Colombia vs Niger: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type
Colombia
512,862 hectares
in 2024
Niger
772,879 hectares
in 2024
Colombia rank
32nd
Niger rank
29th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time
- Colombia
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 772,879 hectares against 512,862 hectares in Colombia, a difference of 260,017 hectares.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.5 times Colombia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 32nd and Niger ranks 29th 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.