Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre by country
Savanna fires — 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
158
Highest
33.8 ha per square kilometre
South Sudan
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Samoa
Median
0.1014 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,313
What the numbers show
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 33.8 ha per square kilometre in South Sudan; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1014 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 2.2 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 3,470.5%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 33.8 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 2 | Angola | 26.93 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 3 | Zambia | 23.56 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 4 | Senegal | 20.39 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 5 | Mozambique | 19.35 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 6 | Botswana | 18.66 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 162.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Ghana | 15.03 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 14.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 9 | Gambia | 13.58 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea | 11.51 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 11 | Australia | 9.28 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 159.9% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 8.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 13 | Congo | 7.81 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 14 | Togo | 7.49 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 15 | Cambodia | 7.29 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.91 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 17 | Uganda | 6.72 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 18 | Benin | 6.69 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 5.29 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.4% | rising |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 4.69 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 21 | Paraguay | 4.52 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 22 | Mali | 4.48 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 23 | South Africa | 4.41 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.2% | flat |
| 24 | Madagascar | 4.3 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 4.08 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 179.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Chad | 4.02 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 27 | Nigeria | 3.83 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 3.38 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 29 | Honduras | 3.28 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Sudan | 3.25 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 31 | Malawi | 3.04 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 32 | Namibia | 2.87 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 33 | Eswatini | 2.76 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 34 | Cameroon | 2.63 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 35 | Myanmar | 2.06 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 36 | Belize | 2.01 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Gabon | 1.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 38 | Rwanda | 1.43 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 39 | Cuba | 1.25 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 137.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Colombia | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 41 | Mongolia | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Lesotho | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Canada | 1.18 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 209.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Brazil | 1.11 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 45 | Barbados | 1.09 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Greece | 1.03 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 969.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Guatemala | 0.9881 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Burundi | 0.9395 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 49 | Thailand | 0.7513 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 50 | Argentina | 0.6445 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 51 | Papua New Guinea | 0.5965 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 98.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Guyana | 0.5949 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 124.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Mexico | 0.4946 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 54 | Indonesia | 0.4204 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Eritrea | 0.4118 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 502.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Nepal | 0.4086 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.8% | volatile |
| 57 | North Macedonia | 0.3606 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Panama | 0.3155 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Niger | 0.2911 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 0.2851 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Liberia | 0.2647 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2459 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Mauritania | 0.2451 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Portugal | 0.2371 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 0.232 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.8% | rising |
| 66 | Iraq | 0.2239 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 214.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Bahamas | 0.2161 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 68 | New Caledonia | 0.1944 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 492.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 0.1865 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Suriname | 0.1845 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 653.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Philippines | 0.1668 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 72 | Ukraine | 0.1607 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Chile | 0.147 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 702.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Haiti | 0.1336 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 537.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Kenya | 0.1299 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 76 | India | 0.1188 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 77 | Cyprus | 0.1185 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 0.1068 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Italy | 0.1015 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 662.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 0.1014 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 212.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Bangladesh | 0.0932 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Uruguay | 0.0892 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Spain | 0.0762 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Armenia | 0.0739 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Jamaica | 0.0652 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Ecuador | 0.0614 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 87 | El Salvador | 0.0568 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Bhutan | 0.0545 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Peru | 0.0531 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 90 | China | 0.0511 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Fiji | 0.0468 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 899.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Albania | 0.0439 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 194.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Egypt | 0.0415 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,470.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Pakistan | 0.0399 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 203.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 0.0372 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Uzbekistan | 0.0344 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.8% | rising |
| 97 | Israel | 0.0337 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0323 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Turkmenistan | 0.0245 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Romania | 0.0244 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0223 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Algeria | 0.017 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.5% | volatile |
| 103 | France | 0.0166 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 334.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Georgia | 0.0152 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Morocco | 0.0144 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Tunisia | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0084 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Croatia | 0.0073 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Estonia | 0.0066 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Lebanon | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Somalia | 0.005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Serbia | 0.0049 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 558.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 0.0031 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Lithuania | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Japan | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 258.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Belarus | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Malaysia | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Iceland | 0.0006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Yemen | 0.0006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 180.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Switzerland | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Austria | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 124 | New Zealand | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Germany | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Hungary | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Poland | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Belgium | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Comoros | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Czechia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Djibouti | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Denmark | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Finland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Gibraltar | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Grenada | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Greenland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Isle of Man | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Ireland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Jordan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Kuwait | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Libya | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Liechtenstein | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Latvia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Montenegro | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Mauritius | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Norway | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Oman | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Palestine | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Slovakia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Slovenia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Sweden | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Vanuatu | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | 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 2.48 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Savanna fires — 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 fires — Burned Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Savanna fires — 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 fires — 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.