Congo vs Venezuela: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type
Congo
2.33 million hectares
in 2024
Venezuela
2.66 million hectares
in 2024
Congo rank
18th
Venezuela rank
17th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time
- Congo
- Venezuela
How they compare
Venezuela currently reports 2.66 million hectares against 2.33 million hectares in Congo, a difference of 336,310 hectares.
That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Congo ahead.
Congo ranks 18th and Venezuela ranks 17th 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.