Grassland — Burned Area in Sudan (former)

Sudan (former): Grassland — Burned Area was 14.48 million ha in 2011. ▲ Rising

Latest (2011)
14.48 million ha
Change on year
up 11.6%
World rank
4th
of 215 countries
All-time high
19.62 million ha
in 2005
All-time low
3.76 million ha
in 1997
Years of data
22
1990–2011

Grassland — Burned Area in Sudan (former), 1990–2011

5.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M1990200020111990: 16.6M ha1991: 16.6M ha1992: 16.6M ha1993: 16.6M ha1994: 16.6M ha1995: 16.6M ha1996: 4.3M ha1997: 3.8M ha1998: 4.6M ha1999: 5.1M ha2000: 3.9M ha2001: 12.2M ha2002: 18.0M ha2003: 16.9M ha2004: 18.6M ha2005: 19.6M ha2006: 16.6M ha2007: 19.1M ha2008: 16.3M ha2009: 17.7M ha2010: 13.0M ha2011: 14.5M ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for grassland — burned area in Sudan (former) is 14.48 million ha, measured in 2011.

That represents a change of up 11.6% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, grassland — burned area in Sudan (former) peaked at 19.62 million ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3.76 million ha, in 1997.

That places Sudan (former) 4th out of 215 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 11.73 million ha 3.76 million ha 16.58 million ha 10
2000s 15.88 million ha 3.89 million ha 19.62 million ha 10
2010s 13.73 million ha 12.98 million ha 14.48 million ha 2

Countries ranked near Sudan (former)

  1. 1 OECD 21.84 million ha compare
  2. 2 Australia and New Zealand 19.49 million ha compare
  3. 3 Australia 19.49 million ha compare
  4. 5 Angola 13.51 million ha compare
  5. 6 South Sudan 8.35 million ha
  6. 7 Brazil 6.54 million ha compare

See the full ranking of 273 places →

More climate change data for Sudan (former)

All data for Sudan (former) →

Frequently asked questions

What is grassland — burned area in Sudan (former)?
Grassland — burned area in Sudan (former) was 14.48 million ha in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest grassland — burned area recorded in Sudan (former)?
The highest recorded value was 19.62 million ha in 2005.
What is the lowest grassland — burned area recorded in Sudan (former)?
The lowest recorded value was 3.76 million ha in 1997.
How does Sudan (former) rank for grassland — burned area?
Sudan (former) ranks 4th out of 215 countries with data for 2011.
Is grassland — burned area rising or falling in Sudan (former)?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sudan (former) 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 — 22 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 Sudan (former). Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/grassland-burned-area-fao-tier-1/sudan-former/

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/sudan-former/">Grassland — Burned Area in Sudan (former)</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.