Grassland — Burned Area in Argentina

Argentina: Grassland — Burned Area was 876,656 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
876,656 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
25th
of 215 countries
All-time high
4.02 million ha
in 2001
All-time low
470,854 ha
in 1996
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Grassland — Burned Area in Argentina, 1990–2024

01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M1990200720241990: 1.3M ha1991: 1.3M ha1992: 1.3M ha1993: 1.3M ha1994: 1.3M ha1995: 1.3M ha1996: 470.9k ha1997: 535.7k ha1998: 521.0k ha1999: 589.6k ha2000: 578.8k ha2001: 4.0M ha2002: 2.3M ha2003: 2.5M ha2004: 1.6M ha2005: 1.2M ha2006: 1.2M ha2007: 1.4M ha2008: 1.9M ha2009: 1.3M ha2010: 1.1M ha2011: 1.4M ha2012: 935.1k ha2013: 1.3M ha2014: 1.2M ha2015: 1.0M ha2016: 1.5M ha2017: 2.0M ha2018: 1.6M ha2019: 775.1k ha2020: 1.9M ha2021: 934.2k ha2022: 1.5M ha2023: 874.1k ha2024: 876.7k ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Argentina recorded 876,656 ha for grassland — burned area in 2024.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 25.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — burned area in Argentina peaked at 4.02 million ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 470,854 ha, in 1996.

Argentina ranks 25th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.02 million ha 470,854 ha 1.34 million ha 10
2000s 1.79 million ha 578,847 ha 4.02 million ha 10
2010s 1.29 million ha 775,105 ha 1.98 million ha 10
2020s 1.21 million ha 874,085 ha 1.88 million ha 5

Countries ranked near Argentina

  1. 22 Namibia 975,262 ha compare
  2. 23 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 959,432 ha compare
  3. 24 Russian Federation 933,818 ha compare
  4. 26 Zimbabwe 806,890 ha compare
  5. 27 Niger 724,753 ha compare
  6. 28 Uganda 553,757 ha compare

See the full ranking of 273 places →

More climate change data for Argentina

All data for Argentina →

Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — burned area in Argentina?
Grassland — burned area in Argentina was 876,656 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — burned area recorded in Argentina?
The highest recorded value was 4.02 million ha in 2001.
What is the lowest grassland — burned area recorded in Argentina?
The lowest recorded value was 470,854 ha in 1996.
How does Argentina rank for grassland — burned area?
Argentina ranks 25th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
Is grassland — burned area rising or falling in Argentina?
Over the last ten years it is down 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Argentina data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland — Burned Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Grassland — Burned Area in Argentina. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/grassland-burned-area-fao-tier-1/argentina/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/grassland-burned-area-fao-tier-1/argentina/">Grassland — Burned Area in Argentina</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Grassland — Burned Area
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
273 places, 9,329 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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.