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Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre in India

India: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre was 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
0.0002 hectares per square kilometre
Change on year
down 43.6%
World rank
94th
of 206 countries
All-time high
0.0007 hectares per square kilometre
in 2012
All-time low
0 hectares per square kilometre
in 2008
Years of data
22
2002–2023

Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre in India, 2002–2023

0000.0012002201220232002: 0.001 hectares per square kilometre2003: 0 hectares per square kilometre2004: 0 hectares per square kilometre2005: 0 hectares per square kilometre2006: 0 hectares per square kilometre2007: 0 hectares per square kilometre2008: 0 hectares per square kilometre2009: 0 hectares per square kilometre2010: 0 hectares per square kilometre2011: 0 hectares per square kilometre2012: 0.001 hectares per square kilometre2013: 0 hectares per square kilometre2014: 0 hectares per square kilometre2015: 0 hectares per square kilometre2016: 0 hectares per square kilometre2017: 0 hectares per square kilometre2018: 0 hectares per square kilometre2019: 0 hectares per square kilometre2020: 0 hectares per square kilometre2021: 0 hectares per square kilometre2022: 0 hectares per square kilometre2023: 0 hectares per square kilometre

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in hectares per square kilometre.

Analysis

India recorded 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre in 2023.

That represents a change of down 43.6% on the previous year and up 120.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre in India peaked at 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares per square kilometre, in 2008.

India ranks 94th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre in India, year by year

Year hectares per square kilometre Change
2002 0.0005 hectares per square kilometre —
2003 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre -18.7%
2004 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre -70.5%
2005 0 hectares per square kilometre -72.2%
2006 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre +220.0%
2007 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre +137.5%
2008 0 hectares per square kilometre -89.5%
2009 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre +675.0%
2010 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre -41.9%
2011 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre +11.1%
2012 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre +370.0%
2013 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre -89.4%
2014 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre +140.0%
2015 0.0005 hectares per square kilometre +170.8%
2016 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre -26.2%
2017 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre -8.3%
2018 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre -31.8%
2019 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre +70.0%
2020 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre -49.0%
2021 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre -11.5%
2022 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre +69.6%
2023 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre -43.6%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre in India changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2009 +675.0% 0 hectares per square kilometre 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre 0 hectares per square kilometre 0.0005 hectares per square kilometre 8
2010s 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre 10
2020s 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre 4

