Kazakhstan vs Uganda: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Kazakhstan
500,176 hectares
in 2024
Uganda
581,639 hectares
in 2024
Kazakhstan rank
33rd
Uganda rank
31st

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

  • Kazakhstan
  • Uganda
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M200220132024

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 581,639 hectares against 500,176 hectares in Kazakhstan, a difference of 81,463 hectares.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.2 times Kazakhstan's.

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

Kazakhstan ranks 33rd and Uganda ranks 31st 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.