Eritrea vs Lesotho: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Eritrea
0.0119 hectares per person
in 2025
Lesotho
0.0128 hectares per person
in 2025
Eritrea rank
44th
Lesotho rank
41st
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Eritrea
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 0.0128 hectares per person against 0.0119 hectares per person in Eritrea, a difference of 0.0009 hectares per person.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Lesotho ahead.
Eritrea ranks 44th and Lesotho ranks 41st of 206 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0055 hectares per person | 0.0331 hectares per person | 0.0276 hectares per person | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 0.0014 hectares per person | 0.0216 hectares per person | 0.0202 hectares per person | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 0.0078 hectares per person | 0.0132 hectares per person | 0.0054 hectares per person | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita, Eritrea or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 0.0128 hectares per person against 0.0119 hectares per person in Eritrea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Eritrea and Lesotho?
- 0.0009 hectares per person, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Lesotho?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Eritrea and Lesotho rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Eritrea ranks 44th and Lesotho ranks 41st of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.