Gambia vs Niger: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Gambia
0.0344 hectares per person
in 2025
Niger
0.0394 hectares per person
in 2025
Gambia rank
29th
Niger rank
26th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Gambia
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 0.0394 hectares per person against 0.0344 hectares per person in Gambia, a difference of 0.005 hectares per person.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 29th and Niger ranks 26th of 206 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0761 hectares per person | 0.0157 hectares per person | 0.0604 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 2010s | 0.0589 hectares per person | 0.0119 hectares per person | 0.047 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 2020s | 0.0495 hectares per person | 0.024 hectares per person | 0.0256 hectares per person | Gambia |
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, Gambia or Niger?
- Niger, at 0.0394 hectares per person against 0.0344 hectares per person in Gambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Gambia and Niger?
- 0.005 hectares per person, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Niger?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Niger rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Gambia ranks 29th and Niger ranks 26th 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.