Azerbaijan vs Suriname: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Azerbaijan
13,502 hectares
in 2024
Suriname
12,236 hectares
in 2024
Azerbaijan rank
81st
Suriname rank
84th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

  • Azerbaijan
  • Suriname
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k200220132024

How they compare

Azerbaijan currently reports 13,502 hectares against 12,236 hectares in Suriname, a difference of 1,266 hectares.

That makes Azerbaijan's figure about 1.1 times Suriname's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Azerbaijan ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 81st and Suriname ranks 84th of 225 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type
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
225 places, 5,175 data points, 2002–2024
Last refreshed

Area of shrubland and grassland burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares. Includes open and closed shrublands and grasslands without a significant tree cover.