Nigeria vs Tanzania: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type
Nigeria
3.00 million hectares
in 2024
Tanzania
2.80 million hectares
in 2024
Nigeria rank
14th
Tanzania rank
16th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time
- Nigeria
- Tanzania
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 3.00 million hectares against 2.80 million hectares in Tanzania, a difference of 195,230 hectares.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Tanzania's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Tanzania ahead.
Nigeria ranks 14th and Tanzania ranks 16th 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.