Europe · Americas · Asia · Africa · Oceania · since 2016
Wildfire statistics, country by country
131,828 fires with a satellite-mapped perimeter in 140 countries since 2016, adding up to 731,008,573 hectares (each country has its own size threshold). The worst year was 2026, with 103,611,665 hectares. In the European Union, 36% of the burned land was in Natura 2000 sites.
These figures leave out 1,149 burns that were probably not wildfires (agricultural, pasture, reed-bed or prescribed); 407 provisional pages, seen only as heat detections and still without a perimeter. They appear in the lists, marked.
- fires with a page
- 131,828
- since 2016
- hectares
- 731,008,573
- since 2016
- Worst year
- 2026
- 103,611,665 ha
- Natura 2000
- 36%
- of the burned land was protected · European Union
Hectares burned by country and year
Each cell is the area with an official perimeter that year; colour scales by square root so ordinary years do not vanish next to extreme ones. Click a country for its page.
| Countries | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 5,888k |
11,940k |
13,114k |
17,493k |
4,237k |
6,161k |
6,639k |
24,372k |
9,242k |
19,820k |
12,133k |
131,039,936 |
| Brazil | 4,298k |
8,303k |
1,722k |
7,660k |
9,994k |
6,985k |
4,860k |
3,338k |
15,308k |
5,347k |
5,542k |
73,356,218 |
| Russia | 7,456k |
3,162k |
5,810k |
6,722k |
6,302k |
9,560k |
3,476k |
4,157k |
6,151k |
3,104k |
6,522k |
62,420,088 |
| Canada | 1,080k |
2,898k |
1,742k |
1,580k |
191k |
3,491k |
1,309k |
12,840k |
4,136k |
5,850k |
3,682k |
38,797,605 |
| United States | 1,718k |
3,604k |
3,014k |
1,693k |
3,900k |
2,853k |
2,767k |
789k |
2,636k |
1,616k |
3,171k |
27,761,366 |
| Bolivia | 1,371k |
848k |
492k |
3,705k |
2,218k |
2,504k |
2,134k |
1,936k |
9,921k |
636k |
396k |
26,161,809 |
| South Sudan | 4,300k |
2,051k |
1,378k |
2,130k |
2,153k |
2,133k |
1,520k |
1,045k |
2,130k |
4,949k |
2,145k |
25,933,883 |
| Zambia | 2,060k |
2,033k |
1,421k |
1,970k |
1,959k |
1,693k |
1,690k |
1,084k |
1,319k |
3,108k |
6,119k |
24,456,595 |
| Central African Republic | 2,364k |
1,454k |
1,910k |
747k |
3,537k |
1,206k |
1,865k |
693k |
1,058k |
3,428k |
2,121k |
20,382,726 |
| Mozambique | 1,516k |
1,244k |
1,452k |
1,306k |
1,419k |
1,252k |
1,704k |
790k |
1,046k |
2,637k |
5,415k |
19,781,982 |
| Angola | 1,112k |
1,320k |
767k |
1,975k |
960k |
1,140k |
1,235k |
1,297k |
1,206k |
2,193k |
6,442k |
19,648,363 |
| Congo - Kinshasa | 1,385k |
1,131k |
1,165k |
1,010k |
1,845k |
763k |
922k |
834k |
1,493k |
1,066k |
7,171k |
18,784,411 |
| Botswana | 385k |
1,525k |
701k |
444k |
723k |
3,245k |
2,344k |
2,308k |
346k |
573k |
989k |
13,583,723 |
| Thailand | 1,286k |
518k |
385k |
1,292k |
1,760k |
604k |
109k |
1,261k |
819k |
541k |
4,226k |
12,800,634 |
| Argentina | 1,403k |
1,099k |
630k |
513k |
2,495k |
713k |
2,042k |
602k |
564k |
649k |
