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Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area in Senegal

Senegal: Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area was 21.39 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
21.39 ha
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
53rd
of 219 countries
All-time high
855,623 ha
in 2000
All-time low
0 ha
in 2007
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area in Senegal, 1990–2024

0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1990200720241990: 132.9k ha1991: 132.9k ha1992: 132.9k ha1993: 132.9k ha1994: 132.9k ha1995: 132.9k ha1996: 539.6k ha1997: 526.6k ha1998: 376.7k ha1999: 367.6k ha2000: 855.6k ha2001: 6.0k ha2002: 1.8k ha2003: 171.1 ha2004: 85.6 ha2005: 192.5 ha2006: 85.6 ha2007: 0 ha2008: 21.4 ha2009: 64.2 ha2010: 0 ha2011: 0 ha2012: 171.1 ha2013: 128.3 ha2014: 42.8 ha2015: 0 ha2016: 299.5 ha2017: 21.4 ha2018: 64.2 ha2019: 278.1 ha2020: 42.8 ha2021: 64.2 ha2022: 21.4 ha2023: 21.4 ha2024: 21.4 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for closed and open shrubland — burned area in Senegal is 21.39 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, closed and open shrubland — burned area in Senegal peaked at 855,623 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2007.

Senegal ranks 53rd of 219 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area in Senegal, year by year

Year ha Change
1990 132,886 ha —
1991 132,886 ha +0.0%
1992 132,886 ha +0.0%
1993 132,886 ha +0.0%
1994 132,886 ha +0.0%
1995 132,886 ha +0.0%
1996 539,583 ha +306.0%
1997 526,630 ha -2.4%
1998 376,715 ha -28.5%
1999 367,633 ha -2.4%
2000 855,623 ha +132.7%
2001 6,011 ha -99.3%
2002 1,840 ha -69.4%
2003 171.12 ha -90.7%
2004 85.57 ha -50.0%
2005 192.53 ha +125.0%
2006 85.57 ha -55.6%
2007 0 ha -100.0%
2008 21.39 ha —
2009 64.17 ha +200.0%
2010 0 ha -100.0%
2011 0 ha —
2012 171.13 ha —
2013 128.35 ha -25.0%
2014 42.78 ha -66.7%
2015 0 ha -100.0%
2016 299.5 ha —
2017 21.39 ha -92.9%
2018 64.18 ha +200.0%
2019 278.11 ha +333.3%
2020 42.79 ha -84.6%
2021 64.18 ha +50.0%
2022 21.39 ha -66.7%
2023 21.39 ha +0.0%
2024 21.39 ha -0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 260,788 ha 132,886 ha 539,583 ha 10
2000s 86,409 ha 0 ha 855,623 ha 10
2010s 100.54 ha 0 ha 299.5 ha 10
2020s 34.23 ha 21.39 ha 64.18 ha 5

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  15. 56 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 ha
  16. 56 Austria 0 ha
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  18. 56 Bahrain 0 ha
  19. 56 Bangladesh 0 ha compare
  20. 56 Barbados 0 ha
  21. 56 Belarus 0 ha compare
  22. 56 Belgium 0 ha
  23. 56 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 ha
  24. 56 Belize 0 ha compare
  25. 56 Benin 0 ha compare
  26. 56 Bermuda 0 ha
  27. 56 Bhutan 0 ha compare
  28. 56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 ha compare
  29. 56 British Virgin Islands 0 ha
  30. 56 Brunei Darussalam 0 ha compare
  31. 56 Bulgaria 0 ha compare
  32. 56 Burkina Faso 0 ha compare
  33. 56 Burundi 0 ha compare
  34. 56 Cambodia 0 ha compare
  35. 56 Cayman Islands 0 ha
  36. 56 Central African Republic 0 ha compare
  37. 56 Chad 0 ha compare
  38. 56 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 ha compare
  39. 56 China, Macao SAR 0 ha
  40. 56 China, Taiwan Province of 0 ha compare
  41. 56 Cook Islands 0 ha
  42. 56 Costa Rica 0 ha compare
  43. 56 Croatia 0 ha compare
  44. 56 Cuba 0 ha compare
  45. 56 Cyprus 0 ha compare
  46. 56 Czechia 0 ha
  47. 56 Denmark 0 ha compare
  48. 56 Djibouti 0 ha compare
  49. 56 Dominica 0 ha
  50. 56 Dominican Republic 0 ha compare
  51. 56 El Salvador 0 ha compare
  52. 56 Equatorial Guinea 0 ha
  53. 56 Eritrea 0 ha compare
  54. 56 Estonia 0 ha compare
  55. 56 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 ha compare
  56. 56 Faroe Islands 