Savanna — Burned Area, per capita by country
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
145
Highest
1.79 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 — Burned Area, per capita is currently reported for 145 countries. The highest value is 1.79 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 0.0416 ha per person.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 20,682.2%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Savanna — Burned Area, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 1.79 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 2 | South Sudan | 1.35 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 3 | Zambia | 0.5586 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 4 | Angola | 0.4355 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 5 | Mozambique | 0.3173 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 6 | Congo | 0.2553 ha per person | 2024 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 7 | Guinea | 0.1829 ha per person | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 8 | Paraguay | 0.1677 ha per person | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1225 ha per person | 2024 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Australia | 0.0968 ha per person | 2024 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Guyana | 0.0872 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,268.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Cambodia | 0.0586 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 0.0584 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Brazil | 0.0436 ha per person | 2024 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 15 | Canada | 0.0368 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Gabon | 0.0353 ha per person | 2024 | up 315.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Ghana | 0.0342 ha per person | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Cameroon | 0.0333 ha per person | 2024 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Eswatini | 0.025 ha per person | 2024 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Nicaragua | 0.0237 ha per person | 2023 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Togo | 0.0233 ha per person | 2024 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 22 | New Caledonia | 0.0224 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Belize | 0.0222 ha per person | 2024 | up 432.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Suriname | 0.0204 ha per person | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.0178 ha per person | 2024 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 0.0175 ha per person | 2024 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 27 | Senegal | 0.0141 ha per person | 2024 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Honduras | 0.0133 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Uganda | 0.0129 ha per person | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 30 | Argentina | 0.0127 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Bahamas | 0.0117 ha per person | 2024 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 0.0113 ha per person | 2024 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Chad | 0.0111 ha per person | 2024 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Madagascar | 0.0098 ha per person | 2024 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Malawi | 0.0097 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 36 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0061 ha per person | 2024 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Myanmar | 0.005 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 38 | Montenegro | 0.0049 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Sudan | 0.0047 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 40 | Cuba | 0.0043 ha per person | 2024 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Benin | 0.0042 ha per person | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Botswana | 0.004 ha per person | 2024 | up 673.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Mexico | 0.0038 ha per person | 2024 | up 217.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Iceland | 0.0037 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 45 | South Africa | 0.0036 ha per person | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Nigeria | 0.0032 ha per person | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Portugal | 0.0031 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,296.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Albania | 0.0029 ha per person | 2024 | up 6,066.2% | volatile |
| 49 | North Macedonia | 0.0029 ha per person | 2024 | up 12,617.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Mali | 0.0026 ha per person | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Ukraine | 0.0026 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Ecuador | 0.0024 ha per person | 2024 | up 669.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Burundi | 0.0021 ha per person | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Comoros | 0.0019 ha per person | 2024 | up 122.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Greece | 0.0018 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,028.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Guatemala | 0.0016 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 57 | Nepal | 0.0016 ha per person | 2024 | up 193.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0013 ha per person | 2024 | up 416.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Panama | 0.0013 ha per person | 2024 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Serbia | 0.0013 ha per person | 2024 | up 20,682.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Peru | 0.001 ha per person | 2024 | up 441.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Rwanda | 0.001 ha per person | 2024 | up 729.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Uruguay | 0.001 ha per person | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Chile | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Thailand | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0008 ha per person | 2024 | up 311.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Philippines | 0.0005 ha per person | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Bhutan | 0.0005 ha per person | 2024 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Croatia | 0.0005 ha per person | 2024 | up 486.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Kenya | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,821.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Georgia | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Gambia | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Liberia | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Mongolia | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Romania | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | up 224.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Indonesia | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 80 | El Salvador | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 81 | India | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Spain | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 83 | New Zealand | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Cyprus | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Belarus | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 87 | China | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Italy | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 212.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Pakistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 486.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Lebanon | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Malaysia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Namibia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Hungary | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Tunisia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Algeria | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Mauritania | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Sri Lanka | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Jamaica | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Haiti | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Somalia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Japan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Czechia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 105 | France | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Poland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Morocco | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Iraq | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Afghanistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Egypt | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Germany | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Bangladesh | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 93.5% | 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 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Fiji | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | 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 | Liechtenstein | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Lesotho | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Lithuania | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | 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 | 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 0.0163 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
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 — Burned Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- 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 — 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.