Nigeria vs Senegal: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type
Nigeria
3.00 million hectares
in 2024
Senegal
3.38 million hectares
in 2024
Nigeria rank
14th
Senegal rank
11th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time
- Nigeria
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 3.38 million hectares against 3.00 million hectares in Nigeria, a difference of 384,610 hectares.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Senegal ahead.
Nigeria ranks 14th and Senegal ranks 11th 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.