Savanna fires — 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
193
Highest
42.37 million ha
OECD
Lowest
0 ha
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
13,424 ha
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,364
What the numbers show
Savanna fires — Burned Area is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 42.37 million ha in OECD; the lowest is 0 ha in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
The median across all reporting countries is 13,424 ha, and the mean is 2.07 million ha.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 39,786.1%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Savanna fires — Burned Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 42.37 million ha | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 2 | Angola | 35.32 million ha | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 3 | Australia and New Zealand | 34.24 million ha | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 29.25 million ha | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 4 | Australia | 34.24 million ha | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 7.54 million ha | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 5 | Sudan (former) | 31.05 million ha | 2011 | up 19.5% | flat |
| 6 | South Sudan | 24.46 million ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4.61 million ha | 2024 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 7 | Zambia | 18.80 million ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.53 million ha | 2024 | up 432.9% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 17.29 million ha | 2024 | up 28.7% | flat |
| 9 | Mozambique | 15.15 million ha | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 9 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 579,820 ha | 2024 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 11.06 million ha | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 317,331 ha | 2024 | up 404.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 8.15 million ha | 2024 | down 41.6% | rising |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 131,183 ha | 2024 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 12 | Mali | 6.49 million ha | 2024 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 12 | Melanesia | 109,335 ha | 2024 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Sudan | 5.35 million ha | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 68,354 ha | 2024 | up 3,182.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Chad | 4.71 million ha | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 14 | Türkiye | 56,239 ha | 2024 | up 399.7% | volatile |
| 15 | South Africa | 4.33 million ha | 2024 | up 20.7% | flat |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 3,185 ha | 2024 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Ghana | 4.17 million ha | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 16 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,375 ha | 2024 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Canada | 3.83 million ha | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Republic of Moldova | 602.6 ha | 2024 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Congo | 3.82 million ha | 2024 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 18 | Polynesia | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Madagascar | 3.74 million ha | 2024 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 20 | Nigeria | 3.67 million ha | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 21 | Senegal | 3.38 million ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.27 million ha | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 3.28 million ha | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 3.26 million ha | 2024 | up 73.0% | falling |
| 24 | Guinea | 3.18 million ha | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 25 | Botswana | 2.17 million ha | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Argentina | 1.60 million ha | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 27 | Paraguay | 1.56 million ha | 2024 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 28 | Colombia | 1.47 million ha | 2024 | down 36.6% | flat |
| 28 | Caribbean | 89,598 ha | 2024 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 29 | Cambodia | 1.45 million ha | 2024 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 30 | Cameroon | 1.36 million ha | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 31 | Uganda | 1.21 million ha | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 31 | Cabo Verde | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Mexico | 1.13 million ha | 2024 | up 273.0% | rising |
| 33 | Namibia | 1.03 million ha | 2024 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 1.02 million ha | 2024 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 35 | Myanmar | 998,670 ha | 2024 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 733,993 ha | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 37 | Niger | 724,818 ha | 2024 | up 177.3% | rising |
| 38 | Benin | 595,921 ha | 2024 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 39 | Gabon | 561,078 ha | 2024 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 40 | Togo | 529,811 ha | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 503,156 ha | 2024 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 490,427 ha | 2023 | up 179.5% | volatile |
| 43 | India | 367,817 ha | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 44 | Kenya | 318,870 ha | 2024 | up 97.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Malawi | 308,818 ha | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 285,439 ha | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 47 | Honduras | 283,938 ha | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Thailand | 265,102 ha | 2024 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 49 | Mongolia | 264,955 ha | 2024 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Ukraine | 262,542 ha | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 51 | China | 257,196 ha | 2024 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 52 | China, mainland | 256,982 ha | 2024 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Iraq | 238,661 ha | 2024 | up 298.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Peru | 179,857 ha | 2024 | up 332.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Guyana | 177,028 ha | 2024 | up 198.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Mauritania | 176,215 ha | 2024 | up 389.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Guatemala | 153,743 ha | 2024 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Gambia | 144,650 ha | 2024 | up 28.4% | falling |
| 59 | Nepal | 140,096 ha | 2024 | up 159.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Eswatini | 118,811 ha | 2024 | up 54.0% | flat |
| 61 | Portugal | 106,001 ha | 2024 | up 1,142.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Papua New Guinea | 102,014 ha | 2024 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Pakistan | 93,261 ha | 2024 | up 357.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Philippines | 89,808 ha | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 65 | Indonesia | 80,986 ha | 2024 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Ecuador | 67,595 ha | 2024 | up 781.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Cuba | 66,712 ha | 2024 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 61,694 ha | 2024 | up 31,788.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Rwanda | 50,070 ha | 2024 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 70 | Bangladesh | 47,874 ha | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Lesotho | 45,065 ha | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Chile | 42,420 ha | 2024 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Egypt | 39,357 ha | 2024 | up 7,878.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Belize | 39,109 ha | 2024 | up 306.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Burundi | 36,843 ha | 2024 | up 93.3% | falling |
| 76 | Greece | 34,370 ha | 2024 | up 317.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Liberia | 31,121 ha | 2024 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Suriname | 28,895 ha | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Albania | 24,353 ha | 2024 | up 10,201.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 22,016 ha | 2024 | up 1,796.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Spain | 21,463 ha | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 17,916 ha | 2024 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 83 | Serbia | 17,161 ha | 2024 | up 39,786.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 15,879 ha | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Panama | 13,424 ha | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Malaysia | 13,358 ha | 2024 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Bahamas | 12,618 ha | 2024 | up 112.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Somalia | 12,374 ha | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11,269 ha | 2024 | up 523.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Eritrea | 9,582 ha | 2024 | up 71.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Croatia | 7,915 ha | 2024 | up 699.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 7,776 ha | 2024 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Montenegro | 7,590 ha | 2024 | up 4,942.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Romania | 7,423 ha | 2024 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 95 | New Caledonia | 7,171 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Georgia | 6,836 ha | 2024 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Uruguay | 5,836 ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Saudi Arabia | 5,617 ha | 2024 | up 309.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Belarus | 5,022 ha | 2024 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Italy | 4,512 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 4,473 ha | 2024 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4,105 ha | 2024 | up 225.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Bhutan | 3,686 ha | 2024 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Comoros | 2,651 ha | 2024 | up 110.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Algeria | 2,426 ha | 2024 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 106 | France | 1,721 ha | 2024 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Cyprus | 1,524 ha | 2024 | up 184.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Iceland | 1,491 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Japan | 1,481 ha | 2024 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Israel | 1,395 ha | 2024 | up 91.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Armenia | 1,160 ha | 2024 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Haiti | 920.24 ha | 2024 | up 168.8% | volatile |
| 113 | El Salvador | 898.21 ha | 2024 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 114 | New Zealand | 795.23 ha | 2024 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Jamaica | 770.33 ha | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 751.02 ha | 2024 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Equatorial Guinea | 598.39 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 579.9 ha | 2024 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Lebanon | 321.85 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Estonia | 280.53 ha | 2024 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Hungary | 279.83 ha | 2024 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Morocco | 257.57 ha | 2024 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | 256.5 ha | 2024 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 124 | China, Taiwan Province of | 214.15 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Tunisia | 193.25 ha | 2024 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Lithuania | 150.98 ha | 2024 | up 250.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Poland | 150.91 ha | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Fiji | 149.75 ha | 2024 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Germany | 129.3 ha | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Palestine | 128.71 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Serbia and Montenegro | 107.53 ha | 2005 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Réunion | 107.03 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 133 | French Guiana | 106.86 ha | 2024 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Latvia | 86.27 ha | 2024 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Jordan | 64.36 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Yemen | 64.17 ha | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Kyrgyzstan | 43 ha | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Mayotte | 42.77 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Czechia | 21.54 ha | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1.62 ha | 1999 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Austria | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Belgium | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Barbados | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Switzerland | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Djibouti | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Denmark | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Finland | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Gibraltar | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Grenada | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Greenland | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Isle of Man | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Ireland | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Kuwait | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Libya | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Liechtenstein | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Mauritius | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Norway | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Oman | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Slovakia | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Slovenia | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Sweden | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Samoa | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Montserrat | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Republic of Korea | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | 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 293.13 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 183.09 million ha
- Non-Annex I countries 243.46 million ha
- Middle Africa 86.08 million ha
- Africa 203.73 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 194.11 million ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 132.72 million ha
- Asia 6.02 million ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 85.42 million ha
- Eastern Africa 75.94 million ha
- Annex I countries 49.67 million ha
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 735,241 ha
- Americas 40.27 million ha
- Oceania 34.35 million ha
- South America 31.57 million ha
- Western Africa 28.63 million ha
- Europe 8.75 million ha
- Eastern Europe 8.45 million ha
- Southern Africa 7.69 million ha
- Northern America 6.73 million ha
- Northern Africa 5.39 million ha
- South-Eastern Asia 3.61 million ha
- United States of America 2.90 million ha
- Central America 1.88 million ha
- Southern Asia 971,073 ha
- Eastern Asia 525,007 ha
- Central Asia 511,555 ha
- Western Asia 396,244 ha
- Southern Europe 296,327 ha
- European Union (27) 208,043 ha
- Northern Europe 2,008 ha
- Western Europe 1,850 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.