303k |
11,012,426 |
| Mexico | 622k |
1,395k |
881k |
1,455k |
785k |
1,025k |
780k |
959k |
1,037k |
695k |
407k |
10,040,243 |
| Indonesia | 137k |
20k |
352k |
1,767k |
48k |
26k |
21k |
446k |
36k |
150k |
6,491k |
9,493,409 |
| China | 321k |
604k |
86k |
368k |
847k |
551k |
505k |
658k |
484k |
2,014k |
3,026k |
9,464,498 |
| Ethiopia | 1,475k |
1,127k |
438k |
970k |
833k |
1,254k |
774k |
383k |
348k |
551k |
903k |
9,056,826 |
| Tanzania | 1,171k |
682k |
496k |
864k |
1,099k |
946k |
378k |
241k |
398k |
1,035k |
1,354k |
8,661,870 |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 402k |
411k |
155k |
548k |
776k |
691k |
247k |
1,086k |
722k |
519k |
2,422k |
7,979,068 |
| Venezuela | 708k |
151k |
312k |
824k |
1,155k |
104k |
577k |
536k |
1,545k |
413k |
1,297k |
7,622,516 |
| Paraguay | 318k |
661k |
197k |
823k |
1,913k |
1,143k |
612k |
693k |
846k |
166k |
217k |
7,589,845 |
| Nigeria | 718k |
573k |
231k |
372k |
536k |
746k |
470k |
641k |
414k |
1,482k |
1,281k |
7,465,304 |
| Namibia | 506k |
547k |
401k |
290k |
749k |
943k |
684k |
688k |
241k |
691k |
1,276k |
7,015,766 |
| Laos | 518k |
418k |
394k |
452k |
732k |
272k |
253k |
1,097k |
371k |
166k |
1,751k |
6,422,933 |
| Chad | 805k |
617k |
253k |
554k |
610k |
683k |
363k |
338k |
246k |
1,128k |
683k |
6,280,518 |
| Sudan | 652k |
519k |
112k |
440k |
496k |
650k |
193k |
301k |
319k |
1,635k |
851k |
6,167,347 |
| Cameroon | 520k |
527k |
148k |
357k |
469k |
574k |
365k |
635k |
332k |
943k |
991k |
5,860,979 |
| Ghana | 482k |
530k |
189k |
487k |
580k |
263k |
600k |
254k |
580k |
775k |
922k |
5,662,844 |
| South Africa | 414k |
683k |
440k |
478k |
338k |
594k |
583k |
588k |
483k |
416k |
569k |
5,584,290 |
| Zimbabwe | 461k |
595k |
605k |
655k |
193k |
391k |
959k |
300k |
166k |
290k |
756k |
5,370,593 |
| Guinea | 611k |
680k |
392k |
418k |
416k |
393k |
368k |
217k |
357k |
202k |
997k |
5,050,620 |
| Burkina Faso | 263k |
298k |
33k |
176k |
211k |
299k |
214k |
489k |
858k |
1,761k |
448k |
5,048,671 |
| Kazakhstan | 194k |
1,864k |
360k |
1,041k |
319k |
381k |
249k |
102k |
35k |
43k |
317k |
4,904,160 |
| India | 596k |
367k |
88k |
252k |
289k |
695k |
294k |
214k |
60k |
547k |
940k |
4,341,103 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 624k |
392k |
304k |
353k |
318k |
308k |
319k |
210k |
396k |
451k |
317k |
3,990,726 |
| Benin | 239k |
327k |
73k |
382k |
239k |
422k |
412k |
288k |
302k |
470k |
354k |
3,508,089 |
| Senegal | 202k |
237k |
91k |
190k |
276k |
306k |
347k |
316k |
227k |
421k |
702k |
3,315,303 |
| Colombia | 539k |
199k |
63k |
365k |
550k |
134k |
499k |
150k |
224k |
135k |
427k |
3,284,016 |
| Uganda | 482k |
475k |
130k |
188k |
298k |
267k |
101k |
113k |
78k |
457k |
492k |
3,080,150 |
| Sierra Leone | 374k |
355k |
171k |
342k |
214k |
74k |
292k |
261k |
198k |
160k |
632k |
3,073,168 |
