Dataset
Annual area burnt per wildfire vs. number of fires
owid.annual-area-burnt-per-wildfire-vs-number-of-fires
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About
Number of wildfires. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 12 October 2026. Average area burnt per wildfire, in hectares. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 12 October 2026. Regions defined by Our World in Data, which are used in OWID charts and maps.
Cite as: Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. “Annual number of fires – GWIS (MODIS & VIIRS)” [dataset]. Global Wildfire Information System, “Seasonal wildfire trends” [original data].
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 2012–2026
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- weekly
- Last modified
- 2026-10-12
- Units
- hectares; wildfires
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-area-burnt-per-wildfire-vs-number-of-fires
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| events | number | Annual number of fires (wildfires) |
| area_ha_per_wildfire | number | Annual area burnt per wildfire (hectares) |
| owid_region | text | World region according to OWID |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |