In the first six months of 2023, forest fires in Kazakhstan burnt an area of over 84 thousand hectares. Over the period observed, the highest figure was registered in 2021, when Kazakhstan lost to wildfire more than 167 thousand hectares of forest area.
Area burnt by forest fires in Kazakhstan from 2020 to 1st half of 2023
(in 1,000 hectares)
Characteristic
Burnt area in thousand hectares
H1 2023*
84
2022
103
2021
167.4
2020
41.8
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Burnt area in thousand hectares41.841.8167.4167.41031038484202020212022H1 2023*
0255075100125150175200
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The statistic has been compiled from several reports published by different sources.
The 2020 figure was taken from an article published by Kazinform.
The 2021 figure was taken from a report published by the Press Service of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The 2022 figure was taken from another article published by Kazinform.
The 2023 figure was obtained from Energyprom.kz.
*The sum of the area burnt in Kazakhstan in the first five months of 2023 and the area lost to forest fires which occurred in June in the Abai Region.
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Statista. (June 14, 2023). Area burnt by forest fires in Kazakhstan from 2020 to 1st half of 2023 (in 1,000 hectares) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1402205/area-burnt-by-forest-fires-in-kazakhstan/
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