| Mali | 139k |
129k |
30k |
114k |
189k |
201k |
193k |
190k |
332k |
1,101k |
394k |
3,011,623 |
| Cambodia | 572k |
225k |
69k |
258k |
266k |
256k |
112k |
74k |
160k |
142k |
624k |
2,758,541 |
| Madagascar | 218k |
221k |
178k |
133k |
208k |
137k |
147k |
142k |
198k |
368k |
317k |
2,266,142 |
| Ukraine | 228k |
10k |
201k |
171k |
741k |
451k |
333k |
2,133,178 | ||||
| Malawi | 230k |
141k |
148k |
152k |
193k |
119k |
128k |
127k |
131k |
321k |
203k |
1,892,882 |
| Chile | 64k |
593k |
13k |
95k |
92k |
54k |
145k |
493k |
42k |
81k |
190k |
1,861,578 |
| Congo - Brazzaville | 173k |
107k |
85k |
85k |
121k |
69k |
110k |
56k |
161k |
143k |
652k |
1,763,061 |
| Honduras | 91k |
49k |
131k |
183k |
567k |
15k |
78k |
276k |
158k |
11k |
180k |
1,739,188 |
| Portugal | 158k |
552k |
35k |
26k |
57k |
16k |
96k |
30k |
138k |
273k |
63k |
1,441,582 |
| Spain | 49k |
116k |
9k |
51k |
53k |
75k |
291k |
78k |
36k |
383k |
289k |
1,428,920 |
| Niger | 77k |
37k |
51k |
46k |
40k |
101k |
75k |
47k |
176k |
354k |
91k |
1,095,016 |
| Türkiye | 123k |
44k |
32k |
71k |
86k |
194k |
14k |
27k |
100k |
140k |
57k |
887,266 |
| Algeria | 24k |
83k |
1k |
44k |
98k |
128k |
50k |
65k |
6k |
13k |
346k |
857,755 |
| Peru | 106k |
22k |
30k |
84k |
57k |
43k |
92k |
19k |
168k |
31k |
151k |
802,488 |
| Kenya | 47k |
24k |
16k |
97k |
128k |
135k |
25k |
28k |
35k |
144k |
92k |
769,284 |
| Nepal | 233k |
51k |
29k |
132k |
5k |
159k |
53k |
33k |
17k |
5k |
44k |
761,097 |
| Nicaragua | 72k |
25k |
50k |
63k |
81k |
5k |
24k |
160k |
171k |
2k |
87k |
740,804 |
| Liberia | 41k |
89k |
44k |
115k |
64k |
15k |
73k |
42k |
48k |
49k |
155k |
733,453 |
| Togo | 75k |
46k |
27k |
53k |
50k |
59k |
45k |
33k |
39k |
98k |
147k |
671,999 |
| Italy | 31k |
114k |
9k |
24k |
35k |
131k |
42k |
80k |
26k |
63k |
92k |
647,613 |
| Vietnam | 145k |
25k |
21k |
37k |
63k |
20k |
5k |
18k |
18k |
25k |
229k |
606,483 |
| Mongolia | 9k |
110k |
31k |
30k |
4k |
66k |
17k |
22k |
260k |
549,148 | ||
| Greece | 31k |
18k |
11k |
9k |
11k |
128k |
20k |
174k |
40k |
46k |
34k |
523,469 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 83k |
39k |
25k |
50k |
53k |
31k |
49k |
13k |
47k |
11k |
119k |
521,970 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 34k |
81k |
3k |
25k |
91k |
57k |
64k |
2k |
39k |
34k |
72k |
501,119 |
| Cuba | 14k |
49k |
8k |
10k |
78k |
58k |
19k |
83k |
48k |
51k |
79k |
496,417 |
| Guatemala | 44k |
56k |
6k |
31k |
92k |
16k |
23k |
42k |
132k |
14k |
33k |
489,543 |
| Mauritania | 36k |
13k |
3k |
18k |
21k |
56k |
41k |
60k |
41k |
136k |
59k |
485,561 |
| Iran | 43k |
41k |
43k |
68k |
95k |
51k |
18k |
8k |
13k |
53k |
30k |
463,459 |
| Gambia | 20k |
34k |
28k |
27k |
40k |
30k |
36k |
40k |
37k |
30k |
91k |
413,201 |
| Ecuador | 14k |
10k |
34k |
88k |
21k |
1k |
38k |
5k |
81k |
61k |
20k |
373,721 |
