Belarus vs Uruguay: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Belarus
2,962 hectares
in 2024
Uruguay
2,404 hectares
in 2024
Belarus rank
101st
Uruguay rank
103rd

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

  • Belarus
  • Uruguay
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k200220132024

How they compare

Belarus currently reports 2,962 hectares against 2,404 hectares in Uruguay, a difference of 558.11 hectares.

That makes Belarus's figure about 1.2 times Uruguay's.

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

Belarus ranks 101st and Uruguay ranks 103rd 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.