Gabon vs Togo: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Gabon

384,411 hectares

in 2024

Togo

366,251 hectares

in 2024

Gabon rank

36th

Togo rank

37th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

Gabon
Togo

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 384,411 hectares against 366,251 hectares in Togo, a difference of 18,160 hectares.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Togo ahead.

Gabon ranks 36th and Togo ranks 37th of 225 countries.

Individual pages

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Gabon
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Togo
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.