Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area by country
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.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
21.50 million ha
Angola
Lowest
0 ha
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
2,486 ha
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,364
What the numbers show
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 21.50 million ha in Angola; the lowest is 0 ha in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 2,486 ha, and the mean is 1.02 million ha.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 28,139.9%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 21.50 million ha | 2024 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 2 | Sudan (former) | 16.57 million ha | 2011 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 27.74 million ha | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 3 | South Sudan | 16.10 million ha | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 4 | Zambia | 15.21 million ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 5 | Mozambique | 12.47 million ha | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 6 | Brazil | 10.74 million ha | 2024 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 9.64 million ha | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 8 | OECD | 8.36 million ha | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 6.20 million ha | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Canada | 3.74 million ha | 2024 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 103,642 ha | 2024 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 11 | Guinea | 2.73 million ha | 2024 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 12 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.73 million ha | 2024 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Türkiye | 12,889 ha | 2024 | up 917.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Australia | 2.73 million ha | 2024 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 2,330 ha | 2024 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 2.32 million ha | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 15 | Congo | 1.87 million ha | 2024 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 16 | Paraguay | 1.38 million ha | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 17 | Ghana | 1.19 million ha | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Cambodia | 1.19 million ha | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 19 | Cameroon | 1.01 million ha | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 20 | Colombia | 963,760 ha | 2024 | down 45.2% | rising |
| 21 | Mexico | 949,966 ha | 2024 | up 385.7% | rising |
| 22 | Nigeria | 785,222 ha | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Sierra Leone | 715,803 ha | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 24 | Myanmar | 680,384 ha | 2024 | down 37.3% | flat |
| 25 | Argentina | 669,548 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 26 | Uganda | 655,929 ha | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 27 | Madagascar | 430,424 ha | 2024 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 406,506 ha | 2023 | up 202.5% | volatile |
| 29 | South Africa | 301,819 ha | 2024 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 30 | India | 292,585 ha | 2024 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 272,118 ha | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 32 | Senegal | 259,966 ha | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Honduras | 246,571 ha | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Sudan | 236,237 ha | 2024 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 35 | Thailand | 235,411 ha | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 36 | Malawi | 233,600 ha | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 37 | Chad | 224,941 ha | 2024 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Gabon | 196,374 ha | 2024 | up 498.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Togo | 196,226 ha | 2024 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 193,666 ha | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Nepal | 127,450 ha | 2024 | up 164.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Guatemala | 124,055 ha | 2024 | up 103.9% | volatile |
| 43 | China | 115,440 ha | 2024 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 44 | China, mainland | 115,247 ha | 2024 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Guyana | 109,987 ha | 2024 | up 1,374.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Ukraine | 108,866 ha | 2024 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Portugal | 101,037 ha | 2024 | up 2,096.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Philippines | 79,414 ha | 2024 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 76,879 ha | 2024 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 70,369 ha | 2024 | up 416.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Mali | 64,785 ha | 2024 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Indonesia | 64,634 ha | 2024 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Cuba | 63,137 ha | 2024 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Benin | 60,153 ha | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Ecuador | 54,688 ha | 2024 | up 648.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 46,889 ha | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Eswatini | 34,989 ha | 2024 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Liberia | 30,843 ha | 2024 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Burundi | 29,705 ha | 2024 | up 67.5% | falling |
| 60 | Chile | 29,044 ha | 2024 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Kenya | 24,512 ha | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Greece | 21,995 ha | 2024 | up 830.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Belize | 20,111 ha | 2024 | up 498.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Suriname | 19,706 ha | 2024 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Rwanda | 14,254 ha | 2024 | up 942.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Serbia | 12,150 ha | 2024 | up 28,139.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 11,887 ha | 2024 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 68 | Bahamas | 11,611 ha | 2024 | up 143.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Malaysia | 10,494 ha | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Botswana | 10,187 ha | 2024 | up 798.1% | volatile |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 9,050 ha | 2024 | up 10,424.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Pakistan | 8,519 ha | 2024 | up 663.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Albania | 7,674 ha | 2024 | up 5,851.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Panama | 7,567 ha | 2024 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Spain | 7,070 ha | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 76 | New Caledonia | 6,957 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Romania | 4,647 ha | 2024 | up 101.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 3,831 ha | 2024 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 3,720 ha | 2024 | up 917.