Burundi vs Eritrea: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Burundi

6,569 hectares

in 2024

Eritrea

6,633 hectares

in 2024

Burundi rank

91st

Eritrea rank

90th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

Burundi
Eritrea

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 6,633 hectares against 6,569 hectares in Burundi, a difference of 64.39 hectares.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Eritrea ahead.

Burundi ranks 91st and Eritrea ranks 90th of 225 countries.

Individual pages

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Burundi
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Eritrea
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.