Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre by country
Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 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
149
Highest
210.36 t per square kilometre
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 t per square kilometre
Samoa
Median
0.179 t per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,245
What the numbers show
Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square kilometre is currently reported for 149 countries. The highest value is 210.36 t per square kilometre in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 t per square kilometre in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.179 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 8.94 t 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: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 210.36 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 2 | Zambia | 167.42 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 3 | Mozambique | 149.7 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.9% | rising |
| 4 | Myanmar | 123.27 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 5 | Cambodia | 94.24 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.2% | rising |
| 6 | Nepal | 77.94 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Angola | 67.81 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.4% | rising |
| 8 | Honduras | 49.57 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Thailand | 49.08 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Belize | 41.41 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Nicaragua | 27.48 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 257.2% | volatile |
| 12 | South Sudan | 21.66 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 13 | Chile | 18.53 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,779.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Malawi | 18.34 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.0% | rising |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.02 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Bahamas | 14.74 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Canada | 13.19 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,036.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Cuba | 11.27 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 176.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Cameroon | 11.06 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 10.42 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 10.18 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 198.9% | flat |
| 22 | Greece | 9.96 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14,718.5% | volatile |
| 23 | India | 8.8 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Mexico | 8.17 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Guatemala | 8.04 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Congo | 7.03 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 6.64 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 28 | Liberia | 6.59 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Indonesia | 5.49 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Bhutan | 5.34 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 5.33 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 294.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Eswatini | 4.33 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Chad | 4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 34 | Portugal | 3.17 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Nigeria | 3.11 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 3.08 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Paraguay | 3 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 2.96 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Spain | 2.31 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 934.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Fiji | 2.03 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 1.78 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Guinea | 1.69 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.6% | falling |
| 43 | Togo | 1.55 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 305.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Ghana | 1.55 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Philippines | 1.48 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Colombia | 1.4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Gabon | 1.23 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 48 | Senegal | 1.17 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Benin | 1.16 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Georgia | 1.15 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Australia | 1.06 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Guyana | 1.01 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Rwanda | 1 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 1 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Peru | 0.8595 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 56 | South Africa | 0.6718 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Panama | 0.6548 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 252.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Argentina | 0.6244 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Uganda | 0.6047 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 60 | China | 0.5969 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.8% | falling |
| 61 | Suriname | 0.5259 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 711.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 0.4952 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Italy | 0.4576 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Ukraine | 0.3821 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Albania | 0.3163 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Tunisia | 0.2926 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Algeria | 0.2699 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 321.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Armenia | 0.2689 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2541 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 70 | New Caledonia | 0.2535 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Ecuador | 0.246 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 269.2% | volatile |
| 72 | El Salvador | 0.2157 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Malaysia | 0.2099 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2061 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 75 | France | 0.179 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,170.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Japan | 0.1394 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Haiti | 0.1174 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Uruguay | 0.0989 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 700.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Kenya | 0.0871 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 667.5% | volatile |
| 80 | New Zealand | 0.0576 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Morocco | 0.0509 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 0.043 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Burundi | 0.0419 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 0.03 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Hungary | 0.0238 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Croatia | 0.0194 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Latvia | 0.0175 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 0.0174 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Namibia | 0.017 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Belarus | 0.0161 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Sudan | 0.0145 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 149.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Kazakhstan | 0.0108 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 859.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Romania | 0.0047 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Mongolia | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Austria | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Belgium | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Burkina Faso | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Botswana | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Switzerland | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Comoros | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Cayman Islands | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Cyprus | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Czechia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Germany | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Djibouti | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Denmark | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Egypt | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Eritrea | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Estonia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Finland | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Gibraltar | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Gambia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Grenada | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Isle of Man | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Ireland | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Iraq | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Israel | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Jamaica | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Lebanon | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Lesotho | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Lithuania | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Mali | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Montenegro | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Mauritania | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Mauritius | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Niger | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Norway | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Pakistan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Poland | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Puerto Rico | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | French Polynesia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Singapore | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Solomon Islands | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Somalia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Serbia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Slovakia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Slovenia | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Sweden | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Vanuatu | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Samoa | 0 t 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 10.25 t per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 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 — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Forest fires — Burning crop residues 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 — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 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.