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Burned Area, 2010

2010, as GWIS’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Burned Area, 2010 covers 209 countries on 6 measures. Angola is highest, at 38,623,427.78; 55 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 13,416.18. Against 2009, 163 values changed (89 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Burned Area · Data for 2010

HighestAngola

38,623,427.78

Lowest55 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by European Commission Joint Research Centre — Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS).
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa38,623,427.783,202,235.16321,147,056.27714,095,840.840172,735.8375,559.660
BrazilBRASouth America36,299,168.084,039,103.47120,017,436.47910,171,751.5021,976,298.00694,578.619
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa35,758,829.255,368,398.76928,229,976.7902,089,401.66828,098.82142,953.205
South SudanSSDEastern Africa24,659,086.82162,668.34215,260,686.1308,295,784.950866,641.46073,305.937
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa23,725,643.593,913,699.86415,182,636.2414,539,258.17258,086.63831,962.679
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa22,971,354.494,640,448.27615,472,039.0692,778,477.47176,611.6793,777.996
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa20,092,051.833,484,597.17514,239,705.0832,269,371.49696,403.2111,974.862
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand18,471,250.0489,298.0072,193,661.38215,840,393.344341,071.1636,826.147
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa15,772,325.111,865,276.5489,831,581.8974,006,840.27061,542.6497,083.743
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa13,384,054.150.0001,287.95313,380,920.1321,524.077321.988
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia11,857,487.5364.39819,748.59811,527,621.544304,300.1385,752.853
RussiaRUSEastern Europe10,941,539.031,222,373.8373,602,208.6773,367,393.5402,730,436.88119,126.094
ChadTCDMiddle Africa9,419,222.59240,546.509736,687.1016,753,827.3041,687,818.220343.454
BoliviaBOLSouth America9,343,533.963,706,704.5113,941,133.2511,586,477.86382,879.71526,338.618
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa8,194,616.3334,474.1851,450,706.2453,573,422.9373,134,703.5421,309.419
MaliMLIWestern Africa7,129,222.39171.728172,564.1075,994,214.656960,855.1511,416.747
SudanSDNNorthern Africa6,553,421.96214.659214,186.4255,579,773.154759,247.7250.000
GhanaGHAWestern Africa5,707,817.061,652.8731,896,552.3112,806,640.6891,000,030.3592,940.824
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa5,405,470.33157,731.1963,495,201.3171,202,045.641550,320.444171.728
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia5,083,439.382,853,650.9431,611,871.977204,741.444411,350.4141,824.602
IndiaINDSouthern Asia4,831,065.191,414,428.936423,414.235160,865.2112,831,970.418386.386
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa4,751,426.8142.9322,168.0524,747,283.8971,888.99742.932
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa4,720,344.2355,940.052551,436.6693,547,406.303565,217.754343.455
SenegalSENWestern Africa4,685,354.8613,502.031273,067.2993,938,299.743460,335.525150.262
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa4,613,594.4834,710.309176,792.8884,131,127.634269,933.2821,030.363

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Angola38,623,427.78
  2. Brazil36,299,168.08
  3. DR Congo35,758,829.25
  4. South Sudan24,659,086.82
  5. Zambia23,725,643.59

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 13,416.18. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Burned forest (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo5,368,398.769

    Lowest93 share it

    Middle country: 85.863

  • Burned savanna (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo28,229,976.790

    Lowest73 share it

    Middle country: 729.840

  • Burned shrubland and grassland (hectares)

    HighestAustralia15,840,393.344

    Lowest68 share it

    Middle country: 1,395.282

  • Burned cropland (hectares)

    HighestNigeria3,134,703.542

    Lowest68 share it

    Middle country: 2,382.711

  • Other burned land (hectares)

    HighestBrazil94,578.619

    Lowest117 share it

    Middle country: 0.000

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 163values changed, of 209 in both
  • 89 · 74rose · fell
  • 46unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Australia40,790,965.18 → 18,471,250.04−22,319,715.13
  • South Sudan34,229,579.38 → 24,659,086.82−9,570,492.56
  • Sudan8,491,059.95 → 6,553,421.96−1,937,637.98
  • Russia12,817,548.51 → 10,941,539.03−1,876,009.48
  • Indonesia1,823,482.51 → 114,992.66−1,708,489.85

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 2010.

  • 153 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 55 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

Download and cite

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

Licence in full
  • .csv

    For a spreadsheet or code

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

    Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.

    Download burned-area-2010-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) (2010). Burned Area, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/burned-area/2010

0624 held

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07Questions

Burned Area, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest burned area in Burned Area, 2010?

Angola, at 38,623,427.78, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Burned Area, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Burned Area, 2010 cover?

209.

Where can I download Burned Area, 2010?

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, 2010 the newest?

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

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