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

Lesotho
42,610 hectares
in 2024
Vietnam
33,637 hectares
in 2024
Lesotho rank
64th
Vietnam rank
67th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

  • Lesotho
  • Vietnam
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k200220132024

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 42,610 hectares against 33,637 hectares in Vietnam, a difference of 8,973 hectares.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.3 times Vietnam's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 64th and Vietnam ranks 67th 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.