Fires in organic soils — Burned Area in Thailand
Thailand: Fires in organic soils — Burned Area was 51.3 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
51.3 ha
World rank
4th
of 218 countries
All-time high
2,206 ha
in 2004
All-time low
0 ha
in 2001
Years of data
35
1990–2024
Fires in organic soils — Burned Area in Thailand, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fires in organic soils — burned area in Thailand stood at 51.3 ha.
The figure is down 94.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fires in organic soils — burned area in Thailand peaked at 2,206 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2001.
That places Thailand 4th out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 164.56 ha | — |
| 1991 | 164.56 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 164.56 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 164.56 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 164.56 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 164.56 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 37.13 ha | -77.4% |
| 1997 | 61.99 ha | +67.0% |
| 1998 | 283.79 ha | +357.8% |
| 1999 | 43.78 ha | -84.6% |
| 2000 | 36.76 ha | -16.0% |
| 2001 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2002 | 564.26 ha | — |
| 2003 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2004 | 2,206 ha | — |
| 2005 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2006 | 0 ha | — |
| 2007 | 0 ha | — |
| 2008 | 0 ha | — |
| 2009 | 0 ha | — |
| 2010 | 581.36 ha | — |
| 2011 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2012 | 0 ha | — |
| 2013 | 0 ha | — |
| 2014 | 872.03 ha | — |
| 2015 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 34.2 ha | — |
| 2017 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2018 | 0 ha | — |
| 2019 | 0 ha | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2021 | 0 ha | — |
| 2022 | 0 ha | — |
| 2023 | 0 ha | — |
| 2024 | 51.3 ha | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 141.41 ha | 37.13 ha | 283.79 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 280.68 ha | 0 ha | 2,206 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 148.76 ha | 0 ha | 872.03 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.26 ha | 0 ha | 51.3 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 1 Indonesia 28,346 ha compare
- 2 Malaysia 8,403 ha compare
- 3 Myanmar 5,858 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 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 Thailand
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 22,242 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 6,353 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 15,889 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 23.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 567.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 38,338 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,932 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 27,406 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.25 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 978.77 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fires in organic soils — burned area in Thailand?
- Fires in organic soils — burned area in Thailand was 51.3 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 2,206 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest fires in organic soils — burned area recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2001.
- How does Thailand rank for fires in organic soils — burned area?
- Thailand ranks 4th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fires in organic soils — burned area rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 94.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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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About this data
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.