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

Ecuador

13,781 hectares

in 2024

Somalia

13,330 hectares

in 2024

Ecuador rank

80th

Somalia rank

82nd

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

Ecuador
Somalia

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 13,781 hectares against 13,330 hectares in Somalia, a difference of 450.8 hectares.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Somalia ahead.

Ecuador ranks 80th and Somalia ranks 82nd of 225 countries.

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Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Ecuador
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Somalia
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.