Botswana vs Venezuela: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type
Botswana
2.16 million hectares
in 2024
Venezuela
2.66 million hectares
in 2024
Botswana rank
20th
Venezuela rank
17th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time
- Botswana
- Venezuela
How they compare
Venezuela currently reports 2.66 million hectares against 2.16 million hectares in Botswana, a difference of 500,220 hectares.
That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 20th and Venezuela ranks 17th of 225 countries.
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About this data
Area of shrubland and grassland burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares. Includes open and closed shrublands and grasslands without a significant tree cover.