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Burned Area, 2004

2004, as GWIS’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Burned Area, 2004 covers 209 countries on 6 measures. Australia is highest, at 63,991,467.79; 53 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 20,585.77. Against 2003, 164 values changed (75 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Burned Area · Data for 2004

HighestAustralia

63,991,467.79

Lowest53 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Burned Area, 2004, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 209 countries · select a heading to sort

Burned Area, 2004: every country, as published by European Commission Joint Research Centre — Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS).
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand63,991,467.79135,771.6105,078,995.93857,906,667.174858,140.97811,892.092
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa41,219,080.462,579,703.54822,343,993.03816,071,924.190219,209.4394,250.244
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa37,714,176.575,343,455.42429,934,087.6032,341,561.21358,065.17237,007.162
South SudanSSDEastern Africa31,821,087.61240,932.89717,452,565.84512,909,078.9051,178,282.92640,227.036
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa25,136,552.133,274,274.60716,160,148.9095,598,212.34480,303.81123,612.455
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa21,255,630.652,948,143.69514,840,362.9913,186,908.530278,562.5641,652.871
BrazilBRASouth America20,506,858.292,834,138.4829,880,953.3996,311,608.9801,432,073.87948,083.545
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa19,486,499.723,172,805.45313,384,397.6032,838,431.64087,688.0663,176.954
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa14,959,069.251,555,202.0959,442,920.9153,855,677.62299,429.9035,838.717
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia13,425,740.86171.72824,320.82712,542,098.432855,500.6763,649.199
ChadTCDMiddle Africa12,700,108.69218,694.2581,035,534.9088,291,964.0293,153,292.980622.511
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa10,600,253.1540,656.3561,267,559.4744,778,151.8024,511,867.7272,017.793
RussiaRUSEastern Europe10,476,094.641,249,313.5043,726,603.3801,600,301.8923,890,044.4859,831.375
MaliMLIWestern Africa9,572,617.68171.728217,363.3758,109,804.6771,238,752.2726,525.624
SudanSDNNorthern Africa9,546,450.7864.398382,672.0187,748,770.2491,414,901.18242.932
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa6,720,147.36203,625.2164,315,347.7081,115,538.1951,084,820.537815.704
BoliviaBOLSouth America6,495,807.602,371,355.8372,963,663.513968,539.940174,903.89017,344.422
GhanaGHAWestern Africa5,448,552.312,962.2911,696,275.7662,684,478.4341,063,676.6581,159.156
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia5,409,398.583,439,218.3321,455,342.879107,608.395405,146.7832,082.191
SenegalSENWestern Africa4,848,066.141,760.200245,397.7963,894,509.378706,291.435107.330
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,785,493.16169,494.4952,171,508.6141,839,152.587572,580.54832,756.914
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa4,734,232.65173,594.4742,762,442.468390,829.0511,405,069.8122,296.849
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia4,185,672.421,562,586.3511,996,754.986152,257.397468,342.2995,731.389
IndiaINDSouthern Asia4,027,039.65853,525.820457,845.489261,153.7422,454,128.215386.387
ColombiaCOLSouth America3,982,412.12167,541.0962,947,714.380850,177.14213,416.1693,563.338

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Australia63,991,467.79
  2. Angola41,219,080.46
  3. DR Congo37,714,176.57
  4. South Sudan31,821,087.61
  5. Zambia25,136,552.13

Lowest

  1. Yemenshared0.00
  2. Samoashared0.00
  3. Vanuatushared0.00
  4. United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
  5. British Virgin Islandsshared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20,585.77. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Burned forest (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo5,343,455.424

    Lowest99 share it

    Middle country: 42.932

  • Burned savanna (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo29,934,087.603

    Lowest82 share it

    Middle country: 472.249

  • Burned shrubland and grassland (hectares)

    HighestAustralia57,906,667.174

    Lowest66 share it

    Middle country: 1,674.338

  • Burned cropland (hectares)

    HighestNigeria4,511,867.727

    Lowest65 share it

    Middle country: 3,584.800

  • Other burned land (hectares)

    HighestIndonesia64,955.715

    Lowest120 share it

    Middle country: 0.000

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 164values changed, of 209 in both
  • 75 · 89rose · fell
  • 45unchanged

Rose most

  • Australia31,655,757.49 → 63,991,467.79+32,335,710.30
  • Brazil16,401,940.46 → 20,506,858.29+4,104,917.82
  • Bolivia2,848,177.16 → 6,495,807.60+3,647,630.45
  • Mali6,519,677.63 → 9,572,617.68+3,052,940.05
  • Kazakhstan10,454,006.19 → 13,425,740.86+2,971,734.67

Fell most

  • Russia22,363,205.04 → 10,476,094.64−11,887,110.40
  • Central African Republic26,788,350.62 → 21,255,630.65−5,532,719.97
  • Madagascar6,104,119.90 → 3,556,743.97−2,547,375.94
  • Tanzania17,303,871.82 → 14,959,069.25−2,344,802.57
  • Cameroon7,073,840.46 → 4,734,232.65−2,339,607.81

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from GWIS’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2004.

  • 154 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 53 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 209 countries has every column.

05The files

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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

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    209 rows · 16 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

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    The publisher’s original

    GWIS’s own file, on its own site.

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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

European Commission Joint Research Centre — Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) (2004). Burned Area, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/burned-area/2004

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07Questions

Burned Area, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest burned area in Burned Area, 2004?

Australia, at 63,991,467.79, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Burned Area, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Burned Area, 2004 cover?

209.

Where can I download Burned Area, 2004?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Burned Area, 2004 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Burned Area, 2025.

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