| Malaysia | 115k |
6k |
28k |
61k |
15k |
9k |
1k |
1k |
41k |
9k |
34k |
319,104 |
| Syria | 1k |
5k |
401 |
187k |
45k |
15k |
173 |
11k |
18k |
27k |
404 |
308,726 |
| Guyana | 21k |
2k |
12k |
5k |
32k |
146k |
31k |
29k |
278,051 | |||
| Iraq | 33k |
9k |
8k |
86k |
40k |
30k |
12k |
3k |
5k |
9k |
36k |
270,613 |
| Costa Rica | 40k |
17k |
21k |
34k |
23k |
8k |
39k |
4k |
21k |
60k |
266,645 | |
| Georgia | 22k |
29k |
17k |
37k |
21k |
21k |
11k |
7k |
10k |
33k |
38k |
245,507 |
| Montenegro | 8k |
49k |
4k |
9k |
31k |
39k |
21k |
127 |
19k |
24k |
40k |
244,342 |
| North Macedonia | 4k |
22k |
2k |
28k |
1k |
19k |
3k |
11k |
93k |
29k |
25k |
236,467 |
| Albania | 4k |
34k |
3k |
8k |
16k |
25k |
14k |
4k |
42k |
57k |
22k |
229,579 |
| France | 9k |
16k |
2k |
7k |
6k |
9k |
50k |
2k |
2k |
18k |
85k |
205,345 |
| Gabon | 12k |
18k |
14k |
13k |
10k |
4k |
16k |
17k |
20k |
28k |
53k |
203,608 |
| Philippines | 15k |
8k |
5k |
24k |
12k |
7k |
7k |
30k |
3k |
77k |
187,505 | |
| Croatia | 8k |
66k |
1k |
10k |
25k |
7k |
28k |
2k |
15k |
3k |
19k |
184,782 |
| Azerbaijan | 27k |
30k |
12k |
43k |
13k |
12k |
7k |
2k |
1k |
10k |
21k |
179,905 |
| Romania | 140 |
2k |
2k |
10k |
18k |
7k |
51k |
1k |
20k |
42k |
15k |
168,163 |
| Pakistan | 24k |
8k |
8k |
4k |
10k |
14k |
20k |
3k |
2k |
58k |
13k |
164,234 |
| South Korea | 4k |
16k |
4k |
9k |
7k |
1k |
37k |
6k |
405 |
64k |
8k |
155,397 |
| Belize | 15k |
26k |
6k |
10k |
14k |
3k |
9k |
24k |
33k |
2k |
10k |
153,225 |
| Armenia | 8k |
26k |
12k |
20k |
4k |
4k |
34k |
2k |
1k |
38k |
3k |
150,513 |
| Japan | 6k |
4k |
15k |
11k |
15k |
4k |
16k |
7k |
5k |
16k |
48k |
148,777 |
| Bulgaria | 11k |
5k |
2k |
11k |
8k |
2k |
12k |
13k |
40k |
30k |
6k |
140,426 |
| Uzbekistan | 5k |
25k |
20k |
13k |
40k |
13k |
7k |
3k |
9k |
132,634 | ||
| Serbia | 661 |
7k |
4k |
14k |
6k |
4k |
7k |
1k |
31k |
22k |
32k |
130,917 |
| Suriname | 4k |
4k |
7k |
1k |
11k |
55k |
9k |
25k |
116,775 | |||
| New Zealand | 7k |
11k |
7k |
19k |
11k |
10k |
9k |
7k |
7k |
12k |
14k |
115,300 |
| Eswatini | 12k |
14k |
3k |
33k |
10k |
7k |
5k |
7k |
12k |
3k |
9k |
114,983 |
| Tunisia | 4k |
18k |
737 |
3k |
9k |
27k |
9k |
5k |
523 |
5k |
27k |
108,254 |
| United Kingdom | 563 |
4k |
14k |
14k |
7k |
999 |
3k |
6k |
541 |
27k |
19k |
95,337 |
| Eritrea | 19k |
30k |
4k |
7k |
5k |
11k |
7k |
84,074 | ||||
| Rwanda | 7k |
10k |
5k |
9k |
7k |
7k |
11k |
2k |
8k |
16k |
83,241 | |
| Dominican Republic | 5k |
8k |
20k |
16k |
3k |
25k |
77,024 | |||||
| El Salvador | 2k |
28k |
3k |
24k |
3k |
2k |
9k |
71,494 | ||||
| Morocco | 3k |
4k |
426 |
4k |
7k |
5k |
31k |
7k |
332 |
2k |
5k |
68,314 |
| Panama | 20k |
18k |
8k |
1k |
1k |
1k |
8k |
57,206 | ||||
| Burundi | 7k |
2k |
5k |
5k |
7k |
2k |
7k |
2k |
4k |
6k |
47,543 | |
| Kosovo | 3k |
964 |
8k |
5k |
5k |
1k |
357 |
8k |
13k |
