Number of wildfires in Brazil 2023, by biome

Published by
Erick Burgueño Salas,
Jul 10, 2025
In 2023, more than 98,600 wildfire outbreaks were detected in the Amazon Rainforest. That makes the Amazon the Brazilian biome most affected by wildfires that year. Meanwhile, some 50,700 forest fires were identified in the Cerrado – Brazil's equivalent to a tropical savanna.

Number of wildfire outbreaks in Brazil in 2023, by type of biome

CharacteristicNumber of wildfires
Amazon Rainforest 98,646
Cerrado (tropical savanna) 50,713
Caatinga (tropical desert) 21,550
Atlantic Forest 11,720
Pantanal
(tropical wetlands)		 6,580
Pampa (subtropical plains) 717
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of wildfires98,64698,64650,71350,71321,55021,55011,72011,7206,5806,580717717Amazon RainforestCerrado (tropical savanna)Caatinga (tropical desert)Atlantic ForestPantanal(tropical wetlands)Pampa (subtropical plains)
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January 2024

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Brazil

Survey time period

2023

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