Forest fires — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre by country
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2) 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
126
Highest
0.3422 kt per square kilometre
Zambia
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Samoa
Median
0.0009 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
24
2001–2024
Data points
3,818
What the numbers show
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre is currently reported for 126 countries. The highest value is 0.3422 kt per square kilometre in Zambia; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0009 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0223 kt per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 10,382.2%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zambia | 0.3422 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 0.3374 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 3 | Mozambique | 0.2388 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 4 | Cambodia | 0.2273 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 5 | Nepal | 0.2194 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 99.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Belize | 0.2131 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1,558.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Myanmar | 0.1698 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 8 | Angola | 0.1287 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 9 | Guatemala | 0.0936 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 3,630.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Honduras | 0.0893 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Thailand | 0.0603 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 40.1% | rising |
| 12 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0577 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Brazil | 0.0551 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 377.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Nicaragua | 0.0443 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 257.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Congo | 0.0422 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 630.1% | volatile |
| 16 | South Sudan | 0.0399 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 17 | Malawi | 0.0398 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 18 | Paraguay | 0.0374 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 478.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Bahamas | 0.0363 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Portugal | 0.0277 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 4,735.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 0.0247 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Mexico | 0.0238 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1,394.0% | rising |
| 23 | Liberia | 0.0193 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Cameroon | 0.017 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Eswatini | 0.0169 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Madagascar | 0.0168 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 27 | India | 0.0147 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Sierra Leone | 0.0112 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 0.0112 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 0.0103 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 31 | Comoros | 0.01 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 231.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Guyana | 0.0097 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1,300.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Gabon | 0.0085 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 478.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Peru | 0.0076 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 563.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Cuba | 0.0071 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 162.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Suriname | 0.0065 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 3,419.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Nigeria | 0.0058 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Chad | 0.0058 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 39 | Canada | 0.0056 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 354.6% | volatile |
| 40 | North Macedonia | 0.0051 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 942.8% | volatile |
| 41 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.005 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Philippines | 0.0047 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Guinea | 0.0047 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 44 | South Africa | 0.0046 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1,100.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Ukraine | 0.0042 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Bhutan | 0.0042 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Togo | 0.0041 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Ghana | 0.0037 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 522.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 0.0036 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Malaysia | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Ecuador | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 599.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Colombia | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Senegal | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Serbia | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 10,382.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1,461.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Australia | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Uganda | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Indonesia | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Chile | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 62 | El Salvador | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Romania | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 594.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Georgia | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Fiji | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Austria | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 68 | China | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 69 | Panama | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 169.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Argentina | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 254.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Montenegro | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Japan | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Greece | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Benin | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Pakistan | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 3,932.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Albania | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Croatia | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Burundi | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 81 | New Caledonia | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 82 | New Zealand | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Hungary | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Belarus | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Spain | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Czechia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Tunisia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Slovenia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Italy | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Switzerland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Sudan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 294.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Slovakia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Botswana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Kenya | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | up 250.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Mongolia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Uruguay | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Morocco | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 99 | France | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Mali | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Algeria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Armenia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Belgium | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Germany | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Estonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Finland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Haiti | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Ireland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Jamaica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Lebanon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Lesotho | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Lithuania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Latvia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Namibia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Norway | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Poland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Rwanda | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Sweden | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Vanuatu | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Samoa | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0165 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2) 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 — Emissions (CO2) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Forest fires — Emissions 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 — Emissions (CO2) 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.