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Wildfires in Lao PDR
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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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 193,760 km² of Lao PDR at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 73,670 km², ranking 32nd 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 2023, with 106,750 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 57,710 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.5% 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.
February, March and April together hold 89% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 April 2022, with detections in 6,734 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 193,760 km² with at least one detection, 76% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 24,530 | 13% |
| 2 years | 22,930 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 61,510 | 32% |
| 6 to 10 years | 69,160 | 36% |
| 11 years or more | 15,620 | 8.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 20.25, 102.25 and holds 2.4% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 65,250 | 84,270 |
| 2013 | 69,610 | 92,249 |
| 2014 | 72,140 | 92,800 |
| 2015 | 76,670 | 103,411 |
| 2016 | 76,070 | 100,600 |
| 2017 | 57,710 | 68,798 |
| 2018 | 58,180 | 70,820 |
| 2019 | 83,660 | 117,873 |
| 2020 | 85,270 | 116,981 |
| 2021 | 66,230 | 85,245 |
| 2022 | 63,070 | 82,317 |
| 2023 | 106,750 | 171,932 |
| 2024 | 84,260 | 118,915 |
| 2025 | 66,570 | 83,552 |
Nearby countries
- India324,930 km² in an average year
- Myanmar189,670 km² in an average year
- China182,410 km² in an average year
- Indonesia104,670 km² in an average year
- Thailand104,620 km² in an average year
- Cambodia67,840 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.
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
