Congo vs Madagascar: Annual area burnt by wildfires by region
Congo
4.53 million hectares
in 2024
Madagascar
3.94 million hectares
in 2024
Congo rank
20th
Madagascar rank
23rd
Annual area burnt by wildfires by region over time
- Congo
- Madagascar
How they compare
Congo currently reports 4.53 million hectares against 3.94 million hectares in Madagascar, a difference of 590,590 hectares.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Madagascar ahead.
Congo ranks 20th and Madagascar ranks 23rd of 225 countries.
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About this data
Total land area burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares, across all land cover types.