong Kong | -100 % change on previous year | 2014 | down 150.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Croatia | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Iraq | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Japan | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | South Korea | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 300.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 82 | Morocco | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Moldova | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Mongolia | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Namibia | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 127.3% | volatile |
| 82 | New Caledonia | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Niger | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 120.8% | volatile |
| 82 | New Zealand | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Peru | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | El Salvador | -100 % change on previous year | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Serbia | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 120.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Eswatini | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Togo | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 82 | Tunisia | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Uzbekistan | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Wildfire area burned by land cover type. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Wildfire area burned by land cover type Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Wildfire area burned by land cover type. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.