Chart 2.7
Total number and area burned by forest fires, 1970 to 2015

Chart 2.7 Total number and area burned by forest fires, 1970 to 2015

Data table for Chart 2.7
Data table for Chart 2.7
Table summary
This table displays the results of data for Chart 2.7. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Number of fires and Area burned (square kilometres), calculated using square kilometres units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Number of fires Area burned (square kilometres)
thousand thousand of km2
1970 8.864 10.588
1971 8.647 16.951
1972 7.680 7.802
1973 6.902 11.844
1974 7.759 8.486
1975 10.663 10.317
1976 9.747 18.138
1977 8.453 14.379
1978 7.670 2.892
1979 9.453 27.007
1980 8.543 47.767
1981 9.551 53.931
1982 8.277 17.063
1983 8.311 11.942
1984 8.580 7.654
1985 8.948 7.552
1986 6.813 9.501
1987 10.708 10.856
1988 10.363 13.361
1989 11.197 75.596
1990 10.111 9.344
1991 10.327 15.847
1992 9.068 8.687
1993 6.043 19.677
1994 9.763 62.960
1995 8.486 70.951
1996 6.349 18.549
1997 6.148 6.307
1998 10.723 46.143
1999 7.632 16.246
2000 5.349 6.653
2001 7.753 6.264
2002 7.861 27.704
2003 8.230 17.434
2004 6.680 31.838
2005 7.542 16.715
2006 9.820 22.508
2007 6.917 15.422
2008 6.278 17.121
2009 7.210 7.750
2010 7.291 30.525
2011 4.743 24.288
2012 7.956 20.033
2013 6.264 42.101
2014 5.158 45.633
2015 7.140 38.616
Source: National Forestry Database (NFD), 2017, Forest Fires: Area Burned, 1970-2015, http://nfdp.ccfm.org/data/graphs/graph_31_b_e.php (accessed July 18, 2017); NFD, 2017, Forest Fires: Number of Fires, 1970-2015, http://nfdp.ccfm.org/data/graphs/graph_31_a_e.php (accessed July 18, 2017).
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