In 2024, wildfires in Spain had burned an area of 42,500 hectares. Just two years earlier, the Mediterranean country had seen its most devastating fire season in over a decade. In 2022, over 306,000 hectares were lost to wildfires. This was the largest amount recorded in the reporting period and more than three times as much as the previous year.
Area burned by wildfires in Spain from 2009 to 2024
(in hectares)
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European Forest Fire Information System. (November 27, 2024). Area burned by wildfires in Spain from 2009 to 2024 (in hectares) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265354/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-spain/
European Forest Fire Information System. "Area burned by wildfires in Spain from 2009 to 2024 (in hectares)." Chart. November 27, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265354/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-spain/
European Forest Fire Information System. (2024). Area burned by wildfires in Spain from 2009 to 2024 (in hectares). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265354/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-spain/
European Forest Fire Information System. "Area Burned by Wildfires in Spain from 2009 to 2024 (in Hectares)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Nov 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265354/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-spain/
European Forest Fire Information System, Area burned by wildfires in Spain from 2009 to 2024 (in hectares) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265354/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-spain/ (last visited January 05, 2025)
Area burned by wildfires in Spain from 2009 to 2024 (in hectares) [Graph], European Forest Fire Information System, November 27, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265354/area-burned-by-wildfire-in-spain/
