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Burned Area, 2006

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

This is how much land burned in a year — forest, savanna, grassland and farmland — as seen from NASA's MODIS satellites and added up per country by the European Commission's Global Wildfire Information System. It counts wildfires and every other vegetation fire, including fires set to clear fields.

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.

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

  • +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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from GWIS’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. 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.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 209 countries has every column.

05The files

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  • .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-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 to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

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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