Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre by country
Savanna and woody savanna — 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
151
Highest
20.8 ha per square kilometre
South Sudan
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Samoa
Median
0.0299 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,313
What the numbers show
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 20.8 ha per square kilometre in South Sudan; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0299 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 1.08 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 7,398.6%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 20.8 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 2 | Zambia | 18.09 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 3 | Angola | 16.76 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 4 | Mozambique | 15.92 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 11.09 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 6 | Guinea | 9.81 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.0% | flat |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.12 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 8 | Cambodia | 6.1 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 5.08 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.5% | rising |
| 10 | Uganda | 4.49 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 11 | Paraguay | 4.12 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 12 | Ghana | 3.81 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Nicaragua | 3.38 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 202.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Togo | 3.22 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 15 | Congo | 3.1 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 16 | Honduras | 2.83 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 2.49 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 18 | Malawi | 2.39 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 19 | Cameroon | 1.97 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 20 | Myanmar | 1.64 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | flat |
| 21 | Benin | 1.56 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Cuba | 1.15 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Canada | 1.13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 207.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Belize | 0.983 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Senegal | 0.8623 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Burundi | 0.853 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 27 | Eswatini | 0.8247 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Colombia | 0.8243 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 29 | Guatemala | 0.744 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Brazil | 0.6901 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 31 | Greece | 0.6849 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,443.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Nigeria | 0.6822 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Thailand | 0.6563 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 34 | Australia | 0.6546 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 0.5474 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Papua New Guinea | 0.5152 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 134.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Indonesia | 0.3822 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Mexico | 0.3499 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.3% | flat |
| 39 | Nepal | 0.3358 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Madagascar | 0.3133 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Gabon | 0.3059 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Argentina | 0.2902 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 43 | Liberia | 0.2632 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Rwanda | 0.2322 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 182.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Portugal | 0.2122 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Guyana | 0.2102 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 713.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Panama | 0.2072 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Bahamas | 0.2033 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 49 | New Caledonia | 0.1932 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 489.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 0.1785 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Chad | 0.1674 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.15 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Philippines | 0.1417 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 54 | Sudan | 0.1321 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 55 | Chile | 0.1202 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 881.5% | volatile |
| 56 | South Africa | 0.1087 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Cyprus | 0.1069 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 0.1006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 0.0906 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 0.0829 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.6% | rising |
| 61 | India | 0.0698 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 62 | Spain | 0.0628 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Jamaica | 0.0553 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Suriname | 0.0538 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 485.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Uruguay | 0.0516 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Ecuador | 0.0509 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Barbados | 0.0497 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Bhutan | 0.0466 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Haiti | 0.0458 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 637.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Italy | 0.043 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 463.4% | volatile |
| 71 | El Salvador | 0.0403 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Fiji | 0.0398 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Botswana | 0.0352 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Ukraine | 0.0338 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Mali | 0.0333 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 0.0299 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 319.4% | volatile |
| 77 | China | 0.0295 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0244 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 114.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0223 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Peru | 0.0209 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.0% | volatile |
| 81 | North Macedonia | 0.017 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Kenya | 0.0138 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 83 | France | 0.0132 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 652.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Algeria | 0.01 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 988.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Romania | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Gambia | 0.0085 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0084 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Georgia | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Tunisia | 0.0055 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Albania | 0.0055 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Morocco | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7,398.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Croatia | 0.0035 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Serbia | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 367.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Estonia | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Malaysia | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Japan | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Pakistan | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Lithuania | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Mongolia | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Egypt | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 101 | New Zealand | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Belarus | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Namibia | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Afghanistan | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Germany | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Somalia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 109 | Armenia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Austria | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Belgium | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Switzerland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Comoros | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Czechia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Denmark | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Eritrea | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Finland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Gibraltar | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Grenada | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Hungary | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Isle of Man | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Ireland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Iraq | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Iceland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Israel | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Lebanon | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Libya | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Liechtenstein | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Lesotho | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Latvia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Montenegro | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Mauritania | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Mauritius | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Niger | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Norway | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Poland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Slovakia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Slovenia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Sweden | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Turkmenistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Vanuatu | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Samoa | 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 1.17 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Savanna and woody savanna — 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.
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Savanna and woody savanna — 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
Savanna and woody savanna — 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.