Fires in organic soils — Burned Area in Malaysia
Malaysia: Fires in organic soils — Burned Area was 8,403 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
8,403 ha
Change on year
up 292.8%
World rank
2nd
of 218 countries
All-time high
40,720 ha
in 1998
All-time low
230.81 ha
in 2001
Years of data
35
1990–2024
Fires in organic soils — Burned Area in Malaysia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fires in organic soils — burned area in Malaysia stood at 8,403 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 292.8% on the previous year and down 73.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fires in organic soils — burned area in Malaysia peaked at 40,720 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 230.81 ha, in 2001.
Malaysia ranks 2nd of 218 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fires in organic soils — Burned Area in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 10,848 ha | — |
| 1991 | 10,848 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 10,848 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 10,848 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 10,848 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 10,848 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 7,262 ha | -33.1% |
| 1997 | 9,414 ha | +29.6% |
| 1998 | 40,720 ha | +332.6% |
| 1999 | 6,341 ha | -84.4% |
| 2000 | 6,298 ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 230.81 ha | -96.3% |
| 2002 | 10,384 ha | +4399.0% |
| 2003 | 8,237 ha | -20.7% |
| 2004 | 18,644 ha | +126.4% |
| 2005 | 22,363 ha | +19.9% |
| 2006 | 5,992 ha | -73.2% |
| 2007 | 12,540 ha | +109.3% |
| 2008 | 5,317 ha | -57.6% |
| 2009 | 26,438 ha | +397.2% |
| 2010 | 14,840 ha | -43.9% |
| 2011 | 12,519 ha | -15.6% |
| 2012 | 6,172 ha | -50.7% |
| 2013 | 9,356 ha | +51.6% |
| 2014 | 31,204 ha | +233.5% |
| 2015 | 9,382 ha | -69.9% |
| 2016 | 12,545 ha | +33.7% |
| 2017 | 341.94 ha | -97.3% |
| 2018 | 8,570 ha | +2406.2% |
| 2019 | 10,904 ha | +27.2% |
| 2020 | 2,821 ha | -74.1% |
| 2021 | 3,642 ha | +29.1% |
| 2022 | 1,573 ha | -56.8% |
| 2023 | 2,139 ha | +36.0% |
| 2024 | 8,403 ha | +292.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,882 ha | 6,341 ha | 40,720 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,644 ha | 230.81 ha | 26,438 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,583 ha | 341.94 ha | 31,204 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,716 ha | 1,573 ha | 8,403 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 1 Indonesia 28,346 ha compare
- 3 Myanmar 5,858 ha compare
- 4 Thailand 51.3 ha compare
- 5 Afghanistan 0 ha
- 5 Albania 0 ha
- 5 Algeria 0 ha
- 5 American Samoa 0 ha
- 5 Andorra 0 ha
- 5 Angola 0 ha
- 5 Anguilla 0 ha
- 5 Antigua and Barbuda 0 ha
- 5 Argentina 0 ha
- 5 Armenia 0 ha
- 5 Aruba 0 ha
- 5 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 ha
- 5 Australia 0 ha
- 5 Austria 0 ha
- 5 Azerbaijan 0 ha
- 5 Bahamas 0 ha
- 5 Bahrain 0 ha
- 5 Bangladesh 0 ha
- 5 Barbados 0 ha
- 5 Belarus 0 ha
- 5 Belgium 0 ha
- 5 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 ha
- 5 Belize 0 ha
- 5 Benin 0 ha
- 5 Bermuda 0 ha
- 5 Bhutan 0 ha
- 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 ha
- 5 Botswana 0 ha
- 5 Brazil 0 ha
- 5 British Virgin Islands 0 ha
- 5 Brunei Darussalam 0 ha compare
- 5 Bulgaria 0 ha
- 5 Burkina Faso 0 ha
- 5 Burundi 0 ha
- 5 Cambodia 0 ha
- 5 Cameroon 0 ha
- 5 Canada 0 ha
- 5 Cayman Islands 0 ha
- 5 Central African Republic 0 ha
- 5 Chad 0 ha
- 5 Chile 0 ha
- 5 China 0 ha
- 5 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 ha
- 5 China, Macao SAR 0 ha
- 5 China, mainland 0 ha
- 5 China, Taiwan Province of 0 ha
- 5 Colombia 0 ha
- 5 Comoros 0 ha
- 5 Congo 0 ha
- 5 Cook Islands 0 ha
- 5 Costa Rica 0 ha
- 5 Croatia 0 ha
- 5 Cuba 0 ha
- 5 Cyprus 0 ha
- 5 Czechia 0 ha
- 5 Denmark 0 ha
- 5 Djibouti 0 ha
- 5 Dominica 0 ha
- 5 Dominican Republic 0 ha
- 5 Ecuador 0 ha
- 5 Egypt 0 ha
- 5 El Salvador 0 ha
- 5 Equatorial Guinea 0 ha
- 5 Eritrea 0 ha
- 5 Estonia 0 ha
- 5 Eswatini 0 ha
- 5 Ethiopia 0 ha
- 5 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 ha
- 5 Faroe Islands 0 ha
- 5 Fiji 0 ha
- 5 Finland 0 ha
- 5 France 0 ha
- 5 French Guiana 0 ha
- 5 French Polynesia 0 ha
- 5 Gabon 0 ha
- 5 Gambia 0 ha
- 5 Georgia 0 ha
- 5 Germany 0 ha
- 5 Ghana 0 ha
