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Burned Area, 2014

2014, 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, 2014 covers 209 countries on 6 measures. Australia is highest, at 46,861,641.265; 53 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 13,137.115. Against 2013, 163 values changed (69 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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Burned Area · Data for 2014

HighestAustralia

46,861,641.265

Lowest53 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by European Commission Joint Research Centre — Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS).
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand46,861,641.265364,447.5016,339,020.88039,583,789.207550,964.41723,419.260
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa35,341,339.5992,682,847.03819,730,394.89812,747,355.056175,504.9335,237.674
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa32,246,712.8554,788,133.44626,054,282.3611,347,519.82123,097.27533,679.952
South SudanSSDEastern Africa29,940,827.882333,579.58018,385,579.77010,175,271.8981,027,356.41119,040.223
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa23,129,214.4653,677,854.38114,700,190.8714,663,116.22461,800.23326,252.756
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa20,894,059.5784,189,987.04613,579,093.0203,071,078.71250,101.3383,799.462
RussiaRUSEastern Europe19,278,881.8821,955,905.45110,356,336.5003,700,694.0653,254,654.81411,291.052
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa16,986,241.3592,820,357.38511,974,777.0272,106,359.69883,351.9661,395.283
BrazilBRASouth America15,782,156.4781,114,121.4558,600,772.0114,971,881.2621,079,668.72815,713.022
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa11,262,797.1551,232,784.7697,541,087.9912,454,192.61432,649.5882,082.193
ChadTCDMiddle Africa7,863,333.583190,166.117513,485.0136,069,001.7351,090,573.388107.330
SudanSDNNorthern Africa6,221,302.068321.989221,012.5685,265,985.107733,982.4040.000
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia6,217,910.46421.4667,555.9875,890,555.983311,126.2838,650.745
GhanaGHAWestern Africa5,999,752.8581,652.8731,528,026.2983,570,482.114896,972.7382,618.835
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5,747,249.86740,913.947953,685.5572,521,294.9152,229,831.3711,524.077
MaliMLIWestern Africa5,735,572.431171.727135,535.4905,191,133.632408,087.605643.977
ChinaCHNEastern Asia5,415,580.768137,682.079399,071.946255,121.8424,621,021.6622,683.239
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa5,229,171.150187,139.4313,667,164.378997,583.257376,253.7221,030.362
IndiaINDSouthern Asia4,350,186.824822,207.117369,878.36480,368.2133,077,217.949515.181
GuineaGINWestern Africa3,986,812.61634,753.2413,208,481.727508,826.923231,380.5833,370.142
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3,899,575.33040,763.683216,912.5903,400,515.378239,859.6001,524.079
SenegalSENWestern Africa3,898,008.31716,593.115390,034.8093,307,546.703183,146.782686.908
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia3,716,278.2772,152,275.1871,086,859.788147,813.960327,762.3321,567.010
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa3,328,840.85769,205.958222,064.4033,023,317.15910,432.4113,820.926
CanadaCANNorthern America3,156,791.926147,234.3862,654,490.626166,575.13278,286.019110,205.763

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Australia46,861,641.265
  2. Angola35,341,339.599
  3. DR Congo32,246,712.855
  4. South Sudan29,940,827.882
  5. Zambia23,129,214.465

Lowest

  1. Samoashared0.000
  2. Vanuatushared0.000
  3. United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
  4. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
  5. Taiwanshared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13,137.115. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Burned forest (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo4,788,133.446

    Lowest88 share it

    Middle country: 128.795

  • Burned savanna (hectares)

    HighestDR Congo26,054,282.361

    Lowest76 share it

    Middle country: 622.509

  • Burned shrubland and grassland (hectares)

    HighestAustralia39,583,789.207

    Lowest68 share it

    Middle country: 1,352.353

  • Burned cropland (hectares)

    HighestChina4,621,021.662

    Lowest70 share it

    Middle country: 1,674.339

  • Other burned land (hectares)

    HighestCanada110,205.763

    Lowest120 share it

    Middle country: 0.000

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 163values changed, of 209 in both
  • 69 · 94rose · fell
  • 46unchanged

Rose most

  • Australia28,434,868.491 → 46,861,641.265+18,426,772.774
  • Russia6,779,414.665 → 19,278,881.882+12,499,467.217
  • Brazil9,791,676.880 → 15,782,156.478+5,990,479.598
  • Kazakhstan1,244,633.924 → 6,217,910.464+4,973,276.540
  • Ukraine710,412.898 → 2,854,123.215+2,143,710.317

Fell most

04Caveats

Read before you use

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 2014.

  • 152 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 53 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

Download and cite

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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-2014-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) (2014). Burned Area, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/burned-area/2014

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