Jordan vs Yemen: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Jordan

42.93 hectares

in 2024

Yemen

64.4 hectares

in 2024

Jordan rank

140th

Yemen rank

137th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

Jordan
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 64.4 hectares against 42.93 hectares in Jordan, a difference of 21.47 hectares.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.5 times Jordan's.

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

Jordan ranks 140th and Yemen ranks 137th 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: 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.