Mediterranean: area affected by wildfires by country 2024| ��ƽ��

Area burned by forest and wildland fires in the Mediterranean basin as of November 2024, with average for 2006 to 2023, by country (in hectares)

Characteristic	2024	2006-2023 average
Portugal	143,313	93,731.39
Spain	42,508	81,623.17
Algeria	8,158	62,038.94
Italy	40,025	56,673.17
Greece	826	50,783.28
Turkey	119,983	44,192.67
Bosnia and Herzegovina	43,571	32,603.61
Albania	46,623	22,710.39
Syria	21,388	21,805.06
Montenegro	23,054	15,349.61
France	12,452	13,661
Croatia	15,886	13,647.44
North Macedonia	95,181	11,827
Tunisia	1,110	6,959.06
Morocco	652	5,116.39
Cyprus	3,374	1,728.06
Israel	16,004	1,606.17
Libya	200	583.67
Lebanon	11,105	510.11
Slovenia	76	341.78
Palestine	1,165	198.89

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November 2024

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Region

Europe, MENA

Survey time period

November 27, 2024

Special properties

2024 data for Malta and Egypt is not available

Supplementary notes

Data includes wildfires larger than 30 hectares, which make up roughly 80 percent of total fires.

The source does not provide a publication date. The release date given is the date of website access (November 27, 2024).

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As of November 27, Portugal had more land burned by wildfires than any other country in the Mediterranean basin in 2024. The Mediterranean country has lost nearly 143,400 hectares to wildland fires, a significant increase compared to the 97,731 hectares burned yearly on average between 2006 and 2023.