🔥 Wildfires and landscape fires area burnt YTD as of August 1, 2026 (hectares): 1. 🇨🇩 DR of Congo: 13,611,126 2. 🇦🇺 Australia: 11,801,650 3. 🇦🇴 Angola: 7,473,034 4. 🇸🇸 South Sudan: 6,955,022 5. 🇨🇫 Central African Republic: 6,017,881 6. 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 4,325,702 7. 🇮🇳 India: 4,029,704 8. 🇷🇺 Russia: 3,335,029 9. 🇬🇳 Guinea: 3,250,992 10. 🇿🇲 Zambia: 3,213,687 11. 🇻🇪 Venezuela: 2,977,466 12. 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 2,807,200 13. 🇹🇭 Thailand: 2,669,550 14. 🇱🇦 Laos: 2,641,321 15. 🇺🇸 United States: 2,371,207 16. 🇨🇳 China: 2,265,057 17. 🇨🇦 Canada: 2,031,754 18. 🇧🇷 Brazil: 2,030,209 19. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 1,851,131 20. 🇬🇭 Ghana: 1,763,395 21. 🇰🇭 Cambodia: 1,525,312 22. 🇲🇱 Mali: 1,490,698 23. 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 1,435,373 24. 🇹🇩 Chad: 1,309,155 25. 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1,264,823 Source: Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) via Our World in Data