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<title>Our World in Data - Wildfires</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2025-09-03T04:00:00.000Z</updated>
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    <title>Spain is having its largest wildfire year in well over a decade</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/spain-is-having-its-largest-wildfire-year-in-well-over-a-decade</id>
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    <published>2025-09-03T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Veronika Samborska</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/spain-is-having-its-largest-wildfire-year-in-well-over-a-decade"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/47fa6503-ae19-405d-523c-3574da00c900/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Every year, more than half of the global area burned by wildfire is in Africa</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/every-year-more-than-half-of-the-global-area-burned-by-wildfire-is-in-africa</id>
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    <published>2025-04-14T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Veronika Samborska</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/every-year-more-than-half-of-the-global-area-burned-by-wildfire-is-in-africa"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/66d9c571-41ac-49f7-4818-122188480d00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Global wildfire burn has declined in the last 20 years due to less shrub and savanna burning</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-wildfire-burn-has-declined-in-the-last-20-years-due-to-less-shrub-and-savanna-burning</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-wildfire-burn-has-declined-in-the-last-20-years-due-to-less-shrub-and-savanna-burning"/>
    <published>2024-10-18T05:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Veronika Samborska</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-wildfire-burn-has-declined-in-the-last-20-years-due-to-less-shrub-and-savanna-burning"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/9eda4524-3271-4f2c-b5e7-37aea8d9ea00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>August 2024 has seen a surge in wildfires worldwide, mainly in Africa</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/august-2024-has-seen-a-surge-in-wildfires-worldwide-mainly-in-africa</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/august-2024-has-seen-a-surge-in-wildfires-worldwide-mainly-in-africa"/>
    <published>2024-08-20T05:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Veronika Samborska</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/august-2024-has-seen-a-surge-in-wildfires-worldwide-mainly-in-africa"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/f93bf7fb-6e7a-4b24-baf4-aa24a3597e00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Wildfires</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/wildfires</id>
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    <published>2024-04-02T08:16:37.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Veronika Samborska</name></author><author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Explore global and country-level data on the extent of wildfires and how they’ve changed over time.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/wildfires"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/ed372e57-378f-49f1-760f-56cc7a634200/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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