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Wildfires in Bolivia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Chuquisaca8 fires
- Cochabamba13 fires
- El Beni114 fires
- La Paz95 fires
- Oruro2 fires
- Pando50 fires
- Potosí12 fires
- Santa Cruz34 fires
- Tarijano fires now
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 452,470 km² of Bolivia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 90,610 km², ranking 28th of 200 countries.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2024, with 175,410 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 52,220 km². The 2021–2025 average is 59% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
August, September and October together hold 69% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 September 2024, with detections in 8,161 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 452,470 km² with at least one detection, 43% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 162,630 | 36% |
| 2 years | 94,970 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 142,780 | 32% |
| 6 to 10 years | 50,200 | 11% |
| 11 years or more | 1,890 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -16.25, -61.75 and holds 2.0% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 72,060 | 87,487 |
| 2013 | 61,050 | 69,380 |
| 2014 | 52,220 | 62,751 |
| 2015 | 64,790 | 81,762 |
| 2016 | 95,570 | 132,279 |
| 2017 | 75,900 | 105,971 |
| 2018 | 69,310 | 94,567 |
| 2019 | 115,880 | 177,046 |
| 2020 | 113,160 | 159,470 |
| 2021 | 98,230 | 144,308 |
| 2022 | 105,760 | 164,566 |
| 2023 | 113,560 | 176,083 |
| 2024 | 175,410 | 320,728 |
| 2025 | 55,600 | 74,454 |
Nearby countries
- Brazil613,680 km² in an average year
- Venezuela125,480 km² in an average year
- Argentina83,750 km² in an average year
- Colombia72,700 km² in an average year
- Paraguay52,970 km² in an average year
- Peru49,920 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby countries
- Paraguay1,087 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
