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Wildfires in Gambia

229 fires over 1,000 hectares with a perimeter estimated by GWIS since 2016, adding up to 413,201 hectares burned across 33 districts.

Only fires of 1,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the entry totals, but they are in the GWIS yearly series.

The season, week by week

Copernicus GWIS

Gambia, at this point in the year: 97,664 hectares, 1.0 times the 2012–2025 average.

2026 average 2012–2025 lowest and highest

2012–2026

Yearly average 2016–2025116,517 ha

Worst year2023 166,088 ha

With a page here229 since 2016

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›See the year-by-year table

Year	Fires	hectares	Source
2026	241	97,664	GWIS
2025	216	87,889	GWIS
2024	333	131,764	GWIS
2023	435	166,088	GWIS
2022	367	136,815	GWIS
2021	352	120,271	GWIS
2020	358	130,003	GWIS
2019	230	83,231	GWIS
2018	199	81,138	GWIS
2017	338	120,160	GWIS
2016	303	107,811	GWIS
2015	151	54,735	GWIS
2014	255	86,422	GWIS
2013	300	108,088	GWIS
2012	247	91,612	GWIS

National estimates from Copernicus GWIS, rebuilt from heat detections since 2012.

Hectares with a perimeter estimated by GWIS by the fire’s starting month, and the largest fire of each year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Nov	Dec	Σ	Largest of the year
2026	45k	17k	18k	9k	2k			91,150	Kiang West 7,630 ha
2025	12k	9k	2k	2k			5k	29,775	Upper Saloum 4,110 ha
2024	3k	13k	6k	9k	6k			36,719	Kiang West 4,604 ha
2023	5k	8k	12k	11k		1k	3k	40,047	Kiang West 4,301 ha
2022	9k	21k	6k				1k	36,427	Kiang West 10,788 ha
2021	1k	16k	10k	1k			1k	29,549	Kiang West 5,171 ha
2020	8k	22k	5k	1k	3k		1k	40,224	Jarra East 3,030 ha
2019	9k	3k	11k	2k			3k	26,850	Kiang West 3,147 ha
2018	8k	2k	11k	3k	2k		2k	28,200	Foni Bondali 3,633 ha
2017	6k	9k	15k	3k			1k	33,990	Kiang West 2,949 ha
2016	3k	6k	5k	4k	1k			20,270	Kiang West 2,718 ha