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Counties that have burned most often in South Sudan

Counties of South Sudan with at least one fire larger than 5,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 76. With two or more: 72. Top of the list is Raga, which has burned 356 times in 11 years, with 4,517,157 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1RagaWestern Bahr el Ghazal356×11 years · 4,517,157 ha
  2. 2WuluLakes138×11 years · 1,283,504 ha
  3. 3WauWestern Bahr el Ghazal128×10 years · 2,044,388 ha
  4. 4PiborJonglei124×11 years · 1,006,946 ha
  5. 5TamburaWestern Equatoria101×11 years · 1,891,613 ha
  6. 6NageroWestern Equatoria100×10 years · 1,176,890 ha
  7. 7BalietUpper Nile98×11 years · 841,531 ha
  8. 8YambioWestern Equatoria74×11 years · 760,961 ha
  9. 9IbbaWestern Equatoria73×10 years · 618,614 ha
  10. 10PanyikangUpper Nile73×10 years · 610,801 ha
  11. 11UrorJonglei73×11 years · 531,460 ha
  12. 12UlangUpper Nile69×11 years · 809,411 ha
  13. 13NyirolJonglei66×11 years · 483,060 ha
  14. 14LafonEastern Equatoria65×11 years · 624,327 ha
  15. 15NzaraWestern Equatoria63×11 years · 677,618 ha
  16. 16EzoWestern Equatoria60×11 years · 580,879 ha
  17. 17PochallaJonglei60×10 years · 516,528 ha
  18. 18AkoboJonglei56×10 years · 368,853 ha
  19. 19Bor SouthJonglei49×8 years · 364,370 ha
  20. 20Tonj SouthWarrap48×10 years · 364,266 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1RagaWestern Bahr el Ghazal4,517,157 ha356× · 72 %
  2. 2WauWestern Bahr el Ghazal2,044,388 ha128× · 1.1×
  3. 3TamburaWestern Equatoria1,891,613 ha101× · 1.5×
  4. 4WuluLakes1,283,504 ha138× · 1.1×
  5. 5NageroWestern Equatoria1,176,890 ha100× · 1.3×
  6. 6PiborJonglei1,006,946 ha124× · 30 %
  7. 7BalietUpper Nile841,531 ha98× · 72 %
  8. 8UlangUpper Nile809,411 ha69× · 1.7×
  9. 9YambioWestern Equatoria760,961 ha74× · 86 %
  10. 10NzaraWestern Equatoria677,618 ha63× · 1.0×
  11. 11LafonEastern Equatoria624,327 ha65× · 38 %
  12. 12IbbaWestern Equatoria618,614 ha73× · 64 %
  13. 13PanyikangUpper Nile610,801 ha73× · 1.2×
  14. 14EzoWestern Equatoria580,879 ha60× · 72 %
  15. 15UrorJonglei531,460 ha73× · 43 %
  16. 16PochallaJonglei516,528 ha60× · 62 %
  17. 17Aweil CentreNorthern Bahr el Ghazal503,988 ha46× · 45 %
  18. 18NyirolJonglei483,060 ha66× · 68 %
  19. 19AkoboJonglei368,853 ha56× · 41 %
  20. 20Bor SouthJonglei364,370 ha49× · 26 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1UlangUpper Nile1.7×809,411 ha · 4,861 km²
  2. 2TamburaWestern Equatoria1.5×1,891,613 ha · 12,537 km²
  3. 3NageroWestern Equatoria1.3×1,176,890 ha · 9,258 km²
  4. 4PanyikangUpper Nile1.2×610,801 ha · 5,043 km²
  5. 5WuluLakes1.1×1,283,504 ha · 11,921 km²
  6. 6WauWestern Bahr el Ghazal1.1×2,044,388 ha · 19,334 km²
  7. 7NzaraWestern Equatoria1.0×677,618 ha · 6,487 km²
  8. 8YambioWestern Equatoria86 %760,961 ha · 8,850 km²
  9. 9Canal/PigiJonglei78 %346,992 ha · 4,475 km²
  10. 10RagaWestern Bahr el Ghazal72 %4,517,157 ha · 62,439 km²
  11. 11BalietUpper Nile72 %841,531 ha · 11,759 km²
  12. 12EzoWestern Equatoria72 %580,879 ha · 8,124 km²
  13. 13NyirolJonglei68 %483,060 ha · 7,118 km²
  14. 14IbbaWestern Equatoria64 %618,614 ha · 9,673 km²
  15. 15AbiemnhomUnity64 %154,252 ha · 2,424 km²
  16. 16PochallaJonglei62 %516,528 ha · 8,324 km²
  17. 17Luakpiny/NasirUpper Nile60 %314,537 ha · 5,222 km²
  18. 18MaiwutUpper Nile58 %215,942 ha · 3,714 km²
  19. 19MalakalUpper Nile57 %43,577 ha · 760 km²
  20. 20Tonj SouthWarrap49 %364,266 ha · 7,472 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 5,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.