Guinea vs India: Annual area burnt by wildfires

Guinea

3.25 million hectares

in 2026

India

4.03 million hectares

in 2026

Guinea rank

10th

India rank

8th

Annual area burnt by wildfires over time

India currently reports 4.03 million hectares against 3.25 million hectares in Guinea, a difference of 780,210 hectares.

That makes India's figure about 1.2 times Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2012 it was India ahead.

Guinea ranks 10th and India ranks 8th of 248 countries.

Indicator: Annual area burnt by wildfires
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: 248 places, 3,720 data points, 2012–2026
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Area burnt by wildfires in hectares. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 07 August 2026.