Cameroon vs Gabon: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Cameroon

394,156 hectares

in 2024

Gabon

384,411 hectares

in 2024

Cameroon rank

35th

Gabon rank

36th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

Cameroon
Gabon

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 394,156 hectares against 384,411 hectares in Gabon, a difference of 9,745 hectares.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 35th and Gabon ranks 36th of 225 countries.

Individual pages

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Cameroon
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Gabon
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.