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Annual number of fires by country 2026 | worldgovdata
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Annual number of fires
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216 countries · 2012–2026
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Country
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Value
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1
Congo, Dem. Rep.
64,315
2
Angola
48,313
3
Zambia
25,518
4
Australia
23,707
5
Mozambique
16,693
6
South Sudan
14,952
7
Indonesia
13,650
8
India
13,581
9
Central African Republic
12,765
10
Brazil
12,488
11
Russian Federation
11,832
12
Myanmar
11,674
13
Guinea
10,104
14
Nigeria
8,292
15
Venezuela, RB
8,073
16
Tanzania
8,037
17
China
7,623
18
Thailand
6,898
19
United States
6,744
20
Lao PDR
6,492
21
Ethiopia
5,262
22
Cambodia
5,226
23
South Africa
5,070
24
Madagascar
5,032
25
Mali
4,511
26
Cameroon
4,351
27
Mexico
4,270
28
Ghana
4,236
29
Chad
3,517
30
Congo, Rep.
3,361
31
Canada
3,326
32
Sudan
3,221
33
Uganda
2,831
34
Colombia
2,823
35
Sierra Leone
2,823
36
Senegal
2,785
37
Argentina
2,469
38
Bolivia
2,412
39
Ukraine
2,244
40
Papua New Guinea
2,040
41
Zimbabwe
1,894
42
Kazakhstan
1,883
43
Paraguay
1,840
44
Viet Nam
1,674
45
Philippines
1,577
46
Burkina Faso
1,541
47
Cote d'Ivoire
1,382
48
Honduras
1,094
49
Namibia
1,092
50
Chile
949
51
Benin
860
52
Cuba
768
53
Nepal
766
54
Italy
764
55
Liberia
754
56
Guatemala
746
57
Botswana
714
58
Nicaragua
703
59
Peru
666
60
Guinea-Bissau
645
61
Togo
625
62
Spain
612
63
Malawi
594
64
Iran, Islamic Rep.
568
65
Algeria
547
66
Gabon
489
67
Bangladesh
421
68
Iraq
401
69
Pakistan
379
70
France
378
71
Turkiye
349
72
Portugal
325
73
Kenya
324
74
Costa Rica
258
75
Panama
252
76
Romania
250
77
Gambia, The
241
78
Niger
231
79
Malaysia
214
80
Burundi
188
81
Ecuador
178
82
Bosnia and Herzegovina
176
83
El Salvador
171
84
Guyana
154
85
Belize
138
86
Uzbekistan
136
87
Syrian Arab Republic
127
88
Mongolia
126
89
Albania
101
90
Turkmenistan
100
91
Mauritania
97
92
Serbia
97
93
New Zealand
97
94
Sri Lanka
96
95
United Kingdom
92
96
Dominican Republic
90
97
Eswatini
90
98
Germany
79
99
North Macedonia
79
100
Azerbaijan
74
101
Tunisia
68
102
Bulgaria
60
103
Uruguay
58
104
Belarus
58
105
Montenegro
56
106
Japan
54
107
Georgia
53
108
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
43
109
Greece
41
110
Haiti
38
111
Hungary
37
112
Fiji
36
113
Rwanda
36
114
Eritrea
34
115
Vanuatu
33
116
Egypt, Arab Rep.
29
117
Bahamas, The
28
118
Morocco
25
119
Lesotho
23
120
Poland
22
121
Croatia
22
122
Lebanon
19
123
Ireland
19
124
Bhutan
19
125
Timor-Leste
18
126
Suriname
18
127
Saudi Arabia
15
128
Jamaica
14
129
Moldova
12
130
Trinidad and Tobago
12
131
Korea, Rep.
12
132
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
10
133
Netherlands
10
134
Afghanistan
10
135
Austria
10
136
New Caledonia
10
137
Denmark
9
138
Belgium
8
139
Comoros
8
140
Equatorial Guinea
7
141
Tajikistan
7
142
Kyrgyz Republic
7
143
Norway
6
144
Yemen, Rep.
5
145
Israel
5
146
Latvia
4
147
Sweden
4
148
Lithuania
3
149
Slovak Republic
3
150
Cabo Verde
3
151
Finland
3
152
Armenia
2
153
Solomon Islands
2
154
Greenland
2
155
Taiwan
2
156
Brunei Darussalam
2
157
Grenada
2
158
West Bank and Gaza
2
159
Czechia
1
160
Jordan
1
161
Switzerland
1
162
Oman
1
163
Palau
1
164
Djibouti
1
165
Kuwait
1
166
Barbados
1
167
Slovenia
1
168
Libya
1
169
Puerto Rico (US)
1
170
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0
171
Tuvalu
0
172
Bermuda
0
173
Tonga
0
174
Curacao
0
175
Cayman Islands
0
176
Cyprus
0
177
Dominica
0
178
Bahrain
0
179
Turks and Caicos Islands
0
180
Estonia
0
181
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0
182
Seychelles
0
183
Faroe Islands
0
184
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0
185
Gibraltar
0
186
Sao Tome and Principe
0
187
British Virgin Islands
0
188
Guam
0
189
San Marino
0
190
Hong Kong SAR, China
0
191
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0
192
Isle of Man
0
193
Singapore
0
194
Iceland
0
195
Antigua and Barbuda
0
196
American Samoa
0
197
Kiribati
0
198
Qatar
0
199
St. Kitts and Nevis
0
200
French Polynesia
0
201
Samoa
0
202
St. Lucia
0
203
Liechtenstein
0
204
United Arab Emirates
0
205
Luxembourg
0
206
Macao SAR, China
0
207
Andorra
0
208
St. Martin (French part)
0
209
Monaco
0
210
Maldives
0
211
Marshall Islands
0
212
Malta
0
213
Northern Mariana Islands
0
214
Naoero
0
215
Aruba
0
216
Mauritius
0
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