economic2025

Annual economic damages as a share of GDP from wildfires

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data78 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
2.0%
Median: 0.0%
Countries Covered
78
with available data
Highest
Mongolia
127.3%
Lowest
Belize
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Mongolia127.3%
2Samoa28.3%
3Bhutan0.9%
4United States of America0.2%
5Ukraine0.1%
By Region
Other4.6%(34 countries)
North America0.1%(4 countries)
Europe0.0%(13 countries)
South America0.0%(6 countries)
Asia0.0%(15 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (127.3%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 2.0%)

Other (34)
North America (4)
Europe (13)
South America (6)
Asia (15)
Oceania (2)
Africa (4)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Mongolia127.3%
2Samoa28.3%
3Bhutan0.9%
4United States of America0.2%
5Ukraine0.1%
6Peru0.1%
7Canada0.0%
8South Korea0.0%
9Brunei Darussalam0.0%
10Greece0.0%
11Sweden0.0%
12New Zealand0.0%
13Italy0.0%
14Russian Federation0.0%
15Japan0.0%
16France0.0%
17Bulgaria0.0%
18Myanmar0.0%
19Central African Republic0.0%
20Chile0.0%
21People's Republic of China0.0%
22Colombia0.0%
23Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0%
24Costa Rica0.0%
25Croatia0.0%
26Cuba0.0%
27Cyprus0.0%
28Benin0.0%
29Dominican Republic0.0%
30Ecuador0.0%
31Ethiopia0.0%
32Republic of The Gambia0.0%
33Ghana0.0%
34Guatemala0.0%
35Guinea0.0%
36Honduras0.0%
37Hong Kong0.0%
38India0.0%
39Indonesia0.0%
40Islamic Republic of Iran0.0%
41Israel0.0%
42Kazakhstan0.0%
43Lebanon0.0%
44Latvia0.0%
45Malaysia0.0%
46Mexico0.0%
47Montenegro0.0%
48Mozambique0.0%
49Nepal0.0%
50Nicaragua0.0%
51Pakistan0.0%
52Panama0.0%
53Papua New Guinea0.0%
54Paraguay0.0%
55Philippines0.0%
56Poland0.0%
57Portugal0.0%
58Guinea-Bissau0.0%
59Sierra Leone0.0%
60Slovakia0.0%
61Vietnam0.0%
62South Africa0.0%
63Spain0.0%
64Sudan0.0%
65Eswatini0.0%
66Syrian Arab Republic0.0%
67Thailand0.0%
68Tunisia0.0%
69Türkiye0.0%
70The Republic of North Macedonia0.0%
71United Republic of Tanzania0.0%
72Albania0.0%
73Algeria0.0%
74Argentina0.0%
75Australia0.0%
76Bolivia0.0%
77Brazil0.0%
78Belize0.0%
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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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