Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita by country
Wildfire area burned by land cover type divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
151
Highest
0.0059 hectares per person
Zambia
Lowest
0 hectares per person
Vanuatu
Median
0 hectares per person
Years covered
24
2002–2025
Data points
4,944
What the numbers show
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 0.0059 hectares per person in Zambia; the lowest is 0 hectares per person in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 hectares per person, and the mean is 0.0001 hectares per person.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Italy (up 1,535.7%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 100.0%).
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zambia | 0.0059 hectares per person | 2025 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Bahamas | 0.0026 hectares per person | 2025 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Congo | 0.002 hectares per person | 2025 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 4 | South Sudan | 0.0017 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Canada | 0.0012 hectares per person | 2025 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 6 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0011 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Belize | 0.0006 hectares per person | 2025 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Paraguay | 0.0006 hectares per person | 2025 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia | 0.0005 hectares per person | 2025 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 10 | Brunei | 0.0005 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0004 hectares per person | 2025 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 12 | Bolivia | 0.0003 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Argentina | 0.0003 hectares per person | 2025 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 0.0003 hectares per person | 2025 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Angola | 0.0003 hectares per person | 2025 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Cuba | 0.0002 hectares per person | 2025 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 0.0002 hectares per person | 2025 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 0.0002 hectares per person | 2025 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0002 hectares per person | 2025 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Guyana | 0.0002 hectares per person | 2025 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Mali | 0.0002 hectares per person | 2025 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Tanzania | 0.0002 hectares per person | 2025 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Albania | 0.0002 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Cameroon | 0.0002 hectares per person | 2025 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 25 | Madagascar | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | up 97.3% | rising |
| 26 | Nicaragua | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Romania | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | up 540.0% | volatile |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Uruguay | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | up 248.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Ukraine | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | up 80.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Cambodia | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Ghana | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Mozambique | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 34 | Venezuela | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Suriname | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Rwanda | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Russia | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | up 388.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Botswana | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2025 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Brazil | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Guinea | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Malawi | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Mexico | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Laos | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Honduras | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 47 | United States | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Montenegro | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 49 | Uganda | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Eswatini | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | up 82.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Turkey | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1,084.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Myanmar | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Syria | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 56 | South Africa | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 57 | Greece | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Senegal | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Iraq | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Kenya | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Ireland | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Italy | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1,535.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Colombia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Chad | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Panama | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Gabon | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Nigeria | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Spain | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | up 141.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Algeria | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | up 186.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Burundi | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | up 283.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Iran | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Vietnam | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Thailand | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Portugal | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Indonesia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Chile | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Liberia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Haiti | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Malaysia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Guatemala | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 84 | South Korea | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 85 | North Korea | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Belarus | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Ecuador | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Sudan | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 89 | China | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 90 | Philippines | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Poland | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Pakistan | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 93 | France | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 94 | United Kingdom | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 95 | India | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Austria | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Benin | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Bhutan | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Comoros | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Cayman Islands | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Czechia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Germany | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Denmark | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Egypt | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Estonia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Finland | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Fiji | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Georgia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Gambia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Grenada | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Greenland | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Hong Kong | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Croatia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Hungary | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Iceland | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Israel | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Jamaica | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Japan | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Lebanon | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Lesotho | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Morocco | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Moldova | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Mongolia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Mauritania | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Namibia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | New Caledonia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Niger | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Norway | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Nepal | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | New Zealand | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Peru | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Puerto Rico | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Solomon Islands | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | El Salvador | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Serbia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Togo | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | East Timor | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Tunisia | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Vanuatu | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Wildfire area burned by land cover type divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wildfire area burned by land cover type ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wildfire area burned by land cover type Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Wildfire area burned by land cover type divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.