The 2019/2020 bushfire season in Australia had damaged over 4.3 million hectares of conservation land across the country as of March 9, 2020. Additionally, at least 2.45 million hectares of agricultural land had been damaged as a result of the fires.
Area of bushfire damage in Australia as of March 2020, by land type
(in 1,000 hectares)
Characteristic
Area in thousand hectares
Conservation
4,305.49
Agriculture
2,458.33
Forests/plantation
1,782
Intensive residential/commercial
38.07
Rural residential/commercial
20.13
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Area in thousand hectares4,305.494,305.492,458.332,458.331,7821,78238.0738.0720.1320.13ConservationAgricultureForests/plantationIntensive residential/commercialRural residential/commercial
01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000
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Agri Investror. (March 9, 2020). Area of bushfire damage in Australia as of March 2020, by land type (in 1,000 hectares) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093799/australia-bushfire-damage-area-by-land-type/
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