Data
Area burnt each year in the EU and in UCPM countries
Hectares burnt each year since 2006 by fires of about 30 hectares or larger, mapped from satellite imagery by the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), for the 27 EU member states and for the wider group EFFIS lists under the EU's Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM). The current year is a running total to date.
Latest value
689,324ha
Europe as EFFIS defines two areas. EU27: the 27 EU member states. UCPM: the 27, plus Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine, plus Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint-Martin and an area EFFIS lists as Guyana. Not included: Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Andorra, Kosovo, Belarus and Russia., 2026 (preliminary). Version EFFIS estimates 2006–2026.
Area burnt each year in the EU and in UCPM countries (hectares)
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| Period | Value (ha) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 207,205 | final |
| 2007 | 588,128 | final |
| 2008 | 79,041 | final |
| 2009 | 273,739 | final |
| 2010 | 194,169 | final |
| 2011 | 249,847 | final |
| 2012 | 485,648 | final |
| 2013 | 245,356 | final |
| 2014 | 83,576 | final |
| 2015 | 160,320 | final |
| 2016 | 325,857 | final |
| 2017 | 988,524 | final |
| 2018 | 117,356 | final |
| 2019 | 295,835 | final |
| 2020 | 339,767 | final |
| 2021 | 471,045 | final |
| 2022 | 785,549 | final |
| 2023 | 467,729 | final |
| 2024 | 383,317 | final |
| 2025 | 1,034,552 | final |
| 2026 | 689,324 | preliminary |
Notes on individual values
- Year to date: EFFIS's running total for 2026 as served on 2026-10-05, the day these bytes were first fetched; not a full year.
Where it comes from
- Producer
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Copernicus Emergency Management Service · European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) burnt-area estimates
- Version
- EFFIS estimates 2006–2026
- Fetched
- 2026-10-05 (automatically), 872 bytes
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- sha256 f930f2f3163f05c296e43240c843f0cf1c4b5157842f56cf6362aa5e78350d87
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- Cite the producer
- Sedano, F., Maianti, P., Boca, R., Suarez-Moreno, M., Broglia, M. et al., Advance report on Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2025, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2026, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/3859043, JRC146199.
- Producer
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Copernicus Emergency Management Service · European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) burnt-area estimates
- Version
- EFFIS estimates 2006–2026
- Fetched
- 2026-10-05 (automatically), 879 bytes
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- sha256 cdf8e7ba3bf07bd79e9c53650816628eeb84faf1aaa3492f3fd204f5ce649106
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- No Wayback copy recorded yet.Our copy of the exact file
- Cite the producer
- Sedano, F., Maianti, P., Boca, R., Suarez-Moreno, M., Broglia, M. et al., Advance report on Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2025, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2026, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/3859043, JRC146199.
- Producer
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Copernicus Emergency Management Service · European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) burnt-area estimates
- Version
- EFFIS estimates 2006–2026
- Fetched
- 2026-10-05 (automatically), 7,071 bytes
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- sha256 63d59c1da82e0781729b189f501534eb8e820d92e2a5f854999877d8027e0632
- Copies
- No Wayback copy recorded yet.Our copy of the exact file
- Cite the producer
- Sedano, F., Maianti, P., Boca, R., Suarez-Moreno, M., Broglia, M. et al., Advance report on Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2025, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2026, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/3859043, JRC146199.
What was done to it
Read EFFIS's estimatesbycountry responses for the areas EU and UCPM: hectares burnt (ba) each year 2006–2026, published as served. Number of fires (nf) is not published.
Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/impacts/effis_burned_area.py · code sha256 c7329bf20b693a90… · inputs f930f2f3163f… cdf8e7ba3bf0… 63d59c1da82e…
Checked EFFIS's own membership list (countriesbyaoi): EU has the 27 member states; UCPM has the 27, the ten other states in the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (ALB, BIH, ISL, MDA, MKD, MNE, NOR, SRB, TUR, UKR) and six separately listed areas (GLP, GUY, MAF, MTQ, MYT, REU). Checked that UCPM is never below EU27.
Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/impacts/effis_burned_area.py · code sha256 c7329bf20b693a90… · inputs f930f2f3163f… cdf8e7ba3bf0… 63d59c1da82e…
Year to date, status preliminary: EU27 2026 (as served on 2026-10-05); UCPM 2026 (as served on 2026-10-05).
Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/impacts/effis_burned_area.py · code sha256 c7329bf20b693a90… · inputs f930f2f3163f… cdf8e7ba3bf0… 63d59c1da82e…
What it covers
- Geography
- Europe as EFFIS defines two areas. EU27: the 27 EU member states. UCPM: the 27, plus Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine, plus Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint-Martin and an area EFFIS lists as Guyana. Not included: Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Andorra, Kosovo, Belarus and Russia.
- Basis
- Fires of about 30 hectares or larger mapped by EFFIS's Rapid Damage Assessment from satellite imagery (MODIS at 250 metres; Sentinel-2 at 20 metres since 2018), by calendar year. Fires burning natural land are counted, including prescribed burns. Figures differ from national statistics, from single-year report totals (which count all mapped fires, also those under 30 hectares) and from GWIS's MODIS-based Europe.
- Unit
- hectares (ha)