Deaths from fires and burns who by country
Countries reporting
192
Highest
27,201
India
Lowest
0
Andorra
Median
100.41
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Deaths from fires and burns who is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 27,201 in India; the lowest is 0 in Andorra.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.41, and the mean is 620.31.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 822.9%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 76.9%).
Deaths from fires and burns who: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 27,201 | 2021 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 2 | China | 10,424 | 2021 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 7,558 | 2021 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 6,151 | 2021 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 5 | Russia | 4,188 | 2021 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3,646 | 2021 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 8 | United States | 3,515 | 2021 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 3,059 | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 10 | Tanzania | 1,986 | 2021 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 11 | Sudan | 1,657 | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 1,487 | 2021 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 13 | Kenya | 1,459 | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 14 | Mozambique | 1,436 | 2021 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 15 | Somalia | 1,426 | 2021 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 16 | Iran | 1,423 | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 17 | Yemen | 1,405 | 2021 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 18 | Ukraine | 1,377 | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 19 | Indonesia | 1,330 | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 20 | Uganda | 1,253 | 2021 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 21 | Niger | 1,206 | 2021 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 22 | Madagascar | 1,115 | 2021 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 23 | Angola | 1,089 | 2021 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 1,067 | 2021 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 1,055 | 2021 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 26 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,023 | 2021 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 27 | Brazil | 1,021 | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 28 | Japan | 975.31 | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 29 | Philippines | 965.11 | 2021 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 30 | Cameroon | 946.83 | 2021 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 31 | Iraq | 907.53 | 2021 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 32 | Mali | 892.59 | 2021 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 33 | Ghana | 879.98 | 2021 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 34 | Burundi | 765.26 | 2021 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 35 | Algeria | 751.59 | 2021 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 36 | Egypt | 747.06 | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 37 | Thailand | 740.1 | 2021 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 715.34 | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 39 | Malawi | 700.88 | 2021 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 40 | Zambia | 661.22 | 2021 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 597.12 | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 42 | Rwanda | 591.57 | 2021 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 43 | Chad | 583.37 | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 44 | Mexico | 561.83 | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 45 | Poland | 557.08 | 2021 | down 21.8% | flat |
| 46 | Vietnam | 553.25 | 2021 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 540.05 | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 48 | South Sudan | 525.26 | 2021 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 49 | Belarus | 480.98 | 2021 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 50 | Romania | 469.97 | 2021 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 51 | Guinea | 451.84 | 2021 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 52 | Benin | 440.76 | 2021 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 53 | Senegal | 414.41 | 2021 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 54 | France | 372.05 | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 371.98 | 2021 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 56 | Nepal | 365.51 | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 57 | Germany | 341.49 | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 58 | Sierra Leone | 337.01 | 2021 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 59 | Chile | 316.72 | 2021 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 60 | Togo | 301.56 | 2021 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 61 | South Korea | 279.56 | 2021 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 279.04 | 2021 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 63 | Haiti | 274.26 | 2021 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 64 | Turkey | 269.61 | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 260.32 | 2021 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 66 | Italy | 254.93 | 2021 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 67 | Argentina | 250.89 | 2021 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 68 | Papua New Guinea | 250.02 | 2021 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 245.35 | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 70 | Lesotho | 239.76 | 2021 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 71 | Myanmar | 236.39 | 2021 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 72 | Malaysia | 232.57 | 2021 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 74 | Eritrea | 227 | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 75 | Venezuela | 226.33 | 2021 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 76 | North Korea | 225.54 | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 223.66 | 2021 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 78 | Canada | 223.42 | 2021 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 213.78 | 2021 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 80 | Spain | 195.57 | 2021 | up 26.6% | falling |
| 81 | Syria | 195 | 2021 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Cambodia | 179.98 | 2021 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 83 | Libya | 168.87 | 2021 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 84 | Tunisia | 158.68 | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 157.9 | 2021 | up 34.8% | flat |
| 86 | Ecuador | 130.71 | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 87 | Latvia | 130.64 | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 88 | Liberia | 128.08 | 2021 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 89 | Congo | 127.28 | 2021 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 90 | Turkmenistan | 125.73 | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 91 | Hungary | 123.23 | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 92 | Greece | 119.19 | 2021 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 93 | Guatemala | 118.66 | 2021 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 94 | Serbia | 111.86 | 2021 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 95 | Bolivia | 111.14 | 2021 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 96 | Colombia | 111.12 | 2021 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 97 | Portugal | 104.21 | 2021 | up 20.4% | falling |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 102.5 | 2021 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 99 | Namibia | 98.32 | 2021 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 100 | Jordan | 97.92 | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 101 | Peru | 96.82 | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 102 | Eswatini | 94.03 | 2021 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 103 | Georgia | 88.79 | 2021 | up 189.0% | flat |
