Fires in organic soils — Burned Area in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Fires in organic soils — Burned Area was 5,858 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
5,858 ha
Change on year
up 15.6%
Rank
4th
of 31 groups
All-time high
8,088 ha
in 2020
All-time low
1,602 ha
in 1997
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Fires in organic soils — Burned Area in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1990–2024

2.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k1990200720241990: 4.5k ha1991: 4.5k ha1992: 4.5k ha1993: 4.5k ha1994: 4.5k ha1995: 4.5k ha1996: 2.2k ha1997: 1.6k ha1998: 2.7k ha1999: 2.8k ha2000: 2.8k ha2001: 3.3k ha2002: 2.3k ha2003: 4.1k ha2004: 7.7k ha2005: 3.0k ha2006: 6.1k ha2007: 5.4k ha2008: 2.5k ha2009: 5.1k ha2010: 7.6k ha2011: 2.7k ha2012: 3.3k ha2013: 5.5k ha2014: 5.0k ha2015: 7.8k ha2016: 6.1k ha2017: 2.9k ha2018: 7.2k ha2019: 4.1k ha2020: 8.1k ha2021: 3.6k ha2022: 3.5k ha2023: 5.1k ha2024: 5.9k ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 5,858 ha for fires in organic soils — burned area in 2024.

The figure is up 15.6% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fires in organic soils — burned area in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 8,088 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,602 ha, in 1997.

That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Fires in organic soils — Burned Area in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year

Annual values for Fires in organic soils — Burned Area in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1990 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1990 4,475 ha
1991 4,475 ha +0.0%
1992 4,475 ha +0.0%
1993 4,475 ha +0.0%
1994 4,475 ha +0.0%
1995 4,475 ha +0.0%
1996 2,187 ha -51.1%
1997 1,602 ha -26.7%
1998 2,730 ha +70.5%
1999 2,766 ha +1.3%
2000 2,777 ha +0.4%
2001 3,276 ha +18.0%
2002 2,264 ha -30.9%
2003 4,114 ha +81.8%
2004 7,655 ha +86.1%
2005 3,027 ha -60.5%
2006 6,136 ha +102.7%
2007 5,441 ha -11.3%
2008 2,540 ha -53.3%
2009 5,129 ha +101.9%
2010 7,555 ha +47.3%
2011 2,664 ha -64.7%
2012 3,278 ha +23.1%
2013 5,529 ha +68.7%
2014 4,951 ha -10.4%
2015 7,784 ha +57.2%
2016 6,070 ha -22.0%
2017 2,893 ha -52.3%
2018 7,182 ha +148.3%
2019 4,063 ha -43.4%
2020 8,088 ha +99.1%
2021 3,620 ha -55.2%
2022 3,520 ha -2.8%
2023 5,069 ha +44.0%
2024 5,858 ha +15.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 3,613 ha 1,602 ha 4,475 ha 10
2000s 4,236 ha 2,264 ha 7,655 ha 10
2010s 5,197 ha 2,664 ha 7,784 ha 10
2020s 5,231 ha 3,520 ha 8,088 ha 5

Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

  1. 1 Indonesia 28,346 ha compare
  2. 2 Malaysia 8,403 ha compare
  3. 3 Myanmar 5,858 ha compare
  4. 4 Thailand 51.3 ha compare
  5. 5 Afghanistan 0 ha
  6. 5 Albania 0 ha
  7. 5 Algeria 0 ha
  8. 5 American Samoa 0 ha
  9. 5 Andorra 0 ha
  10. 5 Angola 0 ha
  11. 5 Anguilla 0 ha
  12. 5 Antigua and Barbuda 0 ha
  13. 5 Argentina 0 ha
  14. 5 Armenia 0 ha
  15. 5 Aruba 0 ha
  16. 5 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 ha
  17. 5 Australia 0 ha
  18. 5 Austria 0 ha
  19. 5 Azerbaijan 0 ha
  20. 5 Bahamas 0 ha
  21. 5 Bahrain 0 ha
  22. 5 Bangladesh 0 ha
  23. 5 Barbados 0 ha
  24. 5 Belarus 0 ha
  25. 5 Belgium 0 ha
  26. 5 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 ha
  27. 5 Belize 0 ha
  28. 5 Benin 0 ha
  29. 5 Bermuda 0 ha
  30. 5 Bhutan 0 ha
  31. 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 ha
  32. 5 Botswana 0 ha
  33. 5 Brazil 0 ha
  34. 5 British Virgin Islands 0 ha
  35. 5 Brunei Darussalam 0 ha compare
  36. 5 Bulgaria 0 ha
  37. 5 Burkina Faso 0 ha
  38. 5 Burundi 0 ha
  39. 5 Cambodia 0 ha
  40. 5 Cameroon 0 ha
  41. 5 Canada 0 ha
  42. 5 Cayman Islands 0 ha
  43. 5 Central African Republic 0 ha
  44. 5 Chad 0 ha
  45. 5 Chile 0 ha
  46. 5 China 0 ha
  47. 5 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 ha
  48. 5 China, Macao SAR 0 ha
  49. 5 China, mainland 0 ha
  50. 5 China, Taiwan Province of 0 ha
  51. 5 Colombia 0 ha
  52. 5 Comoros 0 ha
  53. 5 Congo 0 ha
  54. 5 Cook Islands 0 ha
  55. 5 Costa Rica 0 ha
  56. 5 Croatia 0 ha
  57. 5 Cuba 0 ha
  58. 5 Cyprus 0 ha
  59. 5 Czechia 0 ha
  60. 5 Denmark 0 ha
  61. 5 Djibouti 0 ha
  62. 5 Dominica 0 ha
  63. 5 Dominican Republic 0 ha
  64. 5 Ecuador 0 ha
  65. 5 Egypt 0 ha
  66. 5 El Salvador 0 ha
  67. 5 Equatorial Guinea 0 ha
  68. 5 Eritrea 0 ha
  69. 5 Estonia 0 ha
  70. 5 Eswatini 0 ha
  71. 5 Ethiopia 0 ha
  72. 5 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 ha
  73. 5 Faroe Islands 0 ha
  74. 5 Fiji 0 ha
  75. 5 Finland 0 ha
  76. 5 France 0 ha
  77. 5 French Guiana 0 ha
  78. 5 French Polynesia 0 ha
  79. 5 Gabon 0 ha
  80. 5 Gambia 0 ha
  81. 5 Georgia 0 ha
  82. 5 Germany 0 ha
  83. 5 Ghana 0 ha
  84. 5 Gibraltar 0 ha
  85. 5 Greece 0 ha
  86. 5 Greenland 0 ha
  87. 5 Grenada 0 ha
  88. 5 Guadeloupe 0 ha
  89. 5 Guam 0 ha
  90. 5 Guatemala 0 ha
  91. 5 Guinea 0 ha
  92. 5 Guinea-Bissau 0 ha
  93. 5 Guyana 0 ha
  94. 5 Haiti 0 ha
  95. 5 Honduras 0 ha
  96. 5 Hungary 0 ha
  97. 5 Iceland 0 ha
  98. 5 India 0 ha
  99. 5 Iraq 0 ha
  100. 5 Ireland 0 ha
  101. 5 Isle of Man 0 ha
  102. 5 Israel 0 ha
  103. 5 Italy 0 ha
  104. 5 Jamaica 0 ha
  105. 5 Japan 0 ha
  106. 5 Jordan 0 ha
  107. 5 Kazakhstan 0 ha
  108. 5 Kenya 0 ha
  109. 5 Kiribati 0 ha
  110. 5 Kuwait 0 ha
  111. 5 Kyrgyzstan 0 ha
  112. 5 Latvia 0 ha
  113. 5 Lebanon 0 ha
  114. 5 Lesotho 0 ha
  115. 5 Liberia 0 ha
  116. 5 Libya 0 ha
  117. 5 Lithuania 0 ha
  118. 5 Luxembourg 0 ha
  119. 5 Madagascar 0 ha
  120. 5 Malawi 0 ha
  121. 5 Maldives 0 ha
  122. 5 Mali 0 ha
  123. 5 Malta 0 ha
  124. 5 Marshall Islands 0 ha
  125. 5 Martinique 0 ha
  126. 5 Mauritania 0 ha
  127. 5 Mauritius 0 ha
  128. 5 Mayotte 0 ha
  129. 5 Mexico 0 ha
  130. 5 Mongolia 0 ha
  131. 5 Montenegro 0 ha
  132. 5 Montserrat 0 ha
  133. 5 Morocco 0 ha
  134. 5 Mozambique 0 ha
  135. 5 Namibia 0 ha
  136. 5 Naoero 0 ha
  137. 5 Nepal 0 ha
