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Burned Area, 2012

2012, as GWIS’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Burned Area, 2012 covers 209 countries on 6 measures. Australia is highest, at 90,050,622.88; 57 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 18,525.05. Against 2011, 157 values changed (83 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Burned Area · Data for 2012

HighestAustralia

90,050,622.88

Lowest57 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by European Commission Joint Research Centre — Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS).
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand90,050,622.88325,358.1548,105,060.72181,024,805.242582,583.63512,815.124
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa37,129,296.073,110,425.64620,355,266.28813,473,953.198181,343.6518,307.291
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa32,193,134.045,316,837.76225,319,376.9101,487,756.33439,947.98029,215.051
South SudanSSDEastern Africa30,853,384.84182,352.54417,249,176.75312,324,370.1411,070,567.20226,918.200
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa24,049,949.913,870,896.92915,108,750.7234,968,532.58956,777.21644,992.457
BrazilBRASouth America24,049,198.651,900,716.70014,703,239.0306,239,870.0571,149,389.87255,982.988
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa20,522,721.534,334,409.40314,075,791.7212,044,516.53162,615.9375,387.935
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa16,794,100.373,727,955.71710,871,624.6362,093,845.10099,644.5591,030.362
RussiaRUSEastern Europe14,625,854.612,100,134.6098,351,531.8112,549,565.4731,565,527.17759,095.540
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa14,507,856.721,777,609.9439,392,669.3163,290,824.79443,082.0033,670.666
ChadTCDMiddle Africa9,980,791.14346,373.239817,055.3087,091,227.8061,726,048.92585.864
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa8,746,246.18150.2622,210.9858,731,112.74212,643.396128.796
SudanSDNNorthern Africa8,250,856.90536.648214,336.6877,216,631.407819,352.1540.000
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6,208,894.8136,084.127980,603.7582,979,870.2372,211,864.442472.250
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa6,064,021.66201,006.3823,883,991.1021,464,444.401514,236.317343.454
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5,977,020.521,693,270.556617,165.153269,997.6853,394,569.3332,017.792
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia5,873,619.42321.9897,233.9984,938,072.519903,519.82024,471.093
MaliMLIWestern Africa5,761,460.27150.262146,611.8765,065,644.173546,435.1212,618.836
GhanaGHAWestern Africa5,527,868.704,937.1521,748,845.6762,764,567.5891,003,250.2456,268.035
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa4,967,051.440.0001,567.0094,959,366.656901.5665,216.205
GuineaGINWestern Africa4,762,395.8644,305.5554,012,442.858378,743.761325,036.1581,867.531
ChinaCHNEastern Asia4,756,321.0466,630.056232,797.334203,152.9734,252,087.8031,652.872
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa4,305,451.9490,435.700353,693.0933,854,089.1505,044.4782,189.519
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa4,059,281.3830,331.273204,591.1803,581,279.444241,920.3251,159.157
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa3,745,214.2853,492.945575,478.4402,566,566.433549,053.956622.510

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Australia90,050,622.88
  2. Angola37,129,296.07
  3. DR Congo32,193,134.04
  4. South Sudan30,853,384.84
  5. Zambia24,049,949.91

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 18,525.05. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Burned forest (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo5,316,837.762

    Lowest91 share it

    Middle country: 214.659

  • Burned savanna (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo25,319,376.910

    Lowest76 share it

    Middle country: 1,008.898

  • Burned shrubland and grassland (hectares)

    HighestAustralia81,024,805.242

    Lowest69 share it

    Middle country: 2,554.439

  • Burned cropland (hectares)

    HighestChina4,252,087.803

    Lowest72 share it

    Middle country: 1,931.928

  • Other burned land (hectares)

    HighestRussia59,095.540

    Lowest113 share it

    Middle country: 0.000

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 209 in both
  • 83 · 74rose · fell
  • 52unchanged

Rose most

  • Brazil14,110,630.85 → 24,049,198.65+9,938,567.80
  • Kazakhstan2,792,859.60 → 5,873,619.42+3,080,759.82
  • Sudan5,738,899.63 → 8,250,856.90+2,511,957.26
  • Australia87,978,093.41 → 90,050,622.88+2,072,529.47
  • Russia12,581,037.57 → 14,625,854.61+2,044,817.03

Fell most

  • Botswana16,518,285.43 → 4,967,051.44−11,551,234.00
  • Central African Republic22,550,258.57 → 16,794,100.37−5,756,158.20
  • Angola39,672,700.83 → 37,129,296.07−2,543,404.76
  • Ghana7,694,440.15 → 5,527,868.70−2,166,571.45
  • Senegal5,552,082.19 → 3,576,428.16−1,975,654.04

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 2012.

  • 149 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 57 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.

Licence in full
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    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-2012-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) (2012). Burned Area, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/burned-area/2012

0624 held

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07Questions

Burned Area, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest burned area in Burned Area, 2012?

Australia, at 90,050,622.88, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Burned Area, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Burned Area, 2012 cover?

209.

Where can I download Burned Area, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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