Woody savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre by country
Woody savanna — 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
144
Highest
3.6 ha per square kilometre
Angola
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Vanuatu
Median
0.0034 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,279
What the numbers show
Woody savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 3.6 ha per square kilometre in Angola; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0034 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.1487 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 6,700.3%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Woody savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 3.6 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Zambia | 3.37 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 2.03 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 414.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Mozambique | 1.86 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Myanmar | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 6 | Honduras | 0.9975 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 0.8908 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Cambodia | 0.8103 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Canada | 0.6056 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 271.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Belize | 0.4737 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Guatemala | 0.4234 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Thailand | 0.412 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.6% | falling |
| 13 | Malawi | 0.3069 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Cuba | 0.3067 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 137.4% | flat |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 488.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Paraguay | 0.2873 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Congo | 0.2823 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Greece | 0.2671 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,170.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Liberia | 0.2448 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Indonesia | 0.2187 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Nepal | 0.1776 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Gabon | 0.1763 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Mexico | 0.1573 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 24 | Bahamas | 0.1541 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Portugal | 0.1393 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Ghana | 0.1324 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 161.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Central African Republic | 0.1059 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 0.0898 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Madagascar | 0.0815 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 0.0804 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Brazil | 0.0784 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Chile | 0.0722 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,153.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Cameroon | 0.0674 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Guyana | 0.0651 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 425.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Eswatini | 0.0648 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Uganda | 0.0628 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Argentina | 0.0596 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 38 | Australia | 0.054 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Panama | 0.0527 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 227.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 0.0523 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Guinea | 0.0494 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Spain | 0.0471 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Bhutan | 0.0433 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 44 | New Caledonia | 0.0363 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 210.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Nigeria | 0.0328 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Philippines | 0.0302 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 47 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0289 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Togo | 0.0267 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,700.3% | volatile |
| 49 | India | 0.0254 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 50 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0223 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Jamaica | 0.0217 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 52 | South Africa | 0.0167 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Colombia | 0.016 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Ecuador | 0.0136 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 209.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Fiji | 0.0117 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Italy | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 199.7% | volatile |
| 57 | China | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 58 | El Salvador | 0.0103 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Peru | 0.0096 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Romania | 0.0085 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 0.0081 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 272.7% | volatile |
| 62 | France | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 622.1% | volatile |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0076 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 0.0069 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Haiti | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0059 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Tunisia | 0.0051 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 146.6% | volatile |
| 69 | South Sudan | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Algeria | 0.0044 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 619.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Ethiopia | 0.0035 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Suriname | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 525.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Kenya | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 299.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Malaysia | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Estonia | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Georgia | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Japan | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Rwanda | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Uruguay | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 600.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Albania | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Ukraine | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Croatia | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Morocco | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Belarus | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Afghanistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Armenia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Austria | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Burundi | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Belgium | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Benin | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Botswana | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Switzerland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Comoros | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Cyprus | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Czechia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Germany | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Denmark | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Egypt | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Eritrea | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Finland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Gibraltar | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Gambia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Grenada | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Hungary | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Isle of Man | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Ireland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Iraq | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Israel | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Lebanon | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Libya | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Lesotho | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Lithuania | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Latvia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Mali | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Montenegro | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Mongolia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Mauritania | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Mauritius | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Namibia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Niger | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Norway | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | New Zealand | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Pakistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Poland | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Senegal | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Somalia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Serbia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Slovakia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Slovenia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Sweden | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Chad | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Turkmenistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Vanuatu | 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 0.2143 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Woody savanna — 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.
Woody savanna — Burned Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Woody savanna — 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
Woody savanna — 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.