Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre by country
Humid tropical forest — 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.
What the numbers show
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 3.69 ha per square kilometre in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Sri Lanka.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0215 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.2401 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 711.1%), and the largest decrease in Trinidad and Tobago (down 100.0%).
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 3.69 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 2 | Zambia | 2.84 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 3 | Myanmar | 1.83 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 4 | Nepal | 1.39 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Angola | 1.22 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.4% | rising |
| 6 | Cambodia | 1.18 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.4% | rising |
| 7 | Honduras | 0.8692 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Belize | 0.7654 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Mozambique | 0.6538 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 10 | Thailand | 0.6353 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Nicaragua | 0.5058 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 261.2% | volatile |
| 12 | South Sudan | 0.3931 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3331 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Malawi | 0.3012 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Bahamas | 0.2525 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Cameroon | 0.2028 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 17 | Brazil | 0.1857 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 202.1% | flat |
| 18 | Cuba | 0.1636 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Guatemala | 0.1398 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Congo | 0.13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 21 | Liberia | 0.1218 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Indonesia | 0.0965 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Madagascar | 0.0954 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 24 | Chad | 0.0733 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.4% | rising |
| 25 | Nigeria | 0.0575 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 0.057 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 0.0533 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Paraguay | 0.0423 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 29 | India | 0.041 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Mexico | 0.04 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Fiji | 0.0375 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Guinea | 0.0313 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.6% | falling |
| 33 | Togo | 0.0287 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 305.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Ghana | 0.0287 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Colombia | 0.0244 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Gabon | 0.0228 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0222 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 0.0219 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.1% | rising |
| 39 | Senegal | 0.0217 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Benin | 0.0214 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Guyana | 0.0168 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 134.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Peru | 0.0137 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Panama | 0.0121 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 282.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Philippines | 0.0102 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Suriname | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 711.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 0.0084 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Uganda | 0.0081 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Argentina | 0.0072 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Bhutan | 0.0051 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 50 | New Caledonia | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Malaysia | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Australia | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 54 | El Salvador | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Ecuador | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | South Africa | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Sudan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | China | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Vanuatu | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Samoa | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Singapore | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Haiti | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Comoros | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Mali | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Gambia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | French Polynesia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Jamaica | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Grenada | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Kenya | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Burundi | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Cayman Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 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 0.1313 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Humid tropical forest — 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.
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Humid tropical forest — 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
Humid tropical forest — 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.