Guinea vs Nigeria: Annual area burnt by wildfires

Guinea

3.25 million hectares

in 2026

Nigeria

2.81 million hectares

in 2026

Guinea rank

10th

Nigeria rank

12th

Annual area burnt by wildfires over time

Guinea currently reports 3.25 million hectares against 2.81 million hectares in Nigeria, a difference of 442,730 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 10th and Nigeria ranks 12th 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.