| 104 | Botswana | 88.02 | 2021 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 105 | Mauritania | 80.3 | 2021 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 106 | Lithuania | 80.07 | 2021 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 107 | Laos | 77.17 | 2021 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 108 | Belgium | 72.77 | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 109 | Gambia | 72.03 | 2021 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 110 | Mongolia | 68.59 | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 111 | Czechia | 67.62 | 2021 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 112 | Australia | 64.01 | 2021 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 113 | Guinea-Bissau | 62.84 | 2021 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 114 | Paraguay | 61.67 | 2021 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Slovakia | 58.07 | 2021 | up 43.9% | flat |
| 116 | Cuba | 57.12 | 2021 | up 59.8% | falling |
| 117 | Djibouti | 56.81 | 2021 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 118 | Uruguay | 54.67 | 2021 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 119 | Sweden | 53.81 | 2021 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 53.15 | 2021 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 121 | Gabon | 52.14 | 2021 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 122 | Lebanon | 51.97 | 2021 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 123 | Denmark | 50.31 | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 124 | Finland | 45.9 | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.77 | 2021 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 126 | Moldova | 44.46 | 2021 | down 76.9% | falling |
| 127 | Armenia | 38.82 | 2021 | up 213.6% | rising |
| 128 | Norway | 37.24 | 2021 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 129 | Croatia | 36.85 | 2021 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 130 | Comoros | 36.75 | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 131 | Netherlands | 36.33 | 2021 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 132 | Equatorial Guinea | 36.04 | 2021 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 133 | Estonia | 34.97 | 2021 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 134 | El Salvador | 31.59 | 2021 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 135 | Austria | 30.74 | 2021 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Switzerland | 28.59 | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 137 | Honduras | 27.33 | 2021 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Qatar | 24.6 | 2021 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 139 | Israel | 24.15 | 2021 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 140 | Fiji | 23.45 | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 141 | North Macedonia | 20.8 | 2021 | up 237.7% | flat |
| 142 | Kuwait | 19.92 | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 143 | Panama | 19.72 | 2021 | up 158.8% | rising |
| 144 | Ireland | 19.35 | 2021 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18 | 2021 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 146 | New Zealand | 17.91 | 2021 | up 34.3% | falling |
| 147 | Oman | 17.52 | 2021 | down 37.8% | rising |
| 148 | Costa Rica | 16.35 | 2021 | up 39.3% | falling |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.4 | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 150 | Mauritius | 13.26 | 2021 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 151 | Jamaica | 13.24 | 2021 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 152 | Cape Verde | 13.1 | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 153 | East Timor | 12.95 | 2021 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 154 | Guyana | 12.9 | 2021 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 155 | Albania | 12.82 | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 156 | Bahrain | 11.45 | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 157 | Singapore | 10.37 | 2021 | up 175.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Bahamas | 9.25 | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 8.31 | 2021 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 160 | Suriname | 8.14 | 2021 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 161 | Nicaragua | 7.73 | 2021 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 161 | Slovenia | 7.73 | 2021 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 163 | Montenegro | 7.51 | 2021 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 164 | Bhutan | 7.5 | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 165 | Cyprus | 5.93 | 2021 | up 126.3% | falling |
| 166 | Malta | 3.23 | 2021 | up 822.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 3.02 | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 168 | Tonga | 2.96 | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 169 | Brunei | 2.87 | 2021 | up 348.4% | rising |
| 170 | Barbados | 2.75 | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 171 | Belize | 2.34 | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 172 | Maldives | 2.15 | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 1.85 | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 174 | Iceland | 1.74 | 2021 | up 58.2% | falling |
| 175 | Grenada | 1.64 | 2021 | up 137.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Samoa | 1.54 | 2021 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 177 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.44 | 2021 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.26 | 2021 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Micronesia (country) | 1.22 | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 180 | Seychelles | 1.17 | 2021 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 181 | Kiribati | 1.15 | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 182 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.05 | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 183 | Dominica | 0.93 | 2021 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 184 | Palau | 0.79 | 2021 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 185 | Luxembourg | 0.61 | 2021 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 0.48 | 2021 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 187 | Monaco | 0.39 | 2021 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 188 | Nauru | 0.16 | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 0.1 | 2021 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 190 | San Marino | 0.04 | 2021 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 191 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.02 | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 191 | Cook Islands | 0.02 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 193 | Niue | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 194 | Andorra | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 3,603
- Central African Republic 230.97