El Salvador vs Germany: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

El Salvador
150.26 hectares
in 2024
Germany
107.33 hectares
in 2024
El Salvador rank
128th
Germany rank
130th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

  • El Salvador
  • Germany
05001.0k1.5k200220132024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 150.26 hectares against 107.33 hectares in Germany, a difference of 42.93 hectares.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.4 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 128th and Germany ranks 130th 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.