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Annual share of the total land area burnt by wildfires
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216 countries · 2012–2026
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1
Guinea
13.2%
2
Lao PDR
11.2%
3
South Sudan
10.7%
4
Sierra Leone
10.1%
5
Central African Republic
9.7%
6
Gambia, The
8.6%
7
Cambodia
8.4%
8
Ghana
7.4%
9
Myanmar
6.4%
10
Senegal
6%
11
Guinea-Bissau
5.5%
12
Thailand
5.2%
13
Congo, Dem. Rep.
4.7%
14
Togo
3.7%
15
Angola
3.3%
16
Venezuela, RB
3.2%
17
Nigeria
3%
18
Cameroon
3%
19
Benin
3%
20
Honduras
2.8%
21
Zambia
2.2%
22
Uganda
2.1%
23
Burkina Faso
2%
24
Costa Rica
1.9%
25
El Salvador
1.7%
26
Ethiopia
1.6%
27
Belize
1.6%
28
Nicaragua
1.6%
29
Guatemala
1.6%
30
Liberia
1.5%
31
Cuba
1.5%
32
Cote d'Ivoire
1.4%
33
Congo, Rep.
1.3%
34
Australia
1.2%
35
India
1.2%
36
Mali
1.2%
37
Nepal
1.1%
38
Chad
1%
39
Vanuatu
0.98%
40
Bangladesh
0.98%
41
Madagascar
0.97%
42
Paraguay
0.89%
43
Viet Nam
0.85%
44
Philippines
0.78%
45
Colombia
0.77%
46
Tanzania
0.73%
47
Bahamas, The
0.7%
48
Sudan
0.64%
49
Mexico
0.63%
50
Panama
0.58%
51
Grenada
0.47%
52
Barbados
0.46%
53
Trinidad and Tobago
0.46%
54
Eswatini
0.46%
55
South Africa
0.42%
56
Chile
0.4%
57
Mozambique
0.39%
58
Portugal
0.39%
59
Bolivia
0.33%
60
Papua New Guinea
0.3%
61
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.29%
62
Montenegro
0.29%
63
Gabon
0.27%
64
Malawi
0.27%
65
China
0.24%
66
Zimbabwe
0.22%
67
Rwanda
0.21%
68
Ukraine
0.2%
69
Brazil
0.2%
70
Burundi
0.2%
71
Argentina
0.18%
72
United States
0.18%
73
Guyana
0.18%
74
Bhutan
0.18%
75
Indonesia
0.16%
76
Russian Federation
0.16%
77
Kazakhstan
0.15%
78
Spain
0.14%
79
Malaysia
0.14%
80
Iraq
0.13%
81
Comoros
0.12%
82
Dominican Republic
0.12%
83
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.11%
84
Haiti
0.11%
85
Kenya
0.1%
86
Botswana
0.1%
87
Pakistan
0.1%
88
Cabo Verde
0.1%
89
Italy
0.09%
90
North Macedonia
0.08%
91
Canada
0.07%
92
Eritrea
0.07%
93
Syrian Arab Republic
0.07%
94
Belarus
0.07%
95
Niger
0.07%
96
Namibia
0.07%
97
France
0.07%
98
New Caledonia
0.06%
99
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.06%
100
Fiji
0.06%
101
New Zealand
0.06%
102
United Kingdom
0.06%
103
Uzbekistan
0.06%
104
Uruguay
0.05%
105
Brunei Darussalam
0.05%
106
Mauritania
0.05%
107
Romania
0.05%
108
Sri Lanka
0.05%
109
Ecuador
0.05%
110
Georgia
0.05%
111
Netherlands
0.04%
112
Hungary
0.04%
113
Japan
0.04%
114
Turkmenistan
0.04%
115
Mongolia
0.04%
116
West Bank and Gaza
0.04%
117
Serbia
0.03%
118
Azerbaijan
0.03%
119
Albania
0.03%
120
Ireland
0.03%
121
Bulgaria
0.03%
122
Turkiye
0.03%
123
Korea, Rep.
0.03%
124
Puerto Rico (US)
0.03%
125
Equatorial Guinea
0.03%
126
Peru
0.02%
127
Suriname
0.02%
128
Croatia
0.02%
129
Denmark
0.02%
130
Austria
0.02%
131
Moldova
0.02%
132
Jamaica
0.02%
133
Greece
0.02%
134
Taiwan
0.01%
135
Germany
0.01%
136
Poland
0.01%
137
Solomon Islands
0.01%
138
Djibouti
0.01%
139
Slovak Republic
0.01%
140
Slovenia
0.01%
141
Israel
0.01%
142
Latvia
0.01%
143
Lithuania
0.01%
144
Lesotho
0.01%
145
Morocco
0.01%
146
Belgium
0%
147
Tajikistan
0%
148
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0%
149
Algeria
0%
150
Kyrgyz Republic
0%
151
Afghanistan
0%
152
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0%
153
Jordan
0%
154
Czechia
0%
155
Tunisia
0%
156
Yemen, Rep.
0%
157
Saudi Arabia
0%
158
Norway
0%
159
Finland
0%
160
Greenland
0%
161
Oman
0%
162
Sweden
0%
163
Libya
0%
164
British Virgin Islands
0%
165
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0%
166
Kuwait
0%
167
Faroe Islands
0%
168
Malta
0%
169
Hong Kong SAR, China
0%
170
St. Kitts and Nevis
0%
171
Northern Mariana Islands
0%
172
Estonia
0%
173
Mauritius
0%
174
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0%
175
Armenia
0%
176
American Samoa
0%
177
Dominica
0%
178
Naoero
0%
179
Antigua and Barbuda
0%
180
Cyprus
0%
181
Aruba
0%
182
Cayman Islands
0%
183
Palau
0%
184
Curacao
0%
185
French Polynesia
0%
186
Qatar
0%
187
Timor-Leste
0%
188
Singapore
0%
189
Isle of Man
0%
190
Tuvalu
0%
191
Switzerland
0%
192
San Marino
0%
193
Sao Tome and Principe
0%
194
Kiribati
0%
195
Luxembourg
0%
196
Macao SAR, China
0%
197
St. Lucia
0%
198
St. Martin (French part)
0%
199
Gibraltar
0%
200
Andorra
0%
201
Samoa
0%
202
Monaco
0%
203
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0%
204
Maldives
0%
205
Marshall Islands
0%
206
Lebanon
0%
207
United Arab Emirates
0%
208
Guam
0%
209
Bermuda
0%
210
Iceland
0%
211
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0%
212
Seychelles
0%
213
Turks and Caicos Islands
0%
214
Bahrain
0%
215
Tonga
0%
216
Liechtenstein
0%
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