Grassland — Burned Area, per square kilometre by country
Grassland — Burned Area 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
154
Highest
19.52 ha per square kilometre
Senegal
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Vanuatu
Median
0.0326 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,279
What the numbers show
Grassland — Burned Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 19.52 ha per square kilometre in Senegal; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0326 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 1.09 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 9,937.2%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).
Grassland — Burned Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 19.52 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 2 | Gambia | 13.57 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 3 | South Sudan | 13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 4 | Ghana | 11.23 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 5 | Angola | 10.05 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 6 | Botswana | 9.05 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 122.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 8.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 8 | Zambia | 5.46 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 9 | Benin | 5.13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 10 | Congo | 4.71 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 11 | Mali | 4.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 12 | Togo | 4.27 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.2% | rising |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 4.06 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Madagascar | 3.94 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 15 | Chad | 3.85 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 16 | Mozambique | 3.42 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 17 | South Africa | 3.4 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 18 | Central African Republic | 3.34 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 19 | Nigeria | 3.15 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 20 | Sudan | 3.11 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 21 | Australia | 2.71 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 22 | Uganda | 2.22 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 23 | Namibia | 2.17 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 24 | Eswatini | 1.9 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Guinea | 1.69 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 26 | Mongolia | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Lesotho | 1.21 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Rwanda | 1.2 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Cambodia | 1.19 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Gabon | 1.13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 31 | Barbados | 1.04 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Belize | 1.03 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 0.8794 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.7893 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 179.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Nicaragua | 0.6776 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 103.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Cameroon | 0.6585 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 37 | Malawi | 0.6495 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 38 | Honduras | 0.4479 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Myanmar | 0.4243 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 143.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Colombia | 0.4181 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.6% | falling |
| 41 | Brazil | 0.4153 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 42 | Eritrea | 0.4111 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 501.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Paraguay | 0.3933 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.9% | rising |
| 44 | Guyana | 0.3847 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Greece | 0.3442 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 347.2% | volatile |
| 46 | North Macedonia | 0.3435 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Argentina | 0.3194 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.1% | flat |
| 48 | Niger | 0.2911 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 0.2848 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Mauritania | 0.2449 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Guatemala | 0.2441 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 0.2085 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Iraq | 0.1603 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 206.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 0.1491 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Suriname | 0.1308 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 753.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Ukraine | 0.1269 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 560.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Mexico | 0.1213 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Kenya | 0.1136 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Panama | 0.1084 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 173.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Cuba | 0.0971 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 103.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0959 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Thailand | 0.0949 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.5% | flat |
| 63 | Haiti | 0.0877 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 494.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Burundi | 0.0865 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0813 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Armenia | 0.0739 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Nepal | 0.0728 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 0.0715 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 182.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Italy | 0.0585 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 931.6% | volatile |
| 70 | India | 0.0477 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Egypt | 0.0411 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9,937.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Albania | 0.0384 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 308.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Indonesia | 0.0382 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Uruguay | 0.0376 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 0.0356 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 0.0344 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Israel | 0.0337 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Peru | 0.0315 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Pakistan | 0.0276 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Philippines | 0.0251 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Chile | 0.0247 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 359.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Portugal | 0.0244 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Turkmenistan | 0.0232 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 84 | China | 0.0216 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 85 | El Salvador | 0.0165 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Romania | 0.0147 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Canada | 0.0134 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Bahamas | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Spain | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Cyprus | 0.0116 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Ecuador | 0.0105 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Jamaica | 0.0099 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 0.008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Bhutan | 0.0079 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Georgia | 0.0074 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Fiji | 0.007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Morocco | 0.0069 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 269.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Algeria | 0.0067 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Lebanon | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Estonia | 0.0051 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 408.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Tunisia | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Somalia | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Croatia | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 106 | France | 0.0034 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Afghanistan | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Bangladesh | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Serbia | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 939.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Lithuania | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Liberia | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Japan | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Belarus | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 157.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 116 | New Caledonia | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Iceland | 0.0006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Switzerland | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Austria | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Yemen | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Germany | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Hungary | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Malaysia | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Poland | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Belgium | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Comoros | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Czechia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Djibouti | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Denmark | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Finland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Gibraltar | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Grenada | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Greenland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Isle of Man | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Ireland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Jordan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Kuwait | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Libya | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Latvia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Montenegro | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Mauritius | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Norway | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | New Zealand | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Oman | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Palestine | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Slovakia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Slovenia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Sweden | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Vanuatu | 0 ha 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 0.9019 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Grassland — Burned Area 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.
Grassland — Burned Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Grassland — Burned Area 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
Grassland — Burned Area 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.