Gabon vs Senegal: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Gabon
0.1363 hectares per person
in 2025
Senegal
0.1724 hectares per person
in 2025
Gabon rank
14th
Senegal rank
11th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Gabon
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 0.1724 hectares per person against 0.1363 hectares per person in Gabon, a difference of 0.0361 hectares per person.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.3 times Gabon's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Senegal has been ahead every year.
Gabon ranks 14th and Senegal ranks 11th of 206 countries.
Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1918 hectares per person | 0.322 hectares per person | 0.1302 hectares per person | Senegal |
| 2010s | 0.1676 hectares per person | 0.2412 hectares per person | 0.0736 hectares per person | Senegal |
| 2020s | 0.1353 hectares per person | 0.206 hectares per person | 0.0708 hectares per person | Senegal |
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, Gabon or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 0.1724 hectares per person against 0.1363 hectares per person in Gabon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Gabon and Senegal?
- 0.0361 hectares per person, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Senegal?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Gabon and Senegal rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Gabon ranks 14th and Senegal ranks 11th 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.