Brazil vs Mali: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Brazil

7.04 million hectares

in 2024

Mali

6.85 million hectares

in 2024

Brazil rank

4th

Mali rank

5th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

Brazil
Mali

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 7.04 million hectares against 6.85 million hectares in Mali, a difference of 189,130 hectares.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 4th and Mali ranks 5th of 225 countries.

Individual pages

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Brazil
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Mali
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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