Brazil vs Sudan: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type
Brazil
7.04 million hectares
in 2024
Sudan
5.43 million hectares
in 2024
Brazil rank
4th
Sudan rank
6th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time
- Brazil
- Sudan
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 7.04 million hectares against 5.43 million hectares in Sudan, a difference of 1.61 million hectares.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.3 times Sudan's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Sudan ahead.
Brazil ranks 4th and Sudan ranks 6th 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.