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Forest fires — Burned Area

Compare forest fires — burned area across 228 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2024 official-source slice.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations•228 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
145,056.2ha
Median: 21.4ha
Countries Covered
228
with available data
Highest
Bolivia
5,923,333.7ha
Lowest
Cape Verde
0.0ha
Top 5 Countries
1Bolivia5,923,333.7ha
2Brazil5,276,826.3ha
3Democratic Republic of the Congo3,495,025.5ha
4Zambia2,934,006.4ha
5Central African Republic2,417,307.5ha
By Region
Key Findings
  • •228 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite ha observation in the fixed 2024 slice.
  • •Bolivia has the highest published value (5923333.6645 ha).
  • •Cape Verde has the lowest published value (0 ha).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0ha)High (5,923,333.7ha)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 145,056.2ha)

About This Statistic

Climate Change: Agrifood systems emissions: Emissions from Fires: Forest fires — Burned Area. Exact FAOSTAT item/indicator, element and other dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2024 source slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicates, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Climate Change: Agrifood systems emissions: Emissions from Fires: Forest fires — Burned Area. Exact FAOSTAT item/indicator, element and other dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Bolivia5,923,333.7ha
2Brazil5,276,826.3ha
3Democratic Republic of the Congo3,495,025.5ha
4Zambia2,934,006.4ha
5Central African Republic2,417,307.5ha
6Mozambique2,264,756.2ha
7Angola1,845,144.9ha
8Myanmar1,290,163.6ha
9Russian Federation723,318.5ha
10Canada717,855.5ha
11Mexico557,291.4ha
12India523,649.3ha
13Lao People's Democratic Republic481,396.2ha
14Cambodia470,661.5ha
15United Republic of Tanzania414,900.0ha
16Nepal363,090.7ha
17Thailand362,523.4ha
18Venezuela316,285.8ha
19United States of America314,391.2ha
20South Sudan289,235.7ha
21Paraguay178,191.6ha
22Republic of the Congo165,084.6ha
23Ethiopia140,455.3ha
24Australia125,716.3ha
25Madagascar116,406.5ha
26Guatemala115,586.3ha
27Honduras115,053.5ha
28Peru112,510.1ha
29Cameroon92,371.6ha
30People's Republic of China85,700.8ha
31Chad83,815.6ha
32Vietnam77,644.3ha
33South Africa68,511.6ha
34Nigeria60,873.0ha
35Belize55,708.3ha
36Malawi43,558.9ha
37Bangladesh36,783.9ha
38Portugal31,180.9ha
39Ukraine29,707.6ha
40Colombia27,782.5ha
41Indonesia27,696.9ha
42Gabon24,960.6ha
43Guyana23,595.7ha
44Argentina22,113.5ha
45Liberia21,331.8ha
46Guinea-Bissau18,581.3ha
47Zimbabwe17,118.6ha
48Philippines16,900.0ha
49Guinea13,234.5ha
50Malaysia12,587.9ha
51Suriname12,032.9ha
52Chile11,277.1ha
53North Korea10,553.3ha
54Ghana9,704.6ha
55Sierra Leone9,320.4ha
56Papua New Guinea8,698.8ha
57Cuba8,670.7ha
58Ecuador6,924.2ha
59Costa Rica6,584.8ha
60Senegal4,725.8ha
61Bahamas4,241.3ha
62Eswatini3,578.3ha
63Uganda2,970.5ha
64Türkiye2,750.1ha
65Romania2,689.2ha
66Pakistan2,596.5ha
67Togo2,564.9ha
68Serbia2,258.4ha
69Bhutan1,928.7ha
70Japan1,909.9ha
71The Republic of North Macedonia1,569.3ha
72Cote d'Ivoire1,154.4ha
73Sudan1,004.8ha
