Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre by country
Wildfire area burned by land cover type divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
150
Highest
0.1263 hectares per square kilometre
Grenada
Lowest
0 hectares per square kilometre
Vanuatu
Median
0.0006 hectares per square kilometre
Years covered
22
2002–2023
Data points
4,504
What the numbers show
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 0.1263 hectares per square kilometre in Grenada; the lowest is 0 hectares per square kilometre in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0006 hectares per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.006 hectares per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Italy (up 3,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grenada | 0.1263 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 0.0839 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 125.6% | volatile |
| 3 | South Sudan | 0.0514 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 4 | Botswana | 0.0442 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Bolivia | 0.0381 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,191.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Nicaragua | 0.0371 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0366 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Honduras | 0.032 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 271.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Ecuador | 0.0252 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 219.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Greece | 0.0228 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,857.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Belize | 0.0226 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Uganda | 0.0222 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 13 | Canada | 0.022 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Cambodia | 0.0191 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Congo | 0.0173 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.3% | rising |
| 16 | Brazil | 0.0166 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 308.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Ghana | 0.0159 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Tanzania | 0.0139 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.6% | falling |
| 19 | Rwanda | 0.0131 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Zambia | 0.0124 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Argentina | 0.012 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 471.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0119 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.7% | rising |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 0.0118 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 484.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Albania | 0.0118 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Cuba | 0.011 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Gambia | 0.0106 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Indonesia | 0.01 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Malawi | 0.0096 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Vietnam | 0.0093 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Paraguay | 0.0089 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0073 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 0.0073 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Lebanon | 0.0063 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Angola | 0.0061 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Mozambique | 0.005 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 36 | Bahamas | 0.0043 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Madagascar | 0.0042 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.2% | rising |
| 38 | Guinea | 0.0042 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Cameroon | 0.004 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.7% | rising |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 0.0039 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 381.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Laos | 0.0039 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 121.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Central African Republic | 0.0036 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 43 | New Caledonia | 0.0035 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Senegal | 0.0032 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Liberia | 0.0031 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Ukraine | 0.0031 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,283.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Tunisia | 0.0026 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Nigeria | 0.0025 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.4% | volatile |
| 49 | North Korea | 0.0025 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Thailand | 0.0025 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Benin | 0.0025 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Venezuela | 0.0024 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Italy | 0.0024 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,200.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Croatia | 0.0023 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Australia | 0.002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 56 | Romania | 0.002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Iraq | 0.0018 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Burundi | 0.0017 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Myanmar | 0.0016 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.6% | flat |
| 60 | Mali | 0.0016 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Mexico | 0.0014 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 0.0013 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 63 | United States | 0.0012 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Fiji | 0.0012 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Panama | 0.0012 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Uruguay | 0.0011 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Colombia | 0.0011 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 68 | South Africa | 0.0009 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 69 | Malaysia | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Portugal | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Turkey | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Kenya | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 74 | South Korea | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Moldova | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Guyana | 0.0006 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Guatemala | 0.0006 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Nepal | 0.0006 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Russia | 0.0006 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Chile | 0.0006 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Peru | 0.0006 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Algeria | 0.0005 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Syria | 0.0005 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Burkina Faso | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Spain | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Iran | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 602.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Philippines | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Sudan | 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Suriname | 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Zimbabwe | 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 92 | China | 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 94 | India | 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Namibia | 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Chad | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Austria | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Belarus | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Brunei | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Bhutan | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Comoros | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Cayman Islands | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Czechia | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Germany | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Denmark | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Egypt | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Estonia | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Finland | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | France | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Gabon | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | United Kingdom | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Georgia | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Greenland | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Hong Kong | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Haiti | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Hungary | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Ireland | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Iceland | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Israel | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Jamaica | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Japan | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Lesotho | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Morocco | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Montenegro | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Mongolia | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Mauritania | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Niger | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Norway | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | New Zealand | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Pakistan | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Poland | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Puerto Rico | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Solomon Islands | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | El Salvador | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Serbia | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Eswatini | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Togo | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | East Timor | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | British Virgin Islands | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Vanuatu | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Wildfire area burned by land cover type divided by Land area (sq. km), 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Wildfire area burned by land cover type Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.