- 5 Gibraltar 0 ha
- 5 Greece 0 ha
- 5 Greenland 0 ha
- 5 Grenada 0 ha
- 5 Guadeloupe 0 ha
- 5 Guam 0 ha
- 5 Guatemala 0 ha
- 5 Guinea 0 ha
- 5 Guinea-Bissau 0 ha
- 5 Guyana 0 ha
- 5 Haiti 0 ha
- 5 Honduras 0 ha
- 5 Hungary 0 ha
- 5 Iceland 0 ha
- 5 India 0 ha
- 5 Iraq 0 ha
- 5 Ireland 0 ha
- 5 Isle of Man 0 ha
- 5 Israel 0 ha
- 5 Italy 0 ha
- 5 Jamaica 0 ha
- 5 Japan 0 ha
- 5 Jordan 0 ha
- 5 Kazakhstan 0 ha
- 5 Kenya 0 ha
- 5 Kiribati 0 ha
- 5 Kuwait 0 ha
- 5 Kyrgyzstan 0 ha
- 5 Latvia 0 ha
- 5 Lebanon 0 ha
- 5 Lesotho 0 ha
- 5 Liberia 0 ha
- 5 Libya 0 ha
- 5 Lithuania 0 ha
- 5 Luxembourg 0 ha
- 5 Madagascar 0 ha
- 5 Malawi 0 ha
- 5 Maldives 0 ha
- 5 Mali 0 ha
- 5 Malta 0 ha
- 5 Marshall Islands 0 ha
- 5 Martinique 0 ha
- 5 Mauritania 0 ha
- 5 Mauritius 0 ha
- 5 Mayotte 0 ha
- 5 Mexico 0 ha
- 5 Mongolia 0 ha
- 5 Montenegro 0 ha
- 5 Montserrat 0 ha
- 5 Morocco 0 ha
- 5 Mozambique 0 ha
- 5 Namibia 0 ha
- 5 Naoero 0 ha
- 5 Nepal 0 ha
- 5 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 ha
- 5 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 ha
- 5 New Caledonia 0 ha
- 5 New Zealand 0 ha
- 5 Nicaragua 0 ha
- 5 Niger 0 ha
- 5 Nigeria 0 ha
- 5 Niue 0 ha
- 5 Norfolk Island 0 ha
- 5 North Macedonia 0 ha
- 5 Northern Mariana Islands 0 ha
- 5 Norway 0 ha
- 5 Oman 0 ha
- 5 Pakistan 0 ha
- 5 Palau 0 ha
- 5 Palestine, State of 0 ha
- 5 Panama 0 ha
- 5 Papua New Guinea 0 ha
- 5 Paraguay 0 ha
- 5 Peru 0 ha
- 5 Philippines 0 ha
- 5 Pitcairn 0 ha
- 5 Poland 0 ha
- 5 Portugal 0 ha
- 5 Puerto Rico 0 ha
- 5 Qatar 0 ha
- 5 Republic of Korea 0 ha
- 5 Réunion 0 ha
- 5 Romania 0 ha
- 5 Russian Federation 0 ha
- 5 Rwanda 0 ha
- 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 ha
- 5 Saint Lucia 0 ha
- 5 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 ha
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 ha
- 5 Samoa 0 ha
- 5 Sao Tome and Principe 0 ha
- 5 Saudi Arabia 0 ha
- 5 Senegal 0 ha
- 5 Serbia 0 ha
- 5 Serbia and Montenegro 0 ha
- 5 Seychelles 0 ha
- 5 Sierra Leone 0 ha
- 5 Singapore 0 ha
- 5 Slovakia 0 ha
- 5 Slovenia 0 ha
- 5 Solomon Islands 0 ha
- 5 Somalia 0 ha
- 5 South Africa 0 ha
- 5 South Sudan 0 ha
- 5 Spain 0 ha
- 5 Sri Lanka 0 ha
- 5 Sudan 0 ha
- 5 Sudan (former) 0 ha
- 5 Suriname 0 ha
- 5 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 ha
- 5 Sweden 0 ha
- 5 Switzerland 0 ha
- 5 Tajikistan 0 ha
- 5 Togo 0 ha
- 5 Tokelau 0 ha
- 5 Tonga 0 ha
- 5 Trinidad and Tobago 0 ha
- 5 Tunisia 0 ha
- 5 Turkmenistan 0 ha
- 5 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 ha
- 5 Tuvalu 0 ha
- 5 Uganda 0 ha
- 5 Ukraine 0 ha
- 5 United Arab Emirates 0 ha
- 5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 ha
- 5 United States Virgin Islands 0 ha
- 5 Uruguay 0 ha
- 5 Uzbekistan 0 ha
- 5 Vanuatu 0 ha
- 5 Western Sahara 0 ha
- 5 Yemen 0 ha
- 5 Zambia 0 ha
- 5 Zimbabwe 0 ha
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 0 ha
- 5 OECD 0 ha
More climate change data for Malaysia
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 4,551 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,936 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,616 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 7.31 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 93.41 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 7,214 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,641 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,573 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 13.74 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 127.6 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fires in organic soils — burned area in Malaysia?
- Fires in organic soils — burned area in Malaysia was 8,403 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fires in organic soils — burned area recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 40,720 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest fires in organic soils — burned area recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 230.81 ha in 2001.
- How does Malaysia rank for fires in organic soils — burned area?
- Malaysia ranks 2nd out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fires in organic soils — burned area rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fires in organic soils — Burned Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.