Egypt vs Lesotho: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Egypt
50,466 hectares
in 2024
Lesotho
42,610 hectares
in 2024
Egypt rank
61st
Lesotho rank
64th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

  • Egypt
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 50,466 hectares against 42,610 hectares in Lesotho, a difference of 7,857 hectares.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Lesotho ahead.

Egypt ranks 61st and Lesotho ranks 64th 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.