Lesotho vs Turkey: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Lesotho

42,610 hectares

in 2024

Turkey

42,846 hectares

in 2024

Lesotho rank

64th

Turkey rank

63rd

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

Lesotho
Turkey

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 42,846 hectares against 42,610 hectares in Lesotho, a difference of 236.2 hectares.

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

Lesotho ranks 64th and Turkey ranks 63rd of 225 countries.

Individual pages

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Lesotho
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Turkey
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.