El Salvador vs Namibia: Tree cover loss from wildfires

El Salvador
0.6717 hectares
in 2024
Namibia
0.4251 hectares
in 2022
El Salvador rank
141st
Namibia rank
142nd

Tree cover loss from wildfires over time

  • El Salvador
  • Namibia
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.6717 hectares against 0.4251 hectares in Namibia, a difference of 0.2467 hectares.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.6 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2002 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 141st and Namibia ranks 142nd of 152 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Tree cover loss from wildfires
Unit
hectares
Source
Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
152 places, 3,353 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

Tree cover loss due to fire with no visible human conversion or agricultural activity afterward. Fires may be started by natural causes (e.g. lightning) or may be related to human activities (accidental or deliberate).