Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre by country
Other 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.
Countries reporting
134
Highest
2.27 ha per square kilometre
Mozambique
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0.0004 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,245
What the numbers show
Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 134 countries. The highest value is 2.27 ha per square kilometre in Mozambique; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0004 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0477 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 14,718.5%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 2.27 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.0% | rising |
| 2 | Cambodia | 0.6071 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 78.9% | falling |
| 3 | Myanmar | 0.4834 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 4 | Chile | 0.3677 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,779.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Canada | 0.3129 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,010.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Thailand | 0.292 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 149.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Zambia | 0.2776 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.3% | rising |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 0.2094 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 9 | Greece | 0.1976 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14,718.5% | volatile |
| 10 | India | 0.1307 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Mexico | 0.1191 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 0.1084 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 13 | Madagascar | 0.1044 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 0.1043 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 344.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Bhutan | 0.1006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 159.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Eswatini | 0.086 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Portugal | 0.0628 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Nepal | 0.0513 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 268.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Honduras | 0.0505 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Cuba | 0.0481 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 917.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Spain | 0.0458 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 934.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Malawi | 0.0406 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Angola | 0.0353 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 24 | Georgia | 0.0229 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Bahamas | 0.0214 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Rwanda | 0.0199 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 0.0199 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Australia | 0.0186 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Philippines | 0.0184 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Paraguay | 0.0142 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 31 | South Africa | 0.0132 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 32 | China | 0.0119 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.6% | falling |
| 33 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0115 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 268.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Guatemala | 0.0096 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Italy | 0.0091 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.2% | volatile |
| 36 | South Sudan | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 222.5% | rising |
| 37 | Ukraine | 0.0076 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Albania | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Tunisia | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Indonesia | 0.0054 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 408.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Algeria | 0.0054 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 321.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Armenia | 0.0053 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Argentina | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Ecuador | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 360.0% | volatile |
| 46 | France | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,170.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Uganda | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Japan | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Brazil | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Haiti | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Nicaragua | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 53 | El Salvador | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Uruguay | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 700.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Guyana | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 254.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Cameroon | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Kenya | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 667.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Colombia | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Sierra Leone | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 60 | New Zealand | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Morocco | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Burundi | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Chad | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 0.0006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Hungary | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Croatia | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Latvia | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Namibia | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Malaysia | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Belarus | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Sudan | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 799.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Nigeria | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Romania | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Mongolia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Afghanistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Austria | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Belgium | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Benin | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Botswana | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Switzerland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Congo | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Comoros | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Cyprus | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Czechia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Germany | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Djibouti | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Denmark | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Egypt | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Eritrea | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Estonia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Finland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Gabon | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Ghana | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Gibraltar | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Guinea | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Gambia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Isle of Man | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Ireland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Iraq | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Israel | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Jamaica | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Lebanon | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Liberia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Lesotho | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Lithuania | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Mali | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Montenegro | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Mauritania | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Mauritius | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Niger | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Norway | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Pakistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Panama | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Poland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Senegal | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Somalia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Serbia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Slovakia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Slovenia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Sweden | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Togo | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Turkmenistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Uzbekistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | British Virgin Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | United States Virgin Islands | 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 0.0663 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Other 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.
Other forest — Burned Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Other 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
Other 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.