Madagascar vs Nigeria: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type
Madagascar
3.37 million hectares
in 2024
Nigeria
3.00 million hectares
in 2024
Madagascar rank
12th
Nigeria rank
14th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time
- Madagascar
- Nigeria
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 3.37 million hectares against 3.00 million hectares in Nigeria, a difference of 372,540 hectares.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Nigeria ahead.
Madagascar ranks 12th and Nigeria ranks 14th 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.