Mozambique vs Nigeria: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type
Mozambique
2.81 million hectares
in 2024
Nigeria
3.00 million hectares
in 2024
Mozambique rank
15th
Nigeria rank
14th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 3.00 million hectares against 2.81 million hectares in Mozambique, a difference of 185,850 hectares.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Mozambique's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Nigeria ahead.
Mozambique ranks 15th 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.