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Burned Area, 2013

2013, 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, 2013 covers 209 countries on 6 measures. Angola is highest, at 37,771,640.694; 54 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 14,231.870. Against 2012, 160 values changed (86 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Burned Area · Data for 2013

HighestAngola

37,771,640.694

Lowest54 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by European Commission Joint Research Centre — Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS).
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa37,771,640.6942,782,105.20420,175,167.66714,638,948.749158,954.75316,464.321
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa34,012,387.7585,226,917.23827,067,728.8761,641,709.53731,232.83944,799.268
South SudanSSDEastern Africa28,987,721.921249,089.92616,337,886.28611,618,808.552749,437.83232,499.325
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand28,434,868.491509,277.7064,498,408.62423,107,812.985299,727.90519,641.271
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa24,261,496.0373,710,740.08715,673,839.6814,741,531.04164,698.12470,687.104
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa21,248,289.3054,348,254.88614,537,522.5262,301,355.63755,789.7875,366.469
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa18,531,397.4193,297,114.29212,611,433.1912,531,534.13489,877.5891,438.213
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa12,770,538.2041,297,761.9518,546,012.5692,881,470.69740,463.1654,829.822
BrazilBRASouth America9,791,676.880530,314.2614,839,243.6763,431,791.147956,390.26133,937.535
ChadTCDMiddle Africa8,838,849.936210,794.817545,726.7446,515,083.9291,567,051.253193.193
SudanSDNNorthern Africa7,352,574.742279.057264,738.5446,391,290.270696,266.8710.000
RussiaRUSEastern Europe6,779,414.665575,156.4624,373,842.206945,249.478868,551.93516,614.584
GhanaGHAWestern Africa6,607,773.5492,833.4952,038,119.7093,607,360.472950,658.8668,801.007
MaliMLIWestern Africa6,453,734.477236.125135,342.2935,789,151.222527,201.7041,803.133
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6,102,574.37172,382.9051,367,483.0842,615,744.7352,045,783.0221,180.625
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa5,896,759.624167,991.8823,785,119.3171,447,572.232495,153.161923.032
IndiaINDSouthern Asia4,578,583.6601,009,024.569271,156.84074,314.8373,223,872.754214.660
GuineaGINWestern Africa4,375,452.14447,546.8963,638,035.198425,861.344261,497.2002,511.506
SenegalSENWestern Africa4,318,825.18327,347.518303,742.0253,650,721.523336,413.072601.045
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa4,047,410.7460.00010,690.0014,022,145.4220.00014,575.323
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa4,001,452.332158,053.180446,125.1203,380,852.63911,784.7644,636.629
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3,859,970.80829,343.848214,401.0873,401,631.596213,198.9921,395.285
CanadaCANNorthern America3,843,699.681251,794.6273,284,535.291115,314.64448,748.988143,306.131
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa3,706,232.26143,833.3011,567,974.2772,058,233.22915,541.29120,650.163
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa3,702,024.95042.9321,545.5433,683,328.17817,065.36542.932

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Angola37,771,640.694
  2. DR Congo34,012,387.758
  3. South Sudan28,987,721.921
  4. Australia28,434,868.491
  5. Zambia24,261,496.037

Lowest

  1. Samoashared0.000
  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 14,231.870. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Burned forest (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo5,226,917.238

    Lowest98 share it

    Middle country: 21.466

  • Burned savanna (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo27,067,728.876

    Lowest81 share it

    Middle country: 536.648

  • Burned shrubland and grassland (hectares)

    HighestAustralia23,107,812.985

    Lowest66 share it

    Middle country: 2,532.972

  • Burned cropland (hectares)

    HighestIndia3,223,872.754

    Lowest68 share it

    Middle country: 1,695.803

  • Other burned land (hectares)

    HighestCanada143,306.131

    Lowest116 share it

    Middle country: 0.000

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 160values changed, of 209 in both
  • 86 · 74rose · fell
  • 49unchanged

Rose most

  • Canada1,570,378.462 → 3,843,699.681+2,273,321.219
  • DR Congo32,193,134.037 → 34,012,387.758+1,819,253.721
  • Central African Republic16,794,100.374 → 18,531,397.419+1,737,297.045
  • Ghana5,527,868.697 → 6,607,773.549+1,079,904.852
  • Venezuela1,781,259.156 → 2,612,009.679+830,750.523

Fell most

  • Australia90,050,622.876 → 28,434,868.491−61,615,754.385
  • Brazil24,049,198.647 → 9,791,676.880−14,257,521.767
  • Russia14,625,854.610 → 6,779,414.665−7,846,439.945
  • Namibia8,746,246.181 → 3,702,024.950−5,044,221.231
  • Kazakhstan5,873,619.419 → 1,244,633.924−4,628,985.495

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 2013.

  • 154 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 54 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-2013-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) (2013). Burned Area, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/burned-area/2013

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