Statizoid

El Salvador vs Rwanda: Tree cover loss from wildfires

El Salvador
0.6717 hectares
in 2024
Rwanda
0.9224 hectares
in 2024
El Salvador rank
141st
Rwanda rank
139th

Tree cover loss from wildfires over time

  • El Salvador
  • Rwanda
020406080200120122024

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 0.9224 hectares against 0.6717 hectares in El Salvador, a difference of 0.2507 hectares.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.4 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2001 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 141st and Rwanda ranks 139th of 152 countries.

Individual pages

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).