Canada vs Congo: Annual area burnt by wildfires by region

Canada

4.62 million hectares

in 2024

Congo

4.53 million hectares

in 2024

Canada rank

19th

Congo rank

20th

Annual area burnt by wildfires by region over time

Canada currently reports 4.62 million hectares against 4.53 million hectares in Congo, a difference of 88,440 hectares.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 19th and Congo ranks 20th of 225 countries.

Indicator: Annual area burnt by wildfires by region
Unit: hectares
Source: Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 225 places, 5,175 data points, 2002–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total land area burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares, across all land cover types.