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

Ecuador
13,781 hectares
in 2024
Spain
15,133 hectares
in 2024
Ecuador rank
80th
Spain rank
78th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

  • Ecuador
  • Spain
050.0k100.0k150.0k200220132024

How they compare

Spain currently reports 15,133 hectares against 13,781 hectares in Ecuador, a difference of 1,352 hectares.

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

Across all 23 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.

Ecuador ranks 80th and Spain ranks 78th 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.