Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area, per square kilometre by country
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area 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
140
Highest
9.58 ha per square kilometre
Botswana
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Samoa
Median
0 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,213
What the numbers show
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 140 countries. The highest value is 9.58 ha per square kilometre in Botswana; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.1259 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 870.9%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botswana | 9.58 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 217.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Australia | 5.92 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 411.6% | volatile |
| 3 | South Africa | 0.8943 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 536.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Namibia | 0.6919 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Angola | 0.119 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 0.0766 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Iraq | 0.0636 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 238.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Madagascar | 0.0532 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 9 | Argentina | 0.0349 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Eswatini | 0.0349 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Canada | 0.0342 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 346.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Lesotho | 0.0254 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Mexico | 0.0235 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Nicaragua | 0.0197 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 152.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Pakistan | 0.0111 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 870.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Mozambique | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Zambia | 0.0085 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 0.0068 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Morocco | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Kenya | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Chile | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Malawi | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Sudan | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Honduras | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 25 | India | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 248.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Azerbaijan | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Turkmenistan | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Greece | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 709.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Tunisia | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Brazil | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Cambodia | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Eritrea | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Peru | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Spain | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Somalia | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Mali | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Myanmar | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 800.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Algeria | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Uganda | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Cuba | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Colombia | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Mauritania | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Yemen | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Congo | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Senegal | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Thailand | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Paraguay | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Nigeria | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Cameroon | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Egypt | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Indonesia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Albania | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Armenia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Burundi | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Benin | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bahamas | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Belarus | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Belize | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bhutan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Central African Republic | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Switzerland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | China | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Comoros | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Cyprus | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Germany | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Djibouti | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Denmark | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Ecuador | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Estonia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Finland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Fiji | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | France | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Gabon | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Georgia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Ghana | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Guinea | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Gambia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Greenland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Guatemala | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Guyana | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Croatia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Haiti | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Hungary | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Ireland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Iceland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Israel | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Italy | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Jamaica | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Jordan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Japan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Kuwait | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Lebanon | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Liberia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Libya | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Lithuania | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Latvia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Mongolia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Malaysia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | New Caledonia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Niger | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Norway | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Nepal | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | New Zealand | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Panama | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Philippines | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Poland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Palestine | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Romania | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Rwanda | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | El Salvador | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | South Sudan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Suriname | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Slovenia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Sweden | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Chad | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Togo | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Ukraine | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Uruguay | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Samoa | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.4146 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area 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.
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area 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.