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Fire history by country, 2012 to 2025

Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells · built 2026-09-21

In an average year between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 8,960,920 km² across these 200 countries. The five with the most, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Brazil, Australia, Zambia, account for 34% of it.

Africa

• Democratic Republic of the Congo898,730 km²/yr
• Angola616,940 km²/yr
• Zambia445,810 km²/yr
• Mozambique404,050 km²/yr
• Central African Republic340,550 km²/yr
• South Sudan321,060 km²/yr
• Tanzania263,100 km²/yr
• Nigeria251,350 km²/yr
• Madagascar203,240 km²/yr
• Guinea148,280 km²/yr
• Chad125,770 km²/yr
• Cameroon123,280 km²/yr
• Ethiopia119,020 km²/yr
• Ghana109,430 km²/yr
• Sudan105,830 km²/yr
• Mali98,910 km²/yr
• South Africa78,680 km²/yr
• Côte d'Ivoire77,980 km²/yr
• Uganda59,120 km²/yr
• Zimbabwe58,700 km²/yr
• Republic of the Congo55,320 km²/yr
• Benin47,600 km²/yr
• Burkina Faso46,160 km²/yr
• Senegal44,770 km²/yr
• Sierra Leone43,490 km²/yr
• Malawi36,390 km²/yr
• Botswana30,240 km²/yr
• Togo28,650 km²/yr
• Namibia27,810 km²/yr
• Liberia23,250 km²/yr
• Kenya13,080 km²/yr
• Guinea-Bissau11,020 km²/yr
• Gabon6,140 km²/yr
• Algeria5,780 km²/yr
• Niger5,140 km²/yr
• Egypt4,930 km²/yr
• Kingdom of eSwatini3,530 km²/yr
• The Gambia3,010 km²/yr
• Burundi2,240 km²/yr
• Somalia1,930 km²/yr
• Mauritania1,420 km²/yr
• Lesotho1,230 km²/yr
• Libya1,160 km²/yr
• Morocco1,080 km²/yr
• Tunisia900 km²/yr
• Equatorial Guinea791 km²/yr
• Eritrea780 km²/yr
• Rwanda742 km²/yr
• Somaliland136 km²/yr
• Comoros124 km²/yr
• Republic of Cabo Verde28 km²/yr
• Djibouti22 km²/yr
• São Tomé and Principe15 km²/yr

Asia

• India324,930 km²/yr
• Myanmar189,670 km²/yr
• China182,410 km²/yr
• Indonesia104,670 km²/yr
• Thailand104,620 km²/yr
• Lao PDR73,670 km²/yr
• Cambodia67,840 km²/yr
• Vietnam43,890 km²/yr
• Kazakhstan42,130 km²/yr
• Pakistan37,470 km²/yr
• Philippines23,200 km²/yr
• Turkey17,770 km²/yr
• Nepal16,730 km²/yr
• Iran13,130 km²/yr
• Iraq9,670 km²/yr
• Malaysia8,000 km²/yr
• Bangladesh6,020 km²/yr
• Sri Lanka5,820 km²/yr
• Uzbekistan5,250 km²/yr
• Turkmenistan4,590 km²/yr
• Syria4,210 km²/yr
• Mongolia3,420 km²/yr
• Saudi Arabia3,270 km²/yr
• Timor-Leste3,070 km²/yr
• Azerbaijan2,970 km²/yr
• Dem. Rep. Korea1,950 km²/yr
• Japan1,660 km²/yr
• Georgia1,290 km²/yr
• Republic of Korea886 km²/yr
• Armenia812 km²/yr
• Kyrgyzstan744 km²/yr
• Oman723 km²/yr
• Afghanistan584 km²/yr
• Taiwan547 km²/yr
• Bhutan543 km²/yr
• Israel521 km²/yr
• United Arab Emirates415 km²/yr
• Kuwait393 km²/yr
• Yemen392 km²/yr
• Lebanon389 km²/yr
• Tajikistan334 km²/yr
• Palestine273 km²/yr
• Jordan208 km²/yr
• Cyprus146 km²/yr
• Qatar137 km²/yr
• Bahrain74 km²/yr
• Brunei Darussalam74 km²/yr
• Northern Cyprus55 km²/yr
• Hong Kong32 km²/yr
• Cyprus U.N. Buffer Zone19 km²/yr
• Singapore4.3 km²/yr

