Table 4.1: Average area of forest annually affected by fire 1998–2002

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Table 4.1: Average area of forest annually affected by fire 1998–2002
Region/subregion	Reporting countries			Area of forest affected by fire
	No. of countries	Forest area (1 000 ha)	% of total forest area	1 000 ha	%
	No. of countries	Forest area (1 000 ha)	% of total forest area	1 000 ha	%	1 hectare (ha) = 10 000 square meters (m²) = 0.01 square kilometres (km²)
Eastern and Southern Africa	8	62 129	26.4	483	0.8
Northern Africa	5	21 076	15.5	6 176	29.3
Western and Central Africa	7	47 558	16.7	519	1.1
Total Africa	20	130 763	19.9	7 177	5.5
East Asia	5	225 663	100.0	523	0.2
South and Southeast Asia	12	272 087	91.5	11 029	4.1
Western and Central Asia	16	37 033	85.0	320	0.9
Total Asia	33	534 783	94.4	11 872	2.2
Total Europe	37	997 658	100.0	1 597	0.2
Caribbean	3	3 004	52.6	13	0.4
Central America	4	12 338	51.8	130	1.1
North America	3	677 968	100.0	4 333	0.6
Total North and Central America	10	693 310	98.0	4 476	0.6
Total Oceania	2	8 244	4.0	0	n.s.
Total South America	10	896 529	95.1	2 719	0.3
World	112	3 261 287	80.0	27 843	0.9