Ghana vs Nigeria: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type
Ghana
3.35 million hectares
in 2024
Nigeria
3.00 million hectares
in 2024
Ghana rank
13th
Nigeria rank
14th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time
- Ghana
- Nigeria
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 3.35 million hectares against 3.00 million hectares in Nigeria, a difference of 356,530 hectares.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Nigeria ahead.
Ghana ranks 13th and Nigeria ranks 14th of 225 countries.
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About this data
Area of shrubland and grassland burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares. Includes open and closed shrublands and grasslands without a significant tree cover.