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Burned Area, 2006

2006, as GWIS’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Burned Area, 2006 covers 209 countries on 6 measures. Australia is highest, at 57,605,157.623; 50 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 22,002.521. Against 2005, 166 values changed (74 up, 92 down), the same countries are covered.

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Burned Area · Data for 2006

HighestAustralia

57,605,157.623

Lowest50 countries share it

0.000

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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by European Commission Joint Research Centre — Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS).
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand57,605,157.623969,312.7175,763,585.37750,243,932.125612,743.18515,584.219
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa37,719,628.8935,396,197.07130,235,768.8872,022,814.54539,389.86425,458.526
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa36,232,301.8882,259,518.66921,786,782.05012,004,292.595179,862.5051,846.069
South SudanSSDEastern Africa25,583,321.219118,362.79613,230,036.54810,955,556.1771,247,209.82632,155.872
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa22,127,080.4532,469,347.51614,954,110.6164,591,978.34569,034.22842,609.748
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa22,105,915.1133,642,714.75515,312,869.6632,997,558.115150,475.7302,296.850
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa19,962,397.9893,562,840.26213,651,411.5172,668,980.08577,620.5791,545.546
RussiaRUSEastern Europe14,532,928.8871,138,914.5404,809,062.6573,438,445.5725,131,694.66014,811.458
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia14,306,463.934128.7965,666.98913,928,278.283366,035.9696,353.897
BrazilBRASouth America12,500,948.3871,546,100.5685,390,916.4674,037,600.8601,507,440.53118,889.961
ChadTCDMiddle Africa11,627,330.492281,825.371925,436.4747,818,534.3242,601,062.074472.249
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa11,296,069.2421,510,789.2117,528,916.8392,197,804.29947,418.10511,140.788
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa10,660,872.76672,060.9201,533,457.1694,685,719.7854,367,745.8941,888.998
MaliMLIWestern Africa8,890,690.003321.988201,886.4837,401,645.7171,283,079.2883,756.527
SudanSDNNorthern Africa8,250,041.190193.194353,628.6986,797,553.2751,098,666.0230.000
GhanaGHAWestern Africa7,308,719.97210,647.0692,648,158.1893,492,281.9581,156,366.2701,266.486
SenegalSENWestern Africa5,921,574.16217,280.026359,896.7294,855,450.395688,260.104686.908
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa5,453,188.945219,445.5643,622,644.167970,879.716640,133.63485.864
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa5,189,094.3780.00021.4665,174,540.52014,532.3920.000
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa5,170,633.7340.000944.4995,168,637.408751.305300.522
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa4,848,237.867128,451.7502,925,132.276452,092.6331,339,169.6003,391.608
BoliviaBOLSouth America4,699,393.5491,280,782.4432,359,292.020979,551.92670,214.8509,552.310
GuineaGINWestern Africa4,559,006.76934,302.4603,788,618.250481,028.620247,437.0557,620.384
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa4,067,202.281117,246.571252,653.2593,688,930.7626,010.4432,361.246
ChinaCHNEastern Asia3,982,905.84475,860.375328,685.372113,146.5893,462,422.9442,790.564

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Australia57,605,157.623
  2. DR Congo37,719,628.893
  3. Angola36,232,301.888
  4. South Sudan25,583,321.219
  5. Zambia22,127,080.453

Lowest

  1. Yemenshared0.000
  2. Samoashared0.000
  3. Vanuatushared0.000
  4. United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
  5. British Virgin Islandsshared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22,002.521. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Burned forest (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo5,396,197.071

    Lowest93 share it

    Middle country: 85.864

  • Burned savanna (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo30,235,768.887

    Lowest71 share it

    Middle country: 1,030.360

  • Burned shrubland and grassland (hectares)

    HighestAustralia50,243,932.125

    Lowest64 share it

    Middle country: 1,803.133

  • Burned cropland (hectares)

    HighestRussia5,131,694.660

    Lowest67 share it

    Middle country: 2,640.305

  • Other burned land (hectares)

    HighestArgentina89,212.144

    Lowest110 share it

    Middle country: 0.000

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 166values changed, of 209 in both
  • 74 · 92rose · fell
  • 43unchanged

Rose most

  • Australia27,970,776.442 → 57,605,157.623+29,634,381.181
  • Botswana2,796,465.868 → 5,170,633.734+2,374,167.866
  • Indonesia769,594.292 → 3,082,799.090+2,313,204.798
  • Russia12,686,542.283 → 14,532,928.887+1,846,386.604
  • Namibia3,468,626.566 → 5,189,094.378+1,720,467.812

Fell most

  • Brazil22,413,563.918 → 12,500,948.387−9,912,615.531
  • South Sudan34,587,136.337 → 25,583,321.219−9,003,815.118
  • Tanzania17,581,124.944 → 11,296,069.242−6,285,055.702
  • Uganda5,580,717.687 → 1,027,334.966−4,553,382.721
  • Angola40,519,228.758 → 36,232,301.888−4,286,926.870

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 2006.

  • 159 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 50 countries share 0.000. 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

Download and cite

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

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    For a spreadsheet or code

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

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    Download burned-area-2006-nations-inquiry.csv
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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) (2006). Burned Area, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/burned-area/2006

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07Questions

Burned Area, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest burned area in Burned Area, 2006?

Australia, at 57,605,157.623, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Burned Area, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Burned Area, 2006 cover?

209.

Where can I download Burned Area, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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