74Bulgaria838.5ha
75Austria753.4ha
76Georgia752.6ha
77Equatorial Guinea705.2ha
78Greece666.0ha
79Spain645.0ha
80New Zealand644.4ha
81Panama577.2ha
82Dominican Republic513.6ha
83Mongolia495.5ha
84Benin448.9ha
85Bosnia and Herzegovina365.7ha
86Belarus323.3ha
87Italy300.9ha
88El Salvador278.0ha
89Trinidad and Tobago256.5ha
90French Guiana256.5ha
91Botswana235.4ha
92Comoros213.8ha
93Hungary172.2ha
94Tunisia171.8ha
95Fiji171.1ha
96Timor-Leste171.0ha
97Croatia150.6ha
98Kenya149.6ha
99Mayotte106.9ha
100Brunei Darussalam106.9ha
101Czech Republic86.1ha
102Montenegro86.0ha
103Albania86.0ha
104Algeria85.9ha
105Burundi64.1ha
106Azerbaijan43.0ha
107Uruguay42.9ha
108New Caledonia42.8ha
109Mali42.8ha
110Slovakia21.5ha
111Switzerland21.5ha
112Slovenia21.5ha
113France21.5ha
114Morocco21.5ha
115Virgin Islands, U.S.21.4ha
116Cape Verde0.0ha
117Cayman Islands0.0ha
118Sri Lanka0.0ha
119Taiwan, Province of China0.0ha
120Cook Islands0.0ha
121Cyprus0.0ha
122Denmark0.0ha
123Dominica0.0ha
124Eritrea0.0ha
125Estonia0.0ha
126Faroe Islands0.0ha
127Falkland Islands (Malvinas)0.0ha
128Finland0.0ha
129French Polynesia0.0ha
130Djibouti0.0ha
131Republic of The Gambia0.0ha
132State of Palestine0.0ha
133Germany0.0ha
134Gibraltar0.0ha
135Kiribati0.0ha
136Greenland0.0ha
137Grenada0.0ha
138Guadeloupe0.0ha
139Guam0.0ha
140Haiti0.0ha
141Hong Kong0.0ha
142Iceland0.0ha
143Islamic Republic of Iran0.0ha
144Iraq0.0ha
145Ireland0.0ha
146Israel0.0ha
147Jamaica0.0ha
148Kazakhstan0.0ha
149Jordan0.0ha
150South Korea0.0ha
151Kuwait0.0ha
152Kyrgyzstan0.0ha
153Lebanon0.0ha
154Lesotho0.0ha
155Latvia0.0ha
156Libya0.0ha
157Liechtenstein0.0ha
158Lithuania0.0ha
159Luxembourg0.0ha
160Macao0.0ha
161Maldives0.0ha
162Malta0.0ha
163Martinique0.0ha
164Mauritania0.0ha
165Mauritius0.0ha
166Moldova, Republic of0.0ha
167Montserrat0.0ha
168Oman0.0ha
169Namibia0.0ha
170Nauru0.0ha
171Netherlands0.0ha
172Aruba0.0ha
173Vanuatu0.0ha
174Niger0.0ha
175Niue0.0ha
176Norfolk Island0.0ha
177Norway0.0ha
178Northern Mariana Islands0.0ha
179Micronesia, Federated States of0.0ha
180Marshall Islands0.0ha
181Palau0.0ha
182Pitcairn0.0ha
183Poland0.0ha
184Puerto Rico0.0ha
185Qatar0.0ha
186Reunion0.0ha
187Rwanda0.0ha
188Saint Helena0.0ha
189Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0ha
190Anguilla0.0ha
191Saint Lucia0.0ha
192Saint Pierre and Miquelon0.0ha
193Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0ha
194Sao Tome and Principe0.0ha
195Saudi Arabia0.0ha
196Seychelles0.0ha
197Singapore0.0ha
198Somalia0.0ha
199Western Sahara0.0ha
200Svalbard and Jan Mayen0.0ha
201Sweden0.0ha
202Syrian Arab Republic0.0ha
203Tajikistan0.0ha
204Tokelau0.0ha
205Tonga0.0ha
206United Arab Emirates0.0ha
207Turkmenistan0.0ha
208Turks and Caicos Islands0.0ha
209Tuvalu0.0ha
210Egypt0.0ha
211United Kingdom0.0ha
212Isle of Man0.0ha
213Burkina Faso0.0ha
214Uzbekistan0.0ha
215Wallis and Futuna0.0ha
216Samoa0.0ha
217Yemen0.0ha
218Afghanistan0.0ha
219American Samoa0.0ha
220Andorra0.0ha
221Antigua and Barbuda0.0ha
222Bahrain0.0ha
223Armenia0.0ha
224Barbados0.0ha
225Belgium0.0ha
226Bermuda0.0ha
227Solomon Islands0.0ha
228Virgin Islands, British0.0ha
Showing 228 of 228 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2024).

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