Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre by country
Forest fires — 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
150
Highest
3.9 ha per square kilometre
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Samoa
Median
0.0032 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,245
What the numbers show
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 3.9 ha per square kilometre in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0032 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.1675 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 14,718.5%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 3.9 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 2 | Zambia | 3.11 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.2% | rising |
| 3 | Mozambique | 2.92 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.7% | rising |
| 4 | Myanmar | 2.31 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 5 | Cambodia | 1.78 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | rising |
| 6 | Nepal | 1.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Angola | 1.26 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.4% | rising |
| 8 | Thailand | 0.9272 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Honduras | 0.9197 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Belize | 0.7654 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Nicaragua | 0.5081 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 256.9% | volatile |
| 12 | South Sudan | 0.4008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 13 | Chile | 0.3677 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,779.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Malawi | 0.3418 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.2% | rising |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3331 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Canada | 0.3129 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,010.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Bahamas | 0.2739 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Cuba | 0.2116 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 179.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Cameroon | 0.2046 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 0.1997 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 21 | Greece | 0.1976 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14,718.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Brazil | 0.1883 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 198.7% | flat |
| 23 | India | 0.1717 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Mexico | 0.1592 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Guatemala | 0.1493 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 0.1302 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 27 | Congo | 0.13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 28 | Liberia | 0.1218 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 0.1057 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 297.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Bhutan | 0.1056 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Indonesia | 0.1019 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Eswatini | 0.086 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Chad | 0.074 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 34 | Portugal | 0.0628 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Nigeria | 0.0575 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 0.057 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Paraguay | 0.0565 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 0.0548 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Spain | 0.0458 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 934.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Fiji | 0.0375 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0337 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Guinea | 0.0313 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.6% | falling |
| 43 | Togo | 0.0287 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 305.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Ghana | 0.0287 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Philippines | 0.0286 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Colombia | 0.0259 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Georgia | 0.0229 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Gabon | 0.0228 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 49 | Senegal | 0.0217 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Benin | 0.0214 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Australia | 0.0209 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Rwanda | 0.0199 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Zimbabwe | 0.0199 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Guyana | 0.0187 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Peru | 0.016 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 56 | South Africa | 0.0133 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Panama | 0.0121 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 250.8% | volatile |
| 58 | China | 0.0119 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.6% | falling |
| 59 | Argentina | 0.0119 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Uganda | 0.0114 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Suriname | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 711.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 0.0092 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Italy | 0.0091 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Ukraine | 0.0076 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Albania | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Tunisia | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Algeria | 0.0054 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 321.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Armenia | 0.0053 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Ecuador | 0.0048 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 273.3% | volatile |
| 71 | New Caledonia | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 72 | El Salvador | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Malaysia | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 75 | France | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,170.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Japan | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Haiti | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Uruguay | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 700.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Kenya | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 667.5% | volatile |
| 80 | New Zealand | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Morocco | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Burundi | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 0.0006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Hungary | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Croatia | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Latvia | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Namibia | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Belarus | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Sudan | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Kazakhstan | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 799.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Romania | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Mongolia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Austria | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Belgium | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Botswana | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Switzerland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Comoros | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Cayman Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Cyprus | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Czechia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Germany | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Djibouti | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Denmark | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Egypt | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Eritrea | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Estonia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Finland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Gibraltar | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Gambia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Grenada | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Isle of Man | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Ireland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Iraq | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Israel | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Jamaica | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Lebanon | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Lesotho | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Lithuania | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Mali | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Montenegro | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Mauritania | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Mauritius | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Niger | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Norway | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Pakistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Poland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | French Polynesia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Singapore | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Somalia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Serbia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Slovakia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Slovenia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Sweden | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | British Virgin Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Vanuatu | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | 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 0.1976 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Forest fires — 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.
Forest fires — Burned Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Forest fires — 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
Forest fires — 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.