Savanna fires — Burned Area, per unit of GDP by country
Savanna fires — Burned Area divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
156
Highest
0.004 ha per US$ of GDP
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 ha per US$ of GDP
Yemen
Median
0 ha per US$ of GDP
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,274
What the numbers show
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 0.004 ha per US$ of GDP in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 ha per US$ of GDP in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 ha per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 21,645.1%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 0.004 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Zambia | 0.0007 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Mozambique | 0.0007 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Angola | 0.0003 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Congo | 0.0002 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Mali | 0.0002 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Chad | 0.0002 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Madagascar | 0.0002 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Guinea | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 12 | Botswana | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Sudan | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Senegal | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Namibia | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Gambia | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Ghana | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Togo | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Niger | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Paraguay | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Cambodia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Benin | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Nicaragua | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Malawi | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Gabon | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 44.3% | falling |
| 27 | Cameroon | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Eswatini | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Uganda | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Australia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Lesotho | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Mauritania | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 197.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Nigeria | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 149.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Myanmar | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Belize | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 171.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Burundi | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Mongolia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 40 | South Africa | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Brazil | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Honduras | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Guyana | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Suriname | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Liberia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Eritrea | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 21,273.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Colombia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Rwanda | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Papua New Guinea | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Nepal | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Kenya | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Argentina | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Canada | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Comoros | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Ukraine | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Guatemala | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Cuba | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2020 | up 92.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Bhutan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Somalia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Montenegro | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 2,690.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Albania | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 4,966.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Iraq | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 225.1% | volatile |
| 65 | New Caledonia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Bahamas | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Peru | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 197.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Mexico | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 178.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Ecuador | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 631.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Thailand | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 289.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Portugal | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 811.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Pakistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 233.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Georgia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Philippines | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 854.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Serbia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 21,645.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Turkmenistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 274.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Panama | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Greece | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 281.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Chile | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Egypt | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 6,167.1% | volatile |
| 87 | India | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Croatia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 412.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Uruguay | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Belarus | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Indonesia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Iceland | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Armenia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Cyprus | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Haiti | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Jamaica | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Malaysia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 101 | El Salvador | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Fiji | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Romania | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 104 | China | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Spain | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Lebanon | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Algeria | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Palestine | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Estonia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 171.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Uzbekistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Saudi Arabia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 157.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Tunisia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 113 | New Zealand | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Israel | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Latvia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Italy | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Lithuania | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 97.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Morocco | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Hungary | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Jordan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 123 | France | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Japan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Poland | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Czechia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Germany | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Austria | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Belgium | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Barbados | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Switzerland | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Djibouti | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Denmark | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Finland | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Grenada | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Greenland | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Isle of Man | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Ireland | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Kuwait | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Libya | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Liechtenstein | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Mauritius | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Norway | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Oman | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Slovakia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Slovenia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Sweden | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Vanuatu | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Samoa | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Yemen | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2018 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0 ha per US$ of GDP
How this figure is calculated
Savanna fires — Burned Area divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Savanna fires — Burned Area ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Savanna fires — Burned Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.