Honduras vs Rwanda: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Honduras

35,805 hectares

in 2024

Rwanda

34,839 hectares

in 2024

Honduras rank

65th

Rwanda rank

66th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

Honduras
Rwanda

How they compare

Honduras currently reports 35,805 hectares against 34,839 hectares in Rwanda, a difference of 966 hectares.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Rwanda ahead.

Honduras ranks 65th and Rwanda ranks 66th of 225 countries.

Individual pages

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Honduras
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Rwanda
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.