Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre by country
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
145
Highest
20.8 ha per square kilometre
South Sudan
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Samoa
Median
0.019 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,313
What the numbers show
Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 145 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 0.019 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.9725 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 3,643.2%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre: 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 | 14.72 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 3 | Mozambique | 14.06 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 4 | Angola | 13.16 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 10.99 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.9% | flat |
| 6 | Guinea | 9.76 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.09 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 8 | Cambodia | 5.29 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 9 | Uganda | 4.43 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 4.19 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Paraguay | 3.84 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 12 | Ghana | 3.67 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 13 | Togo | 3.19 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 14 | Congo | 2.82 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 2.49 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 16 | Malawi | 2.08 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.8% | flat |
| 17 | Cameroon | 1.9 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 18 | Honduras | 1.84 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Benin | 1.56 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Nicaragua | 1.35 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Senegal | 0.8623 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Burundi | 0.853 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 23 | Cuba | 0.8446 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Colombia | 0.8083 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 25 | Eswatini | 0.7599 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 26 | Nigeria | 0.6494 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Brazil | 0.6117 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 28 | Australia | 0.6006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 0.5438 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Canada | 0.526 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 157.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Belize | 0.5093 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Greece | 0.4178 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,643.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Myanmar | 0.3959 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 34 | Guatemala | 0.3205 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.3% | rising |
| 35 | Thailand | 0.2443 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Madagascar | 0.2318 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Rwanda | 0.2313 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 181.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Argentina | 0.2305 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2146 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 40 | Mexico | 0.1926 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Chad | 0.1674 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Indonesia | 0.1634 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 122.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Nepal | 0.1582 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 44 | New Caledonia | 0.1569 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 644.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Panama | 0.1545 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.15 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Guyana | 0.1451 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 977.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Sudan | 0.1321 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 49 | Gabon | 0.1295 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 50 | Philippines | 0.1115 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Cyprus | 0.1069 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 0.0981 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 0.0936 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 54 | South Africa | 0.092 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Portugal | 0.0729 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Uruguay | 0.0508 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Suriname | 0.0505 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 483.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Barbados | 0.0497 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Bahamas | 0.0492 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Chile | 0.048 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 430.7% | volatile |
| 61 | India | 0.0444 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Haiti | 0.0396 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 537.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Ecuador | 0.0373 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Botswana | 0.0352 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Jamaica | 0.0336 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Mali | 0.0333 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Ukraine | 0.033 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Italy | 0.0321 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 703.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 0.0306 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 70 | El Salvador | 0.0299 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Fiji | 0.0281 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 0.0218 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 73 | China | 0.019 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0185 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 175.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Liberia | 0.0184 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 144.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Spain | 0.0157 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Kenya | 0.0118 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Peru | 0.0113 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 0.0094 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Gambia | 0.0085 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Georgia | 0.0068 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Algeria | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,726.5% | volatile |
| 83 | France | 0.0054 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 699.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Albania | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Bhutan | 0.0034 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 199.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Morocco | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Croatia | 0.0031 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Serbia | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 367.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Pakistan | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Romania | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Bangladesh | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Lithuania | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Mongolia | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Estonia | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Japan | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Tunisia | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Egypt | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 99 | New Zealand | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Kazakhstan | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Namibia | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Malaysia | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Belarus | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Germany | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Somalia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 108 | Armenia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Austria | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Belgium | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Switzerland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Comoros | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Czechia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Denmark | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Eritrea | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Finland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Hungary | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Ireland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Iraq | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Iceland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Israel | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Lebanon | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Liechtenstein | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Lesotho | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Latvia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Montenegro | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Mauritania | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Mauritius | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Niger | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Norway | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Poland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Saudi Arabia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Slovakia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Slovenia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Sweden | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Vanuatu | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | 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 0.9531 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
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 — Burned Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- 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 — 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.