Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area, per capita by country
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area 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
140
Highest
0.4422 ha per person
Australia
Lowest
0 ha per person
Samoa
Median
0 ha per person
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,399
What the numbers show
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area, per capita is currently reported for 140 countries. The highest value is 0.4422 ha per person in Australia; the lowest is 0 ha per person in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 ha per person, and the mean is 0.0061 ha per person.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 13,262.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area, per capita (capita Area): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 0.4422 ha per person | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Botswana | 0.3728 ha per person | 2024 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Namibia | 0.019 ha per person | 2024 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Angola | 0.0082 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 5 | South Africa | 0.0031 ha per person | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Iraq | 0.002 ha per person | 2024 | up 802.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Argentina | 0.0011 ha per person | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Eswatini | 0.001 ha per person | 2024 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Canada | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Madagascar | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Mozambique | 0.0006 ha per person | 2024 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Zambia | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Nicaragua | 0.0003 ha per person | 2023 | up 121.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Turkmenistan | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Mali | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | up 13,262.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Sudan | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Mexico | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Lesotho | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Guyana | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 2,001.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Pakistan | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 393.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Peru | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,022.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Brazil | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Somalia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Kenya | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Honduras | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Chile | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Azerbaijan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Malawi | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 283.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Comoros | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Spain | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Mauritania | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Congo | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Myanmar | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 439.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Panama | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Colombia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Jordan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Niger | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Cameroon | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Yemen | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 123.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Ecuador | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Senegal | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 46 | India | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 388.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Nigeria | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Thailand | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Egypt | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 50 | China | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Albania | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Armenia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Burundi | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Benin | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Bangladesh | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Bahamas | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Belarus | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Belize | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Bhutan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Central African Republic | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Switzerland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Costa Rica | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Cuba | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Cyprus | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Germany | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Djibouti | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Denmark | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Algeria | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Eritrea | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Estonia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Finland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Fiji | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | France | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Gabon | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Georgia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Ghana | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Guinea | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Gambia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Greece | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Greenland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Guatemala | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Croatia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Haiti | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Hungary | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Indonesia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Ireland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Iceland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Israel | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Italy | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Jamaica | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Japan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Cambodia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Kuwait | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Lebanon | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Liberia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Libya | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Lithuania | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Latvia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Morocco | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Mongolia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Malaysia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | New Caledonia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Norway | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Nepal | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | New Zealand | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Philippines | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Papua New Guinea | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Poland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Portugal | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Paraguay | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Palestine | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Romania | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Rwanda | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | El Salvador | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | South Sudan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Suriname | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Slovenia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Sweden | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Chad | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Togo | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Tunisia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Uganda | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Ukraine | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Uruguay | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Samoa | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0019 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.