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Burned Area, 2007

2007, 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, 2007 covers 209 countries on 6 measures. Australia is highest, at 51,589,047.76; 49 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 22,667.96. Against 2006, 164 values changed (89 up, 75 down), the same countries are covered.

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Burned Area · Data for 2007

HighestAustralia

51,589,047.76

Lowest49 countries share it

0.00

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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by European Commission Joint Research Centre — Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS).
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand51,589,047.76364,898.2813,822,298.20547,353,145.22140,076.7778,629.280
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa39,203,800.432,263,575.71421,148,859.40515,624,167.665163,827.5073,370.144
BrazilBRASouth America36,362,148.943,981,381.76420,207,838.71810,145,563.1401,985,056.08542,309.228
South SudanSSDEastern Africa33,248,868.30330,424.09619,261,988.20312,425,173.8531,200,607.42130,674.724
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa32,355,931.184,515,903.32625,908,851.0881,877,576.49335,740.67017,859.605
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa23,825,416.952,763,988.01415,693,588.2855,260,468.38591,101.13916,271.129
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa22,837,836.784,175,025.33816,016,349.0562,431,116.806212,383.2912,962.290
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa20,975,007.363,526,584.41114,552,312.5132,801,467.42391,680.7172,962.292
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa15,051,029.021,504,950.4978,757,966.5404,700,788.82484,274.9993,048.157
ChadTCDMiddle Africa12,299,104.81380,740.089932,928.0648,513,341.5182,471,021.8501,073.293
RussiaRUSEastern Europe10,961,480.83541,412.1263,154,860.0083,064,467.2274,187,282.36213,459.104
SudanSDNNorthern Africa10,559,017.22880.101475,318.7018,932,806.0371,150,012.3780.000
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa10,145,799.2755,746.8611,417,305.3634,613,658.8664,056,963.0632,125.121
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia8,077,863.462,747.63218,460.6477,528,251.394522,608.0035,795.787
MaliMLIWestern Africa7,975,363.95214.659214,572.8106,828,013.344925,758.4616,804.679
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa7,280,020.11298,289.6935,031,556.3721,318,669.697631,096.500407.852
GhanaGHAWestern Africa6,340,781.087,491.5891,974,967.1213,280,478.2401,077,006.962837.168
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa5,920,500.8785,047.766345,514.6025,479,055.3068,221.4312,661.770
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia5,034,969.463,103,900.0201,473,266.878133,023.982322,503.1962,275.382
BoliviaBOLSouth America4,854,119.532,010,257.0151,868,346.165898,883.19866,630.05210,003.096
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa4,536,059.76128.795472.2494,525,691.7449,681.10585.863
UgandaUGAEastern Africa4,496,455.244,980.0832,603,702.3801,185,817.446699,250.6302,704.705
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa4,461,852.26131,650.1642,517,645.717491,310.7731,318,476.5042,769.099
GuineaGINWestern Africa4,201,514.2226,338.6193,467,295.686387,201.316315,719.9794,958.617
SenegalSENWestern Africa4,173,672.9914,467.996346,866.9533,288,678.204523,015.858643.977

02In 2007

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Australia51,589,047.76
  2. Angola39,203,800.43
  3. Brazil36,362,148.94
  4. South Sudan33,248,868.30
  5. DR Congo32,355,931.18

Lowest

  1. Samoashared0.00
  2. Vanuatushared0.00
  3. United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
  4. British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
  5. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22,667.96. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Burned forest (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo4,515,903.326

    Lowest78 share it

    Middle country: 171.728

  • Burned savanna (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo25,908,851.088

    Lowest72 share it

    Middle country: 1,352.350

  • Burned shrubland and grassland (hectares)

    HighestAustralia47,353,145.221

    Lowest61 share it

    Middle country: 2,876.427

  • Burned cropland (hectares)

    HighestRussia4,187,282.362

    Lowest69 share it

    Middle country: 2,125.123

  • Other burned land (hectares)

    HighestBrazil42,309.228

    Lowest115 share it

    Middle country: 0.000

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 164values changed, of 209 in both
  • 89 · 75rose · fell
  • 45unchanged

Rose most

  • Brazil12,500,948.39 → 36,362,148.94+23,861,200.55
  • South Sudan25,583,321.22 → 33,248,868.30+7,665,547.08
  • Tanzania11,296,069.24 → 15,051,029.02+3,754,959.77
  • Uganda1,027,334.97 → 4,496,455.24+3,469,120.28
  • Angola36,232,301.89 → 39,203,800.43+2,971,498.55

Fell most

  • Kazakhstan14,306,463.93 → 8,077,863.46−6,228,600.47
  • Australia57,605,157.62 → 51,589,047.76−6,016,109.86
  • DR Congo37,719,628.89 → 32,355,931.18−5,363,697.71
  • Russia14,532,928.89 → 10,961,480.83−3,571,448.06
  • Indonesia3,082,799.09 → 340,706.27−2,742,092.82

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 2007.

  • 156 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 49 countries share 0.00. 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-2007-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) (2007). Burned Area, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/burned-area/2007

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