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Burned Area, 2011

2011, as GWIS’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Burned Area, 2011 covers 209 countries on 6 measures. Australia is highest, at 87,978,093.407; 55 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 15,841.810. Against 2010, 163 values changed (77 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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Burned Area · Data for 2011

HighestAustralia

87,978,093.407

Lowest55 countries share it

0.000

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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by European Commission Joint Research Centre — Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS).
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand87,978,093.407211,610.5246,899,838.13780,033,597.359820,017.60313,029.784
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa39,672,700.8342,979,762.91521,200,806.80315,317,678.010168,399.7306,053.376
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa33,762,031.3365,763,134.60326,428,797.3291,486,618.64341,686.71741,794.044
South SudanSSDEastern Africa32,028,834.270317,952.42519,013,349.06111,570,596.2091,101,113.13525,823.440
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa23,044,531.6253,948,174.05014,287,724.2304,690,120.29063,818.02454,695.031
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa22,550,258.5704,074,908.53715,833,824.7922,492,337.461146,354.2852,833.495
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa19,756,733.5183,731,025.33713,200,156.0612,742,887.06376,869.2705,795.787
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa16,518,285.43521.466901.56716,514,979.6921,996.325386.385
BrazilBRASouth America14,110,630.851951,517.5106,769,304.2014,813,656.3531,484,128.61192,024.176
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa13,067,153.5611,556,275.3818,629,987.0472,819,756.33253,943.7317,191.070
RussiaRUSEastern Europe12,581,037.5751,295,228.9856,690,460.0862,768,173.8651,800,900.41326,274.226
ChadTCDMiddle Africa10,740,189.132243,422.933586,876.8157,583,182.5502,326,556.572150.262
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa8,312,678.591171.7273,112.5518,304,671.8224,572.230150.261
GhanaGHAWestern Africa7,694,440.1494,765.4232,264,284.0824,060,826.9211,358,274.2216,289.502
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa7,055,014.90734,238.0621,171,327.9822,973,258.7552,873,850.3292,339.779
MaliMLIWestern Africa6,676,206.73164.398203,711.0825,560,346.548906,181.5905,903.113
SudanSDNNorthern Africa5,738,899.63321.466386,771.9984,676,682.655675,423.5140.000
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa5,646,252.949191,861.9203,662,484.8171,158,620.190632,985.499300.523
SenegalSENWestern Africa5,552,082.1959,659.642279,077.7434,772,699.477490,452.140193.193
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa4,664,404.17638,574.164533,662.9323,550,518.850541,004.254643.976
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa4,450,046.04128,721.333132,358.5403,958,692.327329,114.6821,159.159
IndiaINDSouthern Asia4,350,100.970717,174.630280,601.826224,640.3063,127,254.890429.318
United StatesUSANorthern America4,303,670.311271,092.447855,565.0842,458,528.726681,283.70337,200.351
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa4,207,181.209210,129.378296,958.8103,691,893.0605,473.7972,726.164
GuineaGINWestern Africa3,927,266.29229,773.1613,212,345.577418,262.423264,888.8041,996.327

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Australia87,978,093.407
  2. Angola39,672,700.834
  3. DR Congo33,762,031.336
  4. South Sudan32,028,834.270
  5. Zambia23,044,531.625

Lowest

  1. Yemenshared0.000
  2. Vanuatushared0.000
  3. United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
  4. British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
  5. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15,841.810. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Burned forest (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo5,763,134.603

    Lowest89 share it

    Middle country: 64.398

  • Burned savanna (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo26,428,797.329

    Lowest76 share it

    Middle country: 858.635

  • Burned shrubland and grassland (hectares)

    HighestAustralia80,033,597.359

    Lowest65 share it

    Middle country: 2,318.314

  • Burned cropland (hectares)

    HighestIndia3,127,254.890

    Lowest73 share it

    Middle country: 2,919.357

  • Other burned land (hectares)

    HighestBrazil92,024.176

    Lowest120 share it

    Middle country: 0.000

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 163values changed, of 209 in both
  • 77 · 86rose · fell
  • 46unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Brazil36,299,168.077 → 14,110,630.851−22,188,537.226
  • Kazakhstan11,857,487.531 → 2,792,859.604−9,064,627.927
  • Bolivia9,343,533.958 → 3,281,358.348−6,062,175.610
  • Mozambique22,971,354.491 → 19,756,733.518−3,214,620.973
  • Tanzania15,772,325.107 → 13,067,153.561−2,705,171.546

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 2011.

  • 153 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 55 countries share 0.000. 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-2011-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) (2011). Burned Area, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/burned-area/2011

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07Questions

Burned Area, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest burned area in Burned Area, 2011?

Australia, at 87,978,093.407, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Burned Area, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Burned Area, 2011 cover?

209.

Where can I download Burned Area, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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