Botswana vs Congo: Wildfire area burned by land cover type
Botswana
19,706 hectares
in 2024
Congo
44,950 hectares
in 2024
Botswana rank
8th
Congo rank
6th
Wildfire area burned by land cover type over time
- Botswana
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 44,950 hectares against 19,706 hectares in Botswana, a difference of 25,244 hectares.
That makes Congo's figure about 2.3 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 8th and Congo ranks 6th of 225 countries.
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About this data
Area of other land types burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares. Includes wetlands, urban areas, snow and ice, bare ground, and water bodies.