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Burned Area, 2019

2019, as GWIS’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Burned Area, 2019 covers 209 countries on 6 measures. Angola is highest, at 37,251,072; 52 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 14,661. Against 2018, 164 values changed (101 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Burned Area · Data for 2019

HighestAngola

37,251,072

Lowest52 countries share it

0

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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by European Commission Joint Research Centre — Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS).
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa37,251,0722,747,738.34822,667,526.57711,661,525.623150,647.45923,633.923
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand36,150,2163,295,933.6716,053,224.32726,319,536.056453,573.77627,948.563
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa32,966,4424,835,594.46726,883,165.3381,185,559.84621,122.41940,999.808
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa22,762,5353,977,796.94114,801,831.7533,846,318.50952,333.78484,253.528
BrazilBRASouth America19,473,9212,087,276.55210,265,364.1465,633,781.2891,401,399.15286,099.600
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa18,589,0333,357,368.98213,199,791.1371,986,601.62640,720.7544,550.768
South SudanSSDEastern Africa18,115,775145,817.64010,843,354.0866,240,578.420841,869.85344,155.289
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa14,748,2963,374,026.4969,410,485.9701,888,695.80669,570.8765,516.728
RussiaRUSEastern Europe11,571,6701,108,733.5265,747,636.2513,096,880.6881,590,620.77627,798.308
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa10,313,2551,190,561.4026,819,727.5162,267,546.89728,935.9896,482.697
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia8,233,21285.8643,091.0867,793,912.974421,052.98715,069.040
ChadTCDMiddle Africa6,486,534176,707.019243,616.1275,121,133.439944,648.421429.318
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6,323,78040,849.550976,611.1072,553,429.3172,751,065.5581,824.599
BoliviaBOLSouth America5,463,5782,176,252.5692,592,561.596614,117.00368,046.79812,600.465
MaliMLIWestern Africa5,402,830171.72775,989.1704,924,377.292399,823.2462,468.575
SudanSDNNorthern Africa5,341,717901.566181,579.7724,407,028.425752,206.9210.000
IndiaINDSouthern Asia4,829,112621,308.071264,330.699136,415.5933,805,962.6741,094.761
GhanaGHAWestern Africa4,774,1599,251.7921,031,778.3812,969,309.029762,768.1291,051.829
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa4,405,032191,110.6172,823,813.384927,583.058461,902.537622.511
SenegalSENWestern Africa4,019,1625,946.046307,906.4003,448,835.039255,422.3571,051.828
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa3,648,46875,645.7211,550,501.0681,998,536.6509,444.98114,339.203
GuineaGINWestern Africa3,610,88114,038.6803,047,036.937350,301.489195,554.0543,949.719
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa3,540,40892,346.163152,772.5773,283,397.6018,242.8923,649.200
VenezuelaVENSouth America3,537,639125,596.7931,494,904.4801,823,289.30779,702.77114,146.007
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,851,69838,144.848170,889.7782,468,467.415173,272.481923.034

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Angola37,251,072
  2. Australia36,150,216
  3. DR Congo32,966,442
  4. Zambia22,762,535
  5. Brazil19,473,921

Lowest

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

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14,661. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Burned forest (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo4,835,594.467

    Lowest90 share it

    Middle country: 128.795

  • Burned savanna (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo26,883,165.338

    Lowest72 share it

    Middle country: 1,395.282

  • Burned shrubland and grassland (hectares)

    HighestAustralia26,319,536.056

    Lowest63 share it

    Middle country: 2,275.382

  • Burned cropland (hectares)

    HighestIndia3,805,962.674

    Lowest70 share it

    Middle country: 2,060.724

  • Other burned land (hectares)

    HighestBrazil86,099.600

    Lowest119 share it

    Middle country: 0.000

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 164values changed, of 209 in both
  • 101 · 63rose · fell
  • 45unchanged

Rose most

  • Brazil8,678,779 → 19,473,921+10,795,142
  • Angola31,783,050 → 37,251,072+5,468,022
  • Kazakhstan3,509,970 → 8,233,212+4,723,242
  • Bolivia1,849,671 → 5,463,578+3,613,908
  • Indonesia717,282 → 2,086,311+1,369,029

Fell most

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 2019.

  • 155 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 52 countries share 0. 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
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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-2019-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) (2019). Burned Area, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/burned-area/2019

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07Questions

Burned Area, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest burned area in Burned Area, 2019?

Angola, at 37,251,072, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Burned Area, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Burned Area, 2019 cover?

209.

Where can I download Burned Area, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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