2k |
46,358 | |
| Uruguay | 2k |
4k |
28k |
2k |
1k |
1k |
38,432 | |||||
| Cyprus | 3k |
619 |
219 |
501 |
3k |
6k |
2k |
2k |
3k |
13k |
291 |
33,271 |
| Israel | 980 |
687 |
165 |
2k |
3k |
4k |
177 |
596 |
14k |
3k |
1k |
29,784 |
| Sweden | 412 |
20k |
209 |
640 |
707 |
101 |
599 |
22,362 | ||||
| Germany | 237 |
2k |
2k |
3k |
819 |
492 |
4k |
2k |
14,871 | |||
| Ireland | 747 |
7k |
1k |
1k |
2k |
914 |
2k |
14,466 | ||||
| Lebanon | 2k |
2k |
1k |
566 |
5k |
570 |
3k |
14,363 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 1k |
5k |
3k |
4k |
13,751 | |||||||
| Hungary | 364 |
246 |
141 |
433 |
6k |
156 |
1k |
502 |
1k |
10,162 | ||
| Lesotho | 1k |
4k |
1k |
4k |
10,062 | |||||||
| Haiti | 2k |
5k |
2k |
9,110 | ||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 3k |
1k |
738 |
418 |
883 |
2k |
921 |
8,652 | ||||
| Norway | 169 |
4k |
117 |
696 |
988 |
266 |
118 |
1k |
546 |
7,756 | ||
| Poland | 272 |
5k |
251 |
186 |
1k |
7,423 | ||||||
| Egypt | 4k |
1k |
5,541 | |||||||||
| Slovenia | 170 |
124 |
4k |
112 |
143 |
279 |
5,086 | |||||
| Palestinian Territories | 1k |
101 |
405 |
917 |
2k |
480 |
4,818 | |||||
| Belgium | 200 |
588 |
287 |
151 |
496 |
3k |
4,377 | |||||
| Libya | 168 |
101 |
528 |
2k |
219 |
102 |
258 |
200 |
169 |
4,115 | ||
| Latvia | 2k |
163 |
113 |
318 |
2,944 | |||||||
| Finland | 2k |
2,285 | ||||||||||
| Somalia | 1k |
1k |
2,211 | |||||||||
| Austria | 168 |
897 |
265 |
431 |
143 |
1,904 | ||||||
| Czechia | 145 |
1k |
1,581 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 106 |
822 |
547 |
1,475 | ||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 1k |
1,180 | ||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 1k |
1,013 | ||||||||||
| Estonia | 106 |
241 |
347 | |||||||||
| Denmark | 331 |
331 | ||||||||||
| Lithuania | 198 |
198 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 150 |
150 |
Hectares burned per year
55,430k62,045k44,557k68,723k62,655k61,222k48,991k72,434k72,781k78,561k103,612k
1617181920212223242526
| Year | fires | hectares | Average per fire | Largest of the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18,485 | 103,611,665 | 5,605 | 614,688 |
| 2025 | 14,190 | 78,560,595 | 5,536 | 623,165 |
| 2024 | 13,079 | 72,781,345 | 5,565 | 4,468,196 |
| 2023 | 10,887 | 72,433,811 | 6,653 | 976,263 |
| 2022 | 10,498 | 48,990,906 | 4,667 | 201,499 |
| 2021 | 10,463 | 61,221,705 | 5,851 | 1,009,567 |
| 2020 | 12,317 | 62,654,974 | 5,087 | 979,715 |
| 2019 | 11,705 | 68,722,564 | 5,871 | 855,014 |
| 2018 | 7,138 | 44,556,679 | 6,242 | 312,147 |
| 2017 | 11,906 | 62,044,537 | 5,211 | 410,352 |
| 2016 | 11,160 | 55,429,792 | 4,967 | 742,600 |
Which months burn, all countries together
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Each country’s fire season
Each row is coloured against its own maximum: it shows when each country burns, not how much.
