Nepal vs Suriname: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Nepal

12,686 hectares

in 2024

Suriname

12,236 hectares

in 2024

Nepal rank

83rd

Suriname rank

84th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

Nepal
Suriname

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 12,686 hectares against 12,236 hectares in Suriname, a difference of 450.8 hectares.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Suriname ahead.

Nepal ranks 83rd and Suriname ranks 84th of 225 countries.

Individual pages

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Nepal
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Suriname
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.