Land burned by forest fires in Italy 2009-2024

Published by
Erick Burgueño Salas,
Nov 27, 2024

As of November 2024, Italy saw an area of around 40,000 hectares lost to wildfires in that year. Just three 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 2024 (in hectares)

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November 2024

Region

Italy

Survey time period

2009 to 2024

Supplementary notes

* As of November 27, 2024.  

The source does not provide a publication date. The release date given is the date of website access. 

Data includes wildfires larger than 30 hectares, which make up roughly 80 percent of total fires.

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