Closed shrubland — Burned Area, per capita by country
Closed 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
131
Highest
0.0113 ha per person
Australia
Lowest
0 ha per person
Uzbekistan
Median
0 ha per person
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,399
What the numbers show
Closed shrubland — Burned Area, per capita is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 0.0113 ha per person in Australia; the lowest is 0 ha per person in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 ha per person, and the mean is 0.0002 ha per person.
Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 439.4%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 100.0%).
Closed shrubland — Burned Area, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 0.0113 ha per person | 2024 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Angola | 0.007 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Botswana | 0.0063 ha per person | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Namibia | 0.0058 ha per person | 2024 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 5 | South Africa | 0.0006 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Nicaragua | 0.0003 ha per person | 2023 | up 121.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Zambia | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Mozambique | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Madagascar | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Guyana | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Brazil | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 176.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Honduras | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Comoros | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Lesotho | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Chile | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Congo | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Myanmar | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 439.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Panama | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Colombia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Kenya | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Cameroon | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Ecuador | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Malawi | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Argentina | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Nigeria | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Pakistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 30 | China | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Afghanistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Albania | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Armenia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Burundi | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Benin | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Bangladesh | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Bahamas | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Belarus | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Belize | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Bhutan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Central African Republic | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Canada | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Switzerland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Cuba | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Cyprus | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Germany | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Denmark | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Algeria | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Egypt | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Eritrea | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Estonia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Finland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Fiji | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | France | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Gabon | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Georgia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Ghana | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Guinea | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Gambia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Greece | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Guatemala | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Croatia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Haiti | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Hungary | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Indonesia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | India | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Ireland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Iraq | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Israel | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Italy | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Jamaica | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Japan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Cambodia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Lebanon | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Liberia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Libya | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Lithuania | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Latvia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Morocco | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | North Macedonia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Mali | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Mongolia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Mauritania | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Malaysia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | New Caledonia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Niger | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Norway | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Nepal | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | New Zealand | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Peru | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Philippines | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Papua New Guinea | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Poland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Portugal | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Paraguay | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Palestine | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Romania | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Rwanda | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Senegal | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | El Salvador | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Somalia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | South Sudan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Suriname | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Slovenia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Eswatini | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Chad | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Togo | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Thailand | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Turkmenistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Tunisia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Uganda | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Ukraine | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Uruguay | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Uzbekistan | 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 0.0001 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
Closed 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 shrubland — Burned Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Closed 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 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.