What burns across the whole area
Europe and the Mediterranean · Copernicus EFFIS- Other natural land34 %
- Agricultural areas21 %
- Scrub and transitional woodland13 %
- Mixed forest11 %
- Coniferous forest8.5 %
- Broadleaved forest7.0 %
- Sclerophyllous scrub5.6 %
Share of burned land that was Natura 2000
European UnionThe 25 largest fires since 2016
- 4,468,196 haSan IgnacioBolivia · 25 June 2024 · 124 days
- 1,152,740 haSan MatíasBolivia · July 2024 · 109 days
- 1,009,567 haGorny UlusRussia · 22 June 2021 · 55 days
- 979,715 haYalingaCentral African Republic · 24 December 2020 · 74 days
- 976,263 haEeyou Istchee Baie-JamesCanada · May 2023 · 60 days
- 855,014 haLithgowAustralia · October 2019 · 82 days
- 801,620 haBarão de MelgaçoBrazil · 16 July 2020 · 86 days
- 799,590 haNorthern RockiesCanada · 11 May 2023 · 525 days
- 793,890 haBarklyAustralia · 4 September 2023 · 47 days
- 755,711 haEast GippslandAustralia · 5 December 2019 · 66 days
- 742,600 haWauSouth Sudan · 27 November 2016 · 43 days
- 739,980 haSan MatíasBolivia · 25 July 2021 · 92 days
- 627,676 haArmidaleAustralia · October 2019 · 90 days
- 623,165 haDjemaCentral African Republic · 21 December 2025 · 51 days
- 614,688 haChipiliZambia · July 2026 · 59 days
- 586,597 haMirninsky UlusRussia · 17 July 2026 · 59 days
- 551,706 haSan JoséBolivia · 18 July 2024 · 59 days
- 532,162 haSan RafaelBolivia · 26 June 2024 · 123 days
- 528,947 haSan RafaelBolivia · 28 July 2019 · 66 days
- 514,707 haRegion 5, UnorganizedCanada · 28 May 2023 · 129 days
- 512,393 haOlenyoksky UlusRussia · 21 July 2026 · 51 days
- 505,288 haMocubaMozambique · 16 August 2026 · 45 days
- 481,540 haPeace River BCanada · 12 May 2023 · 162 days
- 479,336 haBarklyAustralia · 18 October 2023 · 15 days
- 477,421 haWood BuffaloCanada · May 2016 · 98 days
Where this data comes from
Perimeters from EFFIS and GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), MTBS and NIFC (United States, public domain) and NBAC (Canada, Open Government Licence), aggregated by WorldFires. Fires over 100 hectares are counted in Europe, over 400 in the United States and, elsewhere, over several hundred or several thousand depending on the country (in the African savanna, where tens of millions of hectares burn every year, only the largest), so figures are lower than national statistics, which include every small fire. Data may be reused with attribution.