Eswatini vs Malawi: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Eswatini
85,520 hectares
in 2024
Malawi
80,669 hectares
in 2024
Eswatini rank
55th
Malawi rank
56th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

  • Eswatini
  • Malawi
050.0k100.0k150.0k200220132024

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 85,520 hectares against 80,669 hectares in Malawi, a difference of 4,851 hectares.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Malawi ahead.

Eswatini ranks 55th and Malawi ranks 56th 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.