Italy saw an area of around 97,600 hectares lost to wildfires in 2023. Just two years earlier, forest and wildland fires ravished more than 150,000 hectares in total. Figures for 2021 were nearly three times those reported in recent years and also the largest within the indicated period.
Area burned by wildfires in Italy from 2009 to 2023
(in hectares)
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European Forest Fire Information System. (January 23, 2024). Area burned by wildfires in Italy from 2009 to 2023 (in hectares) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264718/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-italy/
European Forest Fire Information System. "Area burned by wildfires in Italy from 2009 to 2023 (in hectares)." Chart. January 23, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264718/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-italy/
European Forest Fire Information System. (2024). Area burned by wildfires in Italy from 2009 to 2023 (in hectares). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264718/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-italy/
European Forest Fire Information System. "Area Burned by Wildfires in Italy from 2009 to 2023 (in Hectares)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264718/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-italy/
European Forest Fire Information System, Area burned by wildfires in Italy from 2009 to 2023 (in hectares) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264718/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-italy/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Area burned by wildfires in Italy from 2009 to 2023 (in hectares) [Graph], European Forest Fire Information System, January 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264718/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-italy/
