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social2024

Wildfire

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•159 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
87,277.8hectares
Median: 166.0hectares
Countries Covered
159
with available data
Highest
Canada
4,440,485.0hectares
Lowest
Sudan
0.0hectares
Top 5 Countries
1Canada4,440,485.0hectares
2Russian Federation4,201,268.0hectares
3Brazil2,184,201.5hectares
4Bolivia1,456,265.8hectares
5United States of America530,978.1hectares
By Region
North America1,286,195.5hectares(4 countries)
South America324,754.4hectares(7 countries)
Oceania70,666.8hectares(2 countries)
Other70,210.6hectares(87 countries)
Asia4,525.3hectares(21 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0hectares)High (4,440,485.0hectares)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 87,277.8hectares)

North America (4)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
Other (87)
Asia (21)
Africa (8)
Europe (30)

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 2024; 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 ↕
1Canada4,440,485.0hectares
2Russian Federation4,201,268.0hectares
3Brazil2,184,201.5hectares
4Bolivia1,456,265.8hectares
5United States of America530,978.1hectares
6Australia139,860.9hectares
7Mexico122,734.2hectares
8Paraguay93,184.1hectares
9Guyana71,294.8hectares
10Democratic Republic of the Congo64,821.9hectares
11Indonesia51,984.6hectares
12Guatemala50,584.7hectares
13Venezuela48,257.7hectares
14Peru41,994.2hectares
15Republic of the Congo40,994.5hectares
16Ukraine37,381.2hectares
17Argentina36,956.4hectares
18People's Republic of China32,898.2hectares
19Madagascar25,990.8hectares
20Nicaragua23,055.3hectares
21Portugal19,582.8hectares
22South Africa16,149.3hectares
23Belize15,768.0hectares
24Suriname14,965.8hectares
25Spain14,605.0hectares
26Greece9,415.3hectares
27Türkiye8,374.0hectares
28Chile7,199.1hectares
29Honduras6,701.0hectares
30Papua New Guinea4,651.3hectares
31Malaysia4,250.6hectares
32Angola4,147.3hectares
33Algeria3,616.3hectares
34Cuba3,472.6hectares
35Zambia3,222.9hectares
36North Korea3,025.7hectares
37Mongolia2,478.2hectares
38Italy2,466.9hectares
39Mozambique2,284.1hectares
40Chad1,874.2hectares
41India1,853.5hectares
42United Republic of Tanzania1,697.6hectares
43France1,533.0hectares
44Colombia1,476.8hectares
45New Zealand1,472.7hectares
46Bahamas1,419.1hectares
47Tunisia1,417.2hectares
48Ecuador1,415.2hectares
49New Caledonia1,396.7hectares
50Kazakhstan1,393.5hectares
51Bulgaria1,251.8hectares
52Ethiopia1,105.9hectares
53Myanmar1,049.1hectares
54Cambodia969.9hectares
55Cameroon965.1hectares
56Syrian Arab Republic881.1hectares
57Vietnam835.5hectares
58The Republic of North Macedonia816.7hectares
59Morocco812.5hectares
60Philippines750.9hectares
61Eswatini619.2hectares
62Dominican Republic586.4hectares
63Albania552.2hectares
64Nepal504.4hectares
65Croatia446.1hectares
66Central African Republic436.3hectares
67Liberia365.1hectares
68Belarus353.7hectares
69Malawi342.2hectares
70French Guiana332.1hectares
71South Korea297.2hectares
72Germany275.8hectares
73Lebanon249.1hectares
74Finland239.1hectares
75Hungary224.3hectares
76Norway215.9hectares
77Thailand213.9hectares
78Gabon198.2hectares
79Zimbabwe172.5hectares
80Nigeria166.0hectares
81Bhutan154.4hectares
82Japan153.0hectares
83Sweden152.8hectares
84Cyprus151.7hectares
85Lao People's Democratic Republic150.0hectares
86Brunei Darussalam125.9hectares
87Uganda119.8hectares
88Costa Rica112.6hectares
89Bosnia and Herzegovina103.5hectares
90Panama100.9hectares
91Kenya87.2hectares
92Serbia86.8hectares
93Ghana74.8hectares
94United Kingdom70.3hectares
95Vanuatu69.3hectares
96Austria61.7hectares
97Bangladesh52.3hectares
98Fiji49.4hectares
99Haiti44.1hectares
100Taiwan, Province of China39.5hectares
101Uruguay37.4hectares
102Montenegro33.7hectares
103Kyrgyzstan32.4hectares
104South Sudan30.9hectares
105Comoros30.0hectares
106Slovenia26.1hectares
107Sierra Leone17.7hectares
108Timor-Leste17.5hectares
109Pakistan17.5hectares
110Jamaica16.4hectares
111Netherlands15.4hectares
112Sri Lanka14.7hectares
113Georgia13.8hectares
114Romania13.6hectares
115Tajikistan13.5hectares
116Israel13.0hectares
117Switzerland10.5hectares
118Solomon Islands10.2hectares
119Guinea8.7hectares
120Moldova, Republic of8.7hectares
121Singapore7.8hectares
122Lithuania7.3hectares
123Togo7.0hectares
124Azerbaijan6.9hectares
125Latvia5.7hectares
126Afghanistan5.1hectares
127Dominica3.2hectares
128Denmark3.2hectares
129Virgin Islands, British3.1hectares
130Ireland2.6hectares
131Libya2.1hectares
132Uzbekistan2.0hectares
133Poland1.9hectares
134Cote d'Ivoire1.9hectares
135Estonia1.8hectares
136Equatorial Guinea1.8hectares
137Czech Republic1.4hectares
138Andorra1.2hectares
139Islamic Republic of Iran1.2hectares
140Jordan1.1hectares
141Guinea-Bissau1.1hectares
142Armenia1.0hectares
143Rwanda0.9hectares
144Belgium0.8hectares
145El Salvador0.7hectares
146Namibia0.4hectares
147Botswana0.4hectares
148Turkmenistan0.4hectares
149Burundi0.3hectares
150Somalia0.3hectares
151Reunion0.3hectares
152State of Palestine0.3hectares
153Lesotho0.1hectares
154Slovakia0.1hectares
155Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba0.1hectares
156Virgin Islands, U.S.0.1hectares
157Puerto Rico0.1hectares
158Iraq0.1hectares
159Sudan0.0hectares
Showing 159 of 159 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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