Global size of land burned by wildfires 2001-2018, by region
Approximately 7.2 billion hectares of land across the globe were burned from 2001 to 2018. More than two-thirds of the fires within this time frame occurred in Africa. More specifically, the region with the largest area burned by wildfires in 2001-2018 was Eastern and Southern Africa, with a total of 2.18 billion hectares affected. Western and Central Africa followed, with 1.91 billion hectares burned during this period.
