Europe vs Paraguay: Forest fires — Burned Area

Europe
795,283 ha
in 2024
Paraguay
178,192 ha
in 2024
Europe rank
15th
Paraguay rank
17th

Forest fires — Burned Area over time

  • Europe
  • Paraguay
01.0M2.0M3.0M199020072024

How they compare

Europe currently reports 795,283 ha against 178,192 ha in Paraguay, a difference of 617,091 ha.

That makes Europe's figure about 4.5 times Paraguay's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.

Europe ranks 15th and Paraguay ranks 17th of 31 groups.

Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe Paraguay Difference Ahead
1990s 1.36 million ha 151,644 ha 1.21 million ha Europe
2000s 1.11 million ha 164,262 ha 947,346 ha Europe
2010s 1.28 million ha 78,325 ha 1.21 million ha Europe
2020s 661,866 ha 91,734 ha 570,132 ha Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest fires — burned area, Europe or Paraguay?
Europe, at 795,283 ha against 178,192 ha in Paraguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in forest fires — burned area between Europe and Paraguay?
617,091 ha, with Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Paraguay?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Europe and Paraguay rank globally for forest fires — burned area?
Europe ranks 15th and Paraguay ranks 17th of 31 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forest fires — Burned Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Europe vs Paraguay: Forest fires — Burned Area. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 11 October 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forest-fires-burned-area-fao-tier-1/europe/paraguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forest-fires-burned-area-fao-tier-1/europe/paraguay/">Europe vs Paraguay: Forest fires — Burned Area</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Forest fires — Burned Area
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
272 places, 9,294 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.