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

Chad
4.80 million hectares
in 2024
Mali
6.85 million hectares
in 2024
Chad rank
7th
Mali rank
5th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

  • Chad
  • Mali
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M200220132024

How they compare

Mali currently reports 6.85 million hectares against 4.80 million hectares in Chad, a difference of 2.05 million hectares.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.4 times Chad's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 7th and Mali ranks 5th of 225 countries.

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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

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