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Italy | 3,438 ha | 2024 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Montenegro | 3,333 ha | 2024 | up 2,114.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Uruguay | 3,283 ha | 2024 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,860 ha | 2024 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Bhutan | 2,486 ha | 2024 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,373 ha | 2024 | up 270.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Comoros | 2,181 ha | 2024 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Mongolia | 1,982 ha | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Croatia | 1,957 ha | 2024 | up 378.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Georgia | 1,871 ha | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Iceland | 1,447 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Belarus | 1,444 ha | 2024 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Kazakhstan | 1,399 ha | 2024 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 93 | France | 946.43 ha | 2024 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Algeria | 794.46 ha | 2024 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 95 | El Salvador | 769.9 ha | 2024 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 96 | New Zealand | 730.7 ha | 2024 | up 112.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Gambia | 727.08 ha | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Japan | 622.22 ha | 2024 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Jamaica | 599.15 ha | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea | 598.39 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 408.24 ha | 2024 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 213.75 ha | 2024 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Hungary | 193.73 ha | 2024 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 104 | China, Taiwan Province of | 192.74 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Tunisia | 171.78 ha | 2024 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Serbia and Montenegro | 107.53 ha | 2005 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Lebanon | 107.29 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Morocco | 85.86 ha | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Cyprus | 85.85 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 110 | French Guiana | 85.49 ha | 2024 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Poland | 43.12 ha | 2024 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Iraq | 42.95 ha | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Egypt | 42.89 ha | 2024 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Haiti | 42.8 ha | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Namibia | 42.79 ha | 2024 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Mauritania | 42.78 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Mayotte | 42.77 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Somalia | 42.74 ha | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Germany | 21.55 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Czechia | 21.54 ha | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Afghanistan | 21.46 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Armenia | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Austria | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Belgium | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Barbados | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Switzerland | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Denmark | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Eritrea | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Estonia | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Finland | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Fiji | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Gibraltar | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Grenada | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Isle of Man | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Ireland | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Israel | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Libya | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Liechtenstein | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Lesotho | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Lithuania | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Latvia | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Mauritius | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Niger | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Norway | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Saudi Arabia | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Slovakia | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Slovenia | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Sweden | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Tajikistan | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Turkmenistan | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Vanuatu | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Samoa | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Montserrat | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Republic of Korea | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0 ha | 1999 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Réunion | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 160.96 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 118.31 million ha
- Non-Annex I countries 147.24 million ha
- Middle Africa 62.18 million ha
- Africa 122.44 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 122.17 million ha
- United Republic of Tanzania 4.63 million ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 82.48 million ha
- Asia 3.48 million ha
- Eastern Africa 52.31 million ha
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.40 million ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 50.15 million ha
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.14 million ha
- Americas 25.73 million ha
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 591,861 ha
- South America 19.58 million ha
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 499,399 ha
- Annex I countries 13.72 million ha
- Western Africa 7.37 million ha
- Melanesia 83,835 ha
- Europe 6.49 million ha
- Eastern Europe 6.32 million ha
- Northern America 4.51 million ha
- Syrian Arab Republic 966.09 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 2.87 million ha
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 494.22 ha
- Oceania 2.81 million ha
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 236.24 ha
- Central America 1.56 million ha
- Polynesia 0 ha
- Republic of Moldova 0 ha
- Côte d'Ivoire 1.06 million ha
- United States of America 764,705 ha
- Southern Asia 478,400 ha
- Southern Africa 347,037 ha
- Northern Africa 237,332 ha
- Southern Europe 170,564 ha
- European Union (27) 145,176 ha
- Eastern Asia 118,538 ha
- Caribbean 81,594 ha
About this data
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.