Lesotho vs Rwanda: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type
Lesotho
42,610 hectares
in 2024
Rwanda
34,839 hectares
in 2024
Lesotho rank
64th
Rwanda rank
66th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time
- Lesotho
- Rwanda
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 42,610 hectares against 34,839 hectares in Rwanda, a difference of 7,771 hectares.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 64th and Rwanda ranks 66th 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.