  138. 5 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 ha
  139. 5 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 ha
  140. 5 New Caledonia 0 ha
  141. 5 New Zealand 0 ha
  142. 5 Nicaragua 0 ha
  143. 5 Niger 0 ha
  144. 5 Nigeria 0 ha
  145. 5 Niue 0 ha
  146. 5 Norfolk Island 0 ha
  147. 5 North Macedonia 0 ha
  148. 5 Northern Mariana Islands 0 ha
  149. 5 Norway 0 ha
  150. 5 Oman 0 ha
  151. 5 Pakistan 0 ha
  152. 5 Palau 0 ha
  153. 5 Palestine, State of 0 ha
  154. 5 Panama 0 ha
  155. 5 Papua New Guinea 0 ha
  156. 5 Paraguay 0 ha
  157. 5 Peru 0 ha
  158. 5 Philippines 0 ha
  159. 5 Pitcairn 0 ha
  160. 5 Poland 0 ha
  161. 5 Portugal 0 ha
  162. 5 Puerto Rico 0 ha
  163. 5 Qatar 0 ha
  164. 5 Republic of Korea 0 ha
  165. 5 Réunion 0 ha
  166. 5 Romania 0 ha
  167. 5 Russian Federation 0 ha
  168. 5 Rwanda 0 ha
  169. 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 ha
  170. 5 Saint Lucia 0 ha
  171. 5 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 ha
  172. 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 ha
  173. 5 Samoa 0 ha
  174. 5 Sao Tome and Principe 0 ha
  175. 5 Saudi Arabia 0 ha
  176. 5 Senegal 0 ha
  177. 5 Serbia 0 ha
  178. 5 Serbia and Montenegro 0 ha
  179. 5 Seychelles 0 ha
  180. 5 Sierra Leone 0 ha
  181. 5 Singapore 0 ha
  182. 5 Slovakia 0 ha
  183. 5 Slovenia 0 ha
  184. 5 Solomon Islands 0 ha
  185. 5 Somalia 0 ha
  186. 5 South Africa 0 ha
  187. 5 South Sudan 0 ha
  188. 5 Spain 0 ha
  189. 5 Sri Lanka 0 ha
  190. 5 Sudan 0 ha
  191. 5 Sudan (former) 0 ha
  192. 5 Suriname 0 ha
  193. 5 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 ha
  194. 5 Sweden 0 ha
  195. 5 Switzerland 0 ha
  196. 5 Tajikistan 0 ha
  197. 5 Togo 0 ha
  198. 5 Tokelau 0 ha
  199. 5 Tonga 0 ha
  200. 5 Trinidad and Tobago 0 ha
  201. 5 Tunisia 0 ha
  202. 5 Turkmenistan 0 ha
  203. 5 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 ha
  204. 5 Tuvalu 0 ha
  205. 5 Uganda 0 ha
  206. 5 Ukraine 0 ha
  207. 5 United Arab Emirates 0 ha
  208. 5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 ha
  209. 5 United States Virgin Islands 0 ha
  210. 5 Uruguay 0 ha
  211. 5 Uzbekistan 0 ha
  212. 5 Vanuatu 0 ha
  213. 5 Western Sahara 0 ha
  214. 5 Yemen 0 ha
  215. 5 Zambia 0 ha
  216. 5 Zimbabwe 0 ha
  217. 5 Australia and New Zealand 0 ha
  218. 5 OECD 0 ha

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Frequently asked questions

What is fires in organic soils — burned area in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Fires in organic soils — burned area in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 5,858 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 8,088 ha in 2020.
What is the lowest fires in organic soils — burned area recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 1,602 ha in 1997.
How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for fires in organic soils — burned area?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
Is fires in organic soils — burned area rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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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Indicator
Fires in organic soils — Burned Area
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 9,224 data points, 1990–2024
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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.