Bulgaria vs Chile: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Bulgaria

19,899 hectares

in 2024

Chile

19,985 hectares

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

73rd

Chile rank

72nd

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

Bulgaria
Chile

How they compare

Chile currently reports 19,985 hectares against 19,899 hectares in Bulgaria, a difference of 85.8 hectares.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Chile ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 73rd and Chile ranks 72nd of 225 countries.

Individual pages

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Bulgaria
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Chile
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.