Bolivia vs Ethiopia: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Bolivia
1.17 million hectares
in 2024
Ethiopia
1.03 million hectares
in 2024
Bolivia rank
24th
Ethiopia rank
26th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

  • Bolivia
  • Ethiopia
500.0k1.0M1.5M200220132024

How they compare

Bolivia currently reports 1.17 million hectares against 1.03 million hectares in Ethiopia, a difference of 136,440 hectares.

That makes Bolivia's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Bolivia ranks 24th and Ethiopia ranks 26th 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.