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

Latvia
42.93 hectares
in 2024
Yemen
64.4 hectares
in 2024
Latvia rank
140th
Yemen rank
137th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

  • Latvia
  • Yemen
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How they compare

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

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

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

Latvia 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

Area of shrubland and grassland burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares. Includes open and closed shrublands and grasslands without a significant tree cover.