Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita in Brazil
Brazil: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita was 0.0816 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita in Brazil, 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 0.0816 ha per person for savanna fires — burned area, per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of up 86.3% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, savanna fires — burned area, per capita in Brazil peaked at 0.1596 ha per person in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0288 ha per person, in 2000.
Brazil ranks 27th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.094 ha per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.0924 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0909 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0894 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.088 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0867 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0547 ha per person | -36.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0564 ha per person | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0994 ha per person | +76.1% |
| 1999 | 0.073 ha per person | -26.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0288 ha per person | -60.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0705 ha per person | +144.7% |
| 2002 | 0.1062 ha per person | +50.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0693 ha per person | -34.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0876 ha per person | +26.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0938 ha per person | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 0.05 ha per person | -46.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1596 ha per person | +219.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0641 ha per person | -59.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0364 ha per person | -43.3% |
| 2010 | 0.1545 ha per person | +324.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0587 ha per person | -62.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1053 ha per person | +79.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0411 ha per person | -61.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0672 ha per person | +63.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0819 ha per person | +22.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0637 ha per person | -22.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0813 ha per person | +27.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0333 ha per person | -59.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0754 ha per person | +126.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0779 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 0.059 ha per person | -24.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0502 ha per person | -14.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0438 ha per person | -12.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0816 ha per person | +86.3% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 0.0816 ha per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0013 ha per person, 62.9× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 0.0816 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0021 ha per person, 38.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +324.6% | 0.0364 ha per person | 0.1545 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0825 ha per person | 0.0547 ha per person | 0.0994 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0766 ha per person | 0.0288 ha per person | 0.1596 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0762 ha per person | 0.0333 ha per person | 0.1545 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0625 ha per person | 0.0438 ha per person | 0.0816 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More climate change data for Brazil
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 8.54 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 564,343 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 124,669 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 439,674 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 470.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 15,703 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 67,360 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 60,554 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 6,806 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 228.5 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is savanna fires — burned area, per capita in Brazil?
- Savanna fires — burned area, per capita in Brazil was 0.0816 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest savanna fires — burned area, per capita recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1596 ha per person in 2007.
- What is the lowest savanna fires — burned area, per capita recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0288 ha per person in 2000.
- How does Brazil rank for savanna fires — burned area, per capita?
- Brazil ranks 27th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is savanna fires — burned area, per capita rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.