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Annual area burnt per wildfire

Name: Annual area burnt per wildfire by country, 2026
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163 countries · 2026

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Annual area burnt per wildfire league table
#	Country	ha	Region	Income
1	Canada	670.3	North America	High income
2	Australia	581.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
3	Mauritania	550.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
4	Mongolia	510.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	South Sudan	482.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Central African Republic	471.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Botswana	447.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
8	Vanuatu	442.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
9	Bahamas, The	440.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
10	Russian Federation	432.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Senegal	426.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
12	Ghana	416.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Lao PDR	406.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
14	Gambia, The	405.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
15	Benin	399.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Thailand	387.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
17	Venezuela, RB	384.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
18	Ethiopia	384.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Namibia	381	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
20	Costa Rica	380	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
21	Niger	376.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
22	Sudan	375.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
23	Chad	373.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
24	Myanmar	370.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
25	Bolivia	367.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
26	Colombia	362.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
27	Burkina Faso	359.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Bhutan	358.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
29	Dominican Republic	347.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
30	United Kingdom	345.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Brazil	344	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
32	Suriname	342.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
33	Bangladesh	342	South Asia	Lower middle income
34	Nigeria	340.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	United States	339.9	North America	High income
36	Argentina	334.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
37	Togo	334.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Mali	331.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
39	Cameroon	330.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
40	Chile	330	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
41	Congo, Dem. Rep.	330	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
42	Cote d'Ivoire	326.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
43	Guinea	321.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
44	Paraguay	315.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	314.2	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
46	Mexico	312.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Tanzania	308.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
48	Guinea-Bissau	307.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
49	Honduras	306.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
50	China	305.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
51	Zambia	302.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
52	Eritrea	300.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
53	India	297.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
54	Angola	297.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	Nicaragua	294.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
56	Brunei Darussalam	293	East Asia & Pacific	High income
57	Cambodia	292.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
58	Belize	291.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Kazakhstan	291.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
60	Cuba	291.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
61	Malaysia	286.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
62	Guyana	285.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
63	Japan	285.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
64	Belarus	282.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
65	Congo, Rep.	279.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
66	North Macedonia	277.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
67	Georgia	275	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
68	Syrian Arab Republic	272.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
69	Papua New Guinea	271.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
70	Saudi Arabia	267.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
71	Jordan	266	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
72	Montenegro	265.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
73	Kenya	264.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
74	Serbia	264	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
75	Solomon Islands	262	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
76	Latvia	261.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Zimbabwe	260.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
78	Sierra Leone	259.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
79	Gabon	255.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
80	Rwanda	253.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
81	South Africa	253.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
82	Iran, Islamic Rep.	251.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
83	Iraq	250.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
84	Mozambique	249.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
85	Ireland	242.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
86	New Caledonia	240.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
87	Guatemala	240.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	238.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
89	Yemen, Rep.	236.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
90	Uganda	235.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
91	Peru	232.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Turkmenistan	232.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	Puerto Rico (US)	229	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
94	Ukraine	228.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
95	Comoros	228	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
96	Liberia	226	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
97	Eswatini	225.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
98	Madagascar	224.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
99	Korea, Rep.	221.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
100	Oman	220	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
101	Uzbekistan	218.8	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	218.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
103	El Salvador	216.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Egypt, Arab Rep.	215.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
105	Taiwan	215.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
106	Pakistan	214.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
107	Morocco	212.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
108	Spain	211.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
109	Slovak Republic	211.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	Poland	210.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Turkiye	207.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
112	Austria	207.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Lesotho	207	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
114	Djibouti	207	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
115	Uruguay	206.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
116	Nepal	203.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
117	Barbados	199	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
118	Afghanistan	198.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
119	Cabo Verde	197.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
120	Trinidad and Tobago	196	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
121	Malawi	195.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
122	Moldova	194.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
123	Greece	192.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
124	Portugal	188.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Czechia	188	Europe & Central Asia	High income
126	Fiji	187.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
127	Sri Lanka	187.2	South Asia	Upper middle income
128	Netherlands	186.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
129	Israel	181	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
130	Ecuador	180.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
131	Viet Nam	177.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
132	Panama	174.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
133	Slovenia	172	Europe & Central Asia	High income
134	New Zealand	171.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
135	Indonesia	166.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
136	Kyrgyz Republic	165.3	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
137	Greenland	164.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	France	164.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	Croatia	163.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Norway	159	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	Philippines	158.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
142	Haiti	157.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
143	Hungary	155.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Azerbaijan	154.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
145	Lithuania	154.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Tajikistan	152	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
147	Finland	152	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	Romania	144.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Bulgaria	144.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Belgium	143	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Albania	137	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
152	Italy	136.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	Denmark	133.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Algeria	131.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
155	Sweden	126	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Equatorial Guinea	120.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
157	Burundi	116.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
158	Libya	115	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
159	West Bank and Gaza	107	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
160	Germany	103.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Jamaica	88.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
162	Grenada	79.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
163	Tunisia	58.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income

Annual area burnt per wildfire