South America

• Brazil613,680 km²/yr
• Venezuela125,480 km²/yr
• Bolivia90,610 km²/yr
• Argentina83,750 km²/yr
• Colombia72,700 km²/yr
• Paraguay52,970 km²/yr
• Peru49,920 km²/yr
• Ecuador11,420 km²/yr
• Chile9,190 km²/yr
• Guyana7,110 km²/yr
• Uruguay2,050 km²/yr
• Suriname1,960 km²/yr
• Falkland Islands / Malvinas33 km²/yr

Oceania

• Australia465,550 km²/yr
• Papua New Guinea22,120 km²/yr
• New Zealand1,880 km²/yr
• Fiji1,730 km²/yr
• New Caledonia584 km²/yr
• Solomon Islands167 km²/yr
• Vanuatu132 km²/yr
• Tonga45 km²/yr
• Guam36 km²/yr
• Northern Mariana Islands18 km²/yr
• French Polynesia11 km²/yr

North America

• Mexico139,170 km²/yr
• United States133,530 km²/yr
• Canada57,580 km²/yr
• Honduras25,150 km²/yr
• Nicaragua20,510 km²/yr
• Guatemala19,060 km²/yr
• Cuba16,030 km²/yr
• Panama6,910 km²/yr
• Dominican Republic4,930 km²/yr
• El Salvador3,540 km²/yr
• Belize3,230 km²/yr
• Costa Rica3,130 km²/yr
• Haiti1,790 km²/yr
• Jamaica804 km²/yr
• Trinidad and Tobago584 km²/yr
• Bahamas498 km²/yr
• Puerto Rico204 km²/yr
• Barbados50 km²/yr
• Saint Kitts and Nevis30 km²/yr
• Antigua and Barbuda19 km²/yr
• Dominica16 km²/yr
• Saint Lucia15 km²/yr
• Curaçao15 km²/yr
• Greenland7.8 km²/yr
• Turks and Caicos Islands6.0 km²/yr
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines6.0 km²/yr
• United States Virgin Islands4.8 km²/yr
• British Virgin Islands3.9 km²/yr

Europe

• Russian Federation212,570 km²/yr
• Ukraine35,560 km²/yr
• Italy9,880 km²/yr
• Romania7,650 km²/yr
• Spain5,090 km²/yr
• France3,350 km²/yr
• Bulgaria3,180 km²/yr
• Serbia3,050 km²/yr
• Greece2,670 km²/yr
• Portugal2,650 km²/yr
• Belarus1,900 km²/yr
• Bosnia and Herzegovina1,670 km²/yr
• Germany1,260 km²/yr
• Moldova1,210 km²/yr
• United Kingdom1,160 km²/yr
• Albania1,070 km²/yr
• Croatia833 km²/yr
• Poland829 km²/yr
• North Macedonia808 km²/yr
• Hungary702 km²/yr
• Montenegro680 km²/yr
• Kosovo517 km²/yr
• Netherlands256 km²/yr
• Sweden249 km²/yr
• Czech Republic206 km²/yr
• Ireland189 km²/yr
• Belgium184 km²/yr
• Slovakia163 km²/yr
• Denmark133 km²/yr
• Finland126 km²/yr
• Norway126 km²/yr
• Austria109 km²/yr
• Lithuania106 km²/yr
• Latvia92 km²/yr
• Iceland88 km²/yr
• Switzerland67 km²/yr
• Slovenia43 km²/yr
• Estonia28 km²/yr
• Luxembourg11 km²/yr
• Malta9.9 km²/yr

Seven seas (open ocean)

• Mauritius147 km²/yr
• Heard I. and McDonald Islands6.8 km²/yr
• Maldives3.5 km²/yr

Antarctica

• Antarctica14 km²/yr

Figures are detected area: 0.01° cells with at least one detection, averaged over complete years. How it is measured.