Forest fires — Burned Area, per unit of GDP by country
Forest fires — Burned Area divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
144
Highest
0.0009 ha per US$ of GDP
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 ha per US$ of GDP
Samoa
Median
0 ha per US$ of GDP
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,212
What the numbers show
Forest fires — Burned Area, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 0.0009 ha per US$ of GDP in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 ha per US$ of GDP in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 ha per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 ha per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 5,623.2%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).
Forest fires — Burned Area, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 0.0009 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 2 | Zambia | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Mozambique | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Angola | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Myanmar | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Belize | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1,006.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Congo | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 732.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Cambodia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Nepal | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Madagascar | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Liberia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Chad | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Paraguay | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 435.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Malawi | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 120.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Honduras | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Suriname | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 4,075.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Brazil | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 435.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Cameroon | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Gabon | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 403.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Guatemala | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1,804.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Guyana | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 149.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Eswatini | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Thailand | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Bhutan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Guinea | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Peru | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 351.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Canada | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 287.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Mexico | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1,028.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Papua New Guinea | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Bahamas | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Nigeria | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 248.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Togo | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 260.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Cuba | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2020 | up 139.6% | volatile |
| 39 | South Africa | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Ukraine | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Senegal | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 42 | India | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Comoros | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 138.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Ghana | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 308.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Portugal | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3,447.0% | volatile |
| 46 | North Macedonia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 599.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Australia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Colombia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Ecuador | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 484.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Uganda | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 2,609.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Philippines | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Argentina | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Chile | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Malaysia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Fiji | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Serbia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 5,623.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Georgia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Burundi | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Benin | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Mongolia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Sudan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 290.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Indonesia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Botswana | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Montenegro | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1,279.8% | volatile |
| 70 | El Salvador | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 78.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Romania | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 262.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Pakistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 2,844.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Panama | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 75 | New Caledonia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 76 | China | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Belarus | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Tunisia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Albania | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Greece | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 102.2% | volatile |
| 82 | New Zealand | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Croatia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Mali | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Austria | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 105.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Kenya | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 98.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Hungary | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Uruguay | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Japan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Spain | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Algeria | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Slovenia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Czechia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Slovakia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Morocco | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Italy | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Switzerland | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 99 | France | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Afghanistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Armenia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Belgium | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Cyprus | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Germany | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Djibouti | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Denmark | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Egypt | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Eritrea | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Estonia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Finland | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Gambia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Grenada | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Haiti | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Isle of Man | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Ireland | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Iraq | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Israel | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Jamaica | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Kazakhstan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Lebanon | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Lesotho | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Lithuania | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Latvia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Mauritania | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Mauritius | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Namibia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Niger | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Norway | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Poland | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | French Polynesia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Rwanda | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Singapore | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Somalia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Sweden | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Turkmenistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Vanuatu | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Samoa | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 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 ha per US$ of GDP
How this figure is calculated
Forest fires — Burned Area divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Forest fires — Burned Area ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Forest fires — Burned Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.