Africa Fire Statistics of the Global Vegetation Fire Inventory
October 2002
| Country | Time period | Average Area Burned Annually (ha) |
| Algeria | 1981- 1991 | 33409 |
| Angola | ~ | ~ |
| Benin | ~ | ~ |
| Botswana | ~ | ~ |
| Burkina Faso | ~ | ~ |
| Burundi | ~ | ~ |
| Cameroon | ~ | ~ |
| Cape Verde | ~ | ~ |
| Central African Republic | ~ | ~ |
| Chad | ~ | ~ |
| Comoros | ~ | ~ |
| Congo | ~ | ~ |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1983-1998 | 5 437 |
| Djibouti | ~ | ~ |
| Egypt | ~ | ~ |
| Equatorial Guinea | ~ | ~ |
| Eritrea | ~ | ~ |
| Ethiopia | ||
| 1990-2000 | 1 218 | |
| Gabon | ~ | ~ |
| Gambia | ~ | ~ |
| Ghana | ~ | ~ |
| Guinea | ~ | ~ |
| Guinea Bissau | ~ | ~ |
| Kenya | 1990-1994, 1997,1999 |
10 297 |
| Lesotho | ~ | ~ |
| Liberia | ~ | ~ |
| Libya Arab Jamahiriy | 1983 -1985 | 31 |
| Madagascar | ~ | ~ |
| Malawi | ~ | ~ |
| Mali | ~ | ~ |
| Mauritania | ~ | ~ |
| Mauritius | ~ | ~ |
| Morocco | 1960 - 1999 | 2 856 |
| Mozambique | ~ | ~ |
| Namibia | ~ | ~ |
| Niger | ~ | ~ |
| Nigeria | ~ | ~ |
| Reunion | ~ | ~ |
| Rwanda | ~ | ~ |
| Sao Tome & Principe | ~ | ~ |
| Senegal | 1993 | 750 000 |
| Seychelles | ~ | ~ |
| Sierra Leone | ~ | ~ |
| Somalia | ~ | ~ |
| South Africa | 1983; 1989; 1992; 1994; | 4 993 |
| Sudan | ~ | ~ |
| Swaziland | ~ | ~ |
| Tanzania | ~ | ~ |
| Togo | ~ | ~ |
| Tunisia | 1981 - 1990 | 1423 |
| Uganda | ~ | ~ |
| Western Sahara | ~ | ~ |
| Zaire | ~ | ~ |
| Zambia | ~ | ~ |
| Zimbabwe | 1992 | 2100 |