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Yearly burned area in other land types

Name: Yearly burned area in other land types by country, 2024
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207 countries · 2024

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Yearly burned area in other land types league table
#	Country	ha	Region	Income
1	Brazil	220,304.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
2	Zambia	100,481.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
3	Canada	66,179.3	North America	High income
4	Bolivia	57,528.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
5	Congo, Dem. Rep.	47,911.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Congo, Rep.	44,949.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
7	South Sudan	36,298.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Botswana	19,705.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
9	Russian Federation	17,644.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Australia	17,001	East Asia & Pacific	High income
11	Angola	15,884.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
12	Mexico	11,698.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
13	Madagascar	11,291	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Kazakhstan	9,230.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
15	United States	8,929.8	North America	High income
16	Ghana	8,908.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
17	Venezuela, RB	7,727.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
18	Argentina	7,083.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
19	Cambodia	5,645.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
20	Tanzania	5,151.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
21	Ethiopia	5,044.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
22	Ecuador	4,765.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
23	Viet Nam	4,722.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
24	Indonesia	4,701	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
25	Suriname	4,185.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
26	Mozambique	3,928.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
27	Nigeria	3,713.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
28	Cameroon	2,897.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Ukraine	2,833.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
30	South Africa	2,726.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
31	Colombia	2,511.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
32	Sierra Leone	2,490	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Turkiye	2,425.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
34	Guinea	2,361.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	China	2,339.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
36	Uganda	2,232.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
37	Nicaragua	1,846.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
38	Papua New Guinea	1,803.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
39	Malawi	1,738.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Paraguay	1,609.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
41	Honduras	1,438.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
42	Peru	1,373.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
43	Central African Republic	1,309.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
44	India	1,223.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
45	Myanmar	1,180.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
46	Guyana	1,180.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
47	Guinea-Bissau	1,030.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
48	Cuba	987.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
49	Chad	837.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
50	Pakistan	772.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
51	Malaysia	686.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
52	Bahamas, The	558.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
53	Mali	558.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
54	Belize	515.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
55	Greece	429.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Zimbabwe	343.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
57	Burkina Faso	343.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
58	Senegal	343.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
59	Rwanda	343.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Kenya	322	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
61	Lao PDR	257.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
62	Thailand	214.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
63	Sudan	193.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
64	Syrian Arab Republic	193.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
65	Burundi	171.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
66	Panama	128.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
67	Cote d'Ivoire	128.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Mongolia	128.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
69	Benin	128.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
70	Haiti	107.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
71	Niger	107.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
72	North Macedonia	107.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
73	Taiwan	107.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
74	Iran, Islamic Rep.	107.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
75	New Caledonia	85.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
76	Philippines	85.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
77	Togo	64.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
78	Romania	64.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Italy	64.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
80	Chile	42.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
81	Albania	42.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
82	Dominican Republic	42.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Mauritania	42.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
84	Gabon	42.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
85	Uruguay	42.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	21.5	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
87	Namibia	21.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	Timor-Leste	21.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
89	Liberia	21.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
90	Croatia	21.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
91	Portugal	21.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
92	Bulgaria	21.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	Jamaica	21.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
94	Guatemala	21.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
95	Czechia	21.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	Grenada	21.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	21.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
98	Gambia, The	21.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
99	Yemen, Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
100	Tunisia	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
101	Trinidad and Tobago	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
102	Bangladesh	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
103	Tonga	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
104	Bahrain	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
105	Turkmenistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
106	Tajikistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
108	Azerbaijan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
109	Belarus	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
110	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
111	Bermuda	0	North America	High income
112	Seychelles	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
113	Eswatini	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
114	Sweden	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Austria	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Barbados	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
117	Slovenia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
118	Slovak Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Brunei Darussalam	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
120	Bhutan	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
121	Sao Tome and Principe	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
122	Serbia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
123	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
124	San Marino	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Switzerland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
126	El Salvador	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
127	Solomon Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
128	Singapore	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
129	Antigua and Barbuda	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
130	Saudi Arabia	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
131	Uzbekistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
132	Comoros	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
133	Qatar	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
134	Cabo Verde	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
135	French Polynesia	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
136	Costa Rica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
137	West Bank and Gaza	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
138	Cayman Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
139	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
140	American Samoa	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
141	Cyprus	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
142	Puerto Rico (US)	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
143	Poland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Germany	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	Djibouti	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
146	Palau	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
147	Dominica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
148	Armenia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
149	Denmark	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Algeria	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
151	Oman	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
152	New Zealand	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
153	British Virgin Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
154	Naoero	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
155	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
156	Nepal	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
157	Eritrea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
158	Norway	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Netherlands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Spain	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Estonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	Finland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	United Arab Emirates	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
164	Fiji	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
165	France	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	Faroe Islands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Mauritius	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
168	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
169	Northern Mariana Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
170	United Kingdom	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
171	Georgia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
172	Montenegro	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
173	Vanuatu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
174	Andorra	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
175	Malta	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
176	Equatorial Guinea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
177	Moldova	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
178	Samoa	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
179	Morocco	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
180	Macao SAR, China	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
181	Greenland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
182	Latvia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
183	Luxembourg	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
184	Guam	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
185	Lithuania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
186	Lesotho	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
187	Sri Lanka	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
188	Hong Kong SAR, China	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
189	Liechtenstein	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
190	St. Lucia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
191	Libya	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
192	Lebanon	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
193	Hungary	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
194	Afghanistan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
195	Kuwait	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
196	Korea, Rep.	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
197	Isle of Man	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
198	St. Kitts and Nevis	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
199	Ireland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
200	Kyrgyz Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
201	Iraq	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
202	Japan	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
203	Iceland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
204	Jordan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
205	Israel	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
206	Belgium	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
207	Tuvalu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income

Yearly burned area in other land types