Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area, per capita by country
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
151
Highest
1.81 ha per person
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 ha per person
Samoa
Median
0.0003 ha per person
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,504
What the numbers show
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area, per capita is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 1.81 ha per person in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 ha per person in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0003 ha per person, and the mean is 0.045 ha per person.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 30,477.9%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area, per capita (capita Area): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 1.81 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 2 | South Sudan | 1.35 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 3 | Zambia | 0.7134 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 4 | Angola | 0.5675 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 5 | Mozambique | 0.3601 ha per person | 2024 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 6 | Congo | 0.2954 ha per person | 2024 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 7 | Paraguay | 0.1993 ha per person | 2024 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 8 | Guinea | 0.185 ha per person | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 9 | Guyana | 0.1323 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,238.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1236 ha per person | 2024 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 11 | Australia | 0.1003 ha per person | 2024 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Canada | 0.0907 ha per person | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 0.0828 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 14 | Gabon | 0.0773 ha per person | 2024 | up 366.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Cambodia | 0.0676 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 0.0596 ha per person | 2023 | up 165.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Brazil | 0.0507 ha per person | 2024 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 18 | Belize | 0.0482 ha per person | 2024 | up 400.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Ghana | 0.0347 ha per person | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Cameroon | 0.0347 ha per person | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Suriname | 0.0311 ha per person | 2024 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Bahamas | 0.0289 ha per person | 2024 | up 131.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Eswatini | 0.0282 ha per person | 2024 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 24 | New Caledonia | 0.0238 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Togo | 0.0233 ha per person | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Honduras | 0.0228 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Colombia | 0.0182 ha per person | 2024 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 0.0175 ha per person | 2024 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 29 | Argentina | 0.0147 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 30 | Senegal | 0.0141 ha per person | 2024 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Madagascar | 0.0135 ha per person | 2024 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Uganda | 0.0131 ha per person | 2024 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Myanmar | 0.0125 ha per person | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 0.0116 ha per person | 2024 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Chad | 0.0111 ha per person | 2024 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Malawi | 0.0108 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 37 | Portugal | 0.0094 ha per person | 2024 | up 2,036.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0073 ha per person | 2024 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Mexico | 0.0073 ha per person | 2024 | up 344.6% | falling |
| 40 | Guatemala | 0.0067 ha per person | 2024 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Cuba | 0.0058 ha per person | 2024 | up 61.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Liberia | 0.0055 ha per person | 2024 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Montenegro | 0.0053 ha per person | 2024 | up 2,114.9% | volatile |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 0.005 ha per person | 2024 | up 10,962.1% | volatile |
| 45 | South Africa | 0.0047 ha per person | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Sudan | 0.0047 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 47 | Nepal | 0.0043 ha per person | 2024 | up 146.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Benin | 0.0042 ha per person | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Botswana | 0.004 ha per person | 2024 | up 673.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Iceland | 0.0037 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Nigeria | 0.0034 ha per person | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Thailand | 0.0033 ha per person | 2024 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 53 | Albania | 0.0032 ha per person | 2024 | up 6,844.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Bhutan | 0.0031 ha per person | 2024 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Ecuador | 0.003 ha per person | 2024 | up 561.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Ukraine | 0.0029 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Mali | 0.0026 ha per person | 2024 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Comoros | 0.0025 ha per person | 2024 | up 132.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 0.0023 ha per person | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 60 | Burundi | 0.0021 ha per person | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Greece | 0.0021 ha per person | 2024 | up 874.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Peru | 0.0021 ha per person | 2024 | up 354.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Serbia | 0.0018 ha per person | 2024 | up 30,477.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0017 ha per person | 2024 | up 263.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Panama | 0.0017 ha per person | 2024 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Chile | 0.0015 ha per person | 2024 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Rwanda | 0.001 ha per person | 2024 | up 730.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Uruguay | 0.001 ha per person | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | up 111.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Philippines | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 0.0006 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,017.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Mongolia | 0.0006 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Croatia | 0.0005 ha per person | 2024 | up 420.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Georgia | 0.0005 ha per person | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Kenya | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Malaysia | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Bangladesh | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Gambia | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Romania | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | up 110.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Indonesia | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Jamaica | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 84 | India | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 85 | Belarus | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Spain | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 87 | New Zealand | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 88 | El Salvador | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 89 | China | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Cyprus | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Italy | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Pakistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 551.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Hungary | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Lebanon | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Algeria | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Namibia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Tunisia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 100 | France | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Mauritania | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Japan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Haiti | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Morocco | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Somalia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Czechia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Poland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Iraq | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Afghanistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Egypt | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Germany | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Armenia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Austria | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Belgium | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Barbados | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Switzerland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Denmark | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Eritrea | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Estonia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Finland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Fiji | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Gibraltar | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Grenada | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Isle of Man | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Ireland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Israel | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Libya | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Liechtenstein | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Lesotho | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Lithuania | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Latvia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Mauritius | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Niger | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Norway | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Slovakia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Slovenia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Sweden | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Vanuatu | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Samoa | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0198 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.