In 2023, wildfires in Greece had burned an area of 174,800 hectares. This was the largest figure reported during the period in consideration, surpassing the previous record registered just two years earlier, when the Mediterranean country saw over 130,000 hectares scorched by forest fires.
Area burned by wildfires in Greece from 2009 to 2023
(in hectares)
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European Forest Fire Information System. (January 23, 2024). Area burned by wildfires in Greece from 2009 to 2023 (in hectares) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264709/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-greece/
European Forest Fire Information System. "Area burned by wildfires in Greece from 2009 to 2023 (in hectares)." Chart. January 23, 2024. Statista. Accessed September 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264709/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-greece/
European Forest Fire Information System. (2024). Area burned by wildfires in Greece from 2009 to 2023 (in hectares). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264709/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-greece/
European Forest Fire Information System. "Area Burned by Wildfires in Greece from 2009 to 2023 (in Hectares)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264709/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-greece/
European Forest Fire Information System, Area burned by wildfires in Greece from 2009 to 2023 (in hectares) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264709/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-greece/ (last visited September 18, 2024)
Area burned by wildfires in Greece from 2009 to 2023 (in hectares) [Graph], European Forest Fire Information System, January 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264709/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-greece/