Ecuador vs Nepal: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Ecuador
13,781 hectares
in 2024
Nepal
12,686 hectares
in 2024
Ecuador rank
80th
Nepal rank
83rd

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

  • Ecuador
  • Nepal
05.0k10.0k15.0k200220132024

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 13,781 hectares against 12,686 hectares in Nepal, a difference of 1,095 hectares.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.

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

Ecuador ranks 80th and Nepal ranks 83rd 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.