Central American Fire Statistics of the Global Vegetation Fire Inventory

July 2002


Country Time Period Average Area Burned Annually (in ha) Average Annually No. of Fires
Anguilla "~" "~" "~"
Antigua & Barbuda "~" "~" "~"
Aruba (neth.) "~" "~" "~"
Bahamas "~" "~" "~"
Barbados "~" "~" "~"
Belize 1997-1998 <50 000 1423
Bermuda Islands "~" "~" "~"
British Virgin Islands "~" "~" "~"
Cayman Islands "~" "~" "~"
Costa Rica 1998 39 422 1 511
Cuba 1981-1990

4 008

"~"
1990-1999 4319 307
Dominica "~" "~" "~"
Dominican Republic 1992-1997 49 400 68
1997-1998 207 000 259
El Salvador 1998 5 922 227
Grenada "~" "~" "~"
Guadeloupe "~" "~" "~"
Guatemala

1987

70 000

"~"
1998-2002 284 538 9 652
Haiti

"~"

"~"

"~"
Honduras 1986-1990

59 300

2 701
1998 250 307 9 594
Jamaica

"~"

"~"

"~"
Martinique

"~"

"~"

"~"
Mexico 1983-1996 154 238 "~"
1990-1999 251 697 7 767
Mexico, Chiapa, State of 1990-1999 20 438 188
Nicaragua 1982-1985 373 299 "~"
1985-1996 357 374 8 278
1998 396 464 15 196
Panama 1989

3 000

"~"
1998 109 474 4 196
Panama Canal Zone "~" "~" "~"
Puerto Rico "~" "~" "~"
Saint Lucia "~" "~" "~"
St.kitts & Nevis "~" "~" "~"
St.vinct & Grenadine "~" "~" "~"
Trinidad and Tobago 1987 4 264 314
1997-1998 10 289 764
Turks And Caicos Islands "~" "~" "~"
U.s. Virgin Islands "~" "~" "~"

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