Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita by country
Savanna fires — 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
158
Highest
2.08 ha per person
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 ha per person
Samoa
Median
0.0024 ha per person
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,504
What the numbers show
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 2.08 ha per person in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 ha per person in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0024 ha per person, and the mean is 0.0836 ha per person.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 43,088.4%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 2.08 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 2 | South Sudan | 2.05 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 3 | Australia | 1.26 ha per person | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 4 | Angola | 0.9322 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 5 | Zambia | 0.8821 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 6 | Botswana | 0.8597 ha per person | 2024 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Congo | 0.6038 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 8 | Mozambique | 0.4376 ha per person | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 9 | Namibia | 0.3408 ha per person | 2024 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 10 | Mali | 0.2653 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 11 | Chad | 0.2322 ha per person | 2024 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 12 | Paraguay | 0.2251 ha per person | 2024 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 13 | Gabon | 0.221 ha per person | 2024 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea | 0.2153 ha per person | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 15 | Guyana | 0.213 ha per person | 2024 | up 171.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Senegal | 0.1828 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 0.1383 ha per person | 2024 | up 34.0% | falling |
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1297 ha per person | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 19 | Ghana | 0.121 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 0.1169 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 21 | Sudan | 0.106 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 22 | Eswatini | 0.0956 ha per person | 2024 | up 40.8% | falling |
| 23 | Belize | 0.0938 ha per person | 2024 | up 239.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Canada | 0.0928 ha per person | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 0.0849 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 26 | Cambodia | 0.0823 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 27 | Brazil | 0.0816 ha per person | 2024 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 28 | Mongolia | 0.0752 ha per person | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 0.0719 ha per person | 2023 | up 145.1% | volatile |
| 30 | South Africa | 0.0676 ha per person | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 31 | Togo | 0.063 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 0.0611 ha per person | 2024 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 33 | Gambia | 0.0524 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 34 | Cameroon | 0.0465 ha per person | 2024 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Suriname | 0.0455 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Benin | 0.0412 ha per person | 2024 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Argentina | 0.0349 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 38 | Mauritania | 0.0341 ha per person | 2024 | up 264.4% | volatile |
| 39 | North Macedonia | 0.0338 ha per person | 2024 | up 33,417.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Bahamas | 0.0314 ha per person | 2024 | up 102.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Colombia | 0.0278 ha per person | 2024 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 42 | Niger | 0.0268 ha per person | 2024 | up 97.1% | falling |
| 43 | Honduras | 0.0262 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 0.0249 ha per person | 2024 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 45 | New Caledonia | 0.0245 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Kazakhstan | 0.0244 ha per person | 2024 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Uganda | 0.0242 ha per person | 2024 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 48 | Lesotho | 0.0193 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Myanmar | 0.0183 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 50 | Nigeria | 0.0158 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 51 | Malawi | 0.0143 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 52 | Montenegro | 0.0122 ha per person | 2024 | up 4,944.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Albania | 0.0102 ha per person | 2024 | up 11,920.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Portugal | 0.0099 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,108.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0096 ha per person | 2024 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Mexico | 0.0086 ha per person | 2024 | up 241.5% | falling |
| 57 | Guatemala | 0.0084 ha per person | 2024 | up 57.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Ukraine | 0.0069 ha per person | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Cuba | 0.0061 ha per person | 2024 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Kenya | 0.0057 ha per person | 2024 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Liberia | 0.0055 ha per person | 2024 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Peru | 0.0053 ha per person | 2024 | up 280.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Iraq | 0.0052 ha per person | 2024 | up 216.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Nepal | 0.0047 ha per person | 2024 | up 141.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Bhutan | 0.0047 ha per person | 2024 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Iceland | 0.0039 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Ecuador | 0.0037 ha per person | 2024 | up 679.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Thailand | 0.0037 ha per person | 2024 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0036 ha per person | 2024 | up 602.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Rwanda | 0.0035 ha per person | 2024 | up 43.9% | falling |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 0.0035 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 0.0034 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,982.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Greece | 0.0033 ha per person | 2024 | up 337.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Comoros | 0.0031 ha per person | 2024 | up 72.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.003 ha per person | 2024 | up 220.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Panama | 0.003 ha per person | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Eritrea | 0.0027 ha per person | 2024 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Burundi | 0.0026 ha per person | 2024 | up 48.6% | falling |
| 79 | Serbia | 0.0026 ha per person | 2024 | up 43,088.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Chile | 0.0021 ha per person | 2024 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Croatia | 0.002 ha per person | 2024 | up 769.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Georgia | 0.0018 ha per person | 2024 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Uruguay | 0.0017 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 0.0016 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Cyprus | 0.0011 ha per person | 2024 | up 151.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Turkmenistan | 0.001 ha per person | 2024 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Philippines | 0.0008 ha per person | 2024 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 88 | Somalia | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Belarus | 0.0005 ha per person | 2024 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Spain | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Romania | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Armenia | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Malaysia | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Pakistan | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | up 289.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Egypt | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | up 6,577.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Indonesia | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Bangladesh | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Jamaica | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 101 | India | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 102 | Estonia | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | up 315.1% | volatile |
| 103 | China | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Fiji | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | up 228.3% | volatile |
| 106 | New Zealand | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 107 | El Salvador | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Israel | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Haiti | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 136.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Italy | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Lebanon | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Lithuania | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 256.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Algeria | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Latvia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Hungary | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 116 | France | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Palestine | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Uzbekistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Tunisia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Japan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Morocco | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Jordan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Poland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Czechia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Yemen | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Germany | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Austria | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Belgium | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Barbados | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Switzerland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Djibouti | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Denmark | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Finland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Gibraltar | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Grenada | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Greenland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Isle of Man | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Ireland | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Kuwait | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Libya | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Liechtenstein | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Mauritius | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Norway | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Oman | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Slovakia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Slovenia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Sweden | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | 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 0.036 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
Savanna fires — 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 fires — Burned Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Savanna fires — 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 fires — 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.