Countries ranked near India

  1. 91 Zimbabwe 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre compare
  2. 92 China 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre compare
  3. 93 Uzbekistan 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre compare
  4. 95 Namibia 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre compare
  5. 96 Chad 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  6. 97 Afghanistan 0 hectares per square kilometre
  7. 97 Andorra 0 hectares per square kilometre
  8. 97 United Arab Emirates 0 hectares per square kilometre
  9. 97 Armenia 0 hectares per square kilometre
  10. 97 American Samoa 0 hectares per square kilometre
  11. 97 Antigua and Barbuda 0 hectares per square kilometre
  12. 97 Austria 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  13. 97 Azerbaijan 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  14. 97 Belgium 0 hectares per square kilometre
  15. 97 Bulgaria 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  16. 97 Bahrain 0 hectares per square kilometre
  17. 97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  18. 97 Belarus 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  19. 97 Bermuda 0 hectares per square kilometre
  20. 97 Barbados 0 hectares per square kilometre
  21. 97 Brunei 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  22. 97 Bhutan 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  23. 97 Switzerland 0 hectares per square kilometre
  24. 97 Cote d'Ivoire 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  25. 97 Comoros 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  26. 97 Cape Verde 0 hectares per square kilometre
  27. 97 Cayman Islands 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  28. 97 Cyprus 0 hectares per square kilometre
  29. 97 Czechia 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  30. 97 Germany 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  31. 97 Djibouti 0 hectares per square kilometre
  32. 97 Dominica 0 hectares per square kilometre
  33. 97 Denmark 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  34. 97 Dominican Republic 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  35. 97 Egypt 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  36. 97 Eritrea 0 hectares per square kilometre
  37. 97 Estonia 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  38. 97 Finland 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  39. 97 France 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  40. 97 Faroe Islands 0 hectares per square kilometre
  41. 97 Micronesia (country) 0 hectares per square kilometre
  42. 97 Gabon 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  43. 97 United Kingdom 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  44. 97 Georgia 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  45. 97 Greenland 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  46. 97 Guam 0 hectares per square kilometre
  47. 97 Hong Kong 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  48. 97 Haiti 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  49. 97 Hungary 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  50. 97 Isle of Man 0 hectares per square kilometre
  51. 97 Ireland 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  52. 97 Iceland 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  53. 97 Israel 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  54. 97 Jamaica 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  55. 97 Jordan 0 hectares per square kilometre
  56. 97 Japan 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  57. 97 Kyrgyzstan 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  58. 97 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 hectares per square kilometre
  59. 97 Kuwait 0 hectares per square kilometre
  60. 97 Libya 0 hectares per square kilometre
  61. 97 Saint Lucia 0 hectares per square kilometre
  62. 97 Liechtenstein 0 hectares per square kilometre
  63. 97 Sri Lanka 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  64. 97 Lesotho 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  65. 97 Lithuania 0 hectares per square kilometre
  66. 97 Luxembourg 0 hectares per square kilometre
  67. 97 Latvia 0 hectares per square kilometre
  68. 97 Macao 0 hectares per square kilometre
  69. 97 Morocco 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  70. 97 North Macedonia 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  71. 97 Malta 0 hectares per square kilometre
  72. 97 Montenegro 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  73. 97 Mongolia 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  74. 97 Northern Mariana Islands 0 hectares per square kilometre
  75. 97 Mauritania 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  76. 97 Mauritius 0 hectares per square kilometre
  77. 97 Niger 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  78. 97 Netherlands 0 hectares per square kilometre
  79. 97 Norway 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  80. 97 Nauru 0 hectares per square kilometre
  81. 97 New Zealand 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  82. 97 Oman 0 hectares per square kilometre
  83. 97 Pakistan 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  84. 97 Palau 0 hectares per square kilometre
  85. 97 Poland 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  86. 97 Puerto Rico 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  87. 97 Palestine 0 hectares per square kilometre
  88. 97 French Polynesia 0 hectares per square kilometre
  89. 97 Qatar 0 hectares per square kilometre
  90. 97 Saudi Arabia 0 hectares per square kilometre
  91. 97 Singapore 0 hectares per square kilometre
  92. 97 Solomon Islands 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  93. 97 El Salvador 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  94. 97 San Marino 0 hectares per square kilometre
  95. 97 Somalia 0 hectares per square kilometre
  96. 97 Serbia 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  97. 97 Sao Tome and Principe 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  98. 97 Slovakia 0 hectares per square kilometre
  99. 97 Slovenia 0 hectares per square kilometre
  100. 97 Sweden 0 hectares per square kilometre
  101. 97 Eswatini 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  102. 97 Seychelles 0 hectares per square kilometre
  103. 97 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 hectares per square kilometre
  104. 97 Togo 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  105. 97 Tajikistan 0 hectares per square kilometre
  106. 97 East Timor 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  107. 97 Tonga 0 hectares per square kilometre
  108. 97 Trinidad and Tobago 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  109. 97 Tuvalu 0 hectares per square kilometre
  110. 97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 hectares per square kilometre
  111. 97 British Virgin Islands 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  112. 97 United States Virgin Islands 0 hectares per square kilometre
  113. 97 Vanuatu 0 hectares per square kilometre compare
  114. 97 Samoa 0 hectares per square kilometre
  115. 97 Yemen 0 hectares per square kilometre

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Frequently asked questions

What is wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre in India?
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre in India was 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre in 2012.
What is the lowest wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares per square kilometre in 2008.
How does India rank for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre?
India ranks 94th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 120.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this India data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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)

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Indicator
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre
Unit
hectares per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
206 places, 4,504 data points, 2002–2023
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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.