Chad vs China (People’s Republic of): Forest fires — Burned Area

Chad
83,816 ha
in 2024
China (People’s Republic of)
85,701 ha
in 2024
Chad rank
29th
China (People’s Republic of) rank
27th

Forest fires — Burned Area over time

  • Chad
  • China (People’s Republic of)
0200.0k400.0k600.0k199020072024

How they compare

China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 85,701 ha against 83,816 ha in Chad, a difference of 1,885 ha.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 29th and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 27th of 214 countries.

Chad has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad China (People’s Republic of) Difference Ahead
1990s 290,278 ha 128,289 ha 161,988 ha Chad
2000s 220,027 ha 143,115 ha 76,911 ha Chad
2010s 234,681 ha 91,616 ha 143,066 ha Chad
2020s 120,154 ha 84,145 ha 36,009 ha Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest fires — burned area, Chad or China (People’s Republic of)?
China (People’s Republic of), at 85,701 ha against 83,816 ha in Chad as of 2024.
What is the difference in forest fires — burned area between Chad and China (People’s Republic of)?
1,885 ha, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and China (People’s Republic of)?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Chad and China (People’s Republic of) rank globally for forest fires — burned area?
Chad ranks 29th and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 27th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forest fires — Burned Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Chad vs China (People’s Republic of): Forest fires — Burned Area. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forest-fires-burned-area-fao-tier-1/chad/china/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forest-fires-burned-area-fao-tier-1/chad/china/">Chad vs China (People’s Republic of): Forest fires — Burned Area</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Forest fires — Burned Area
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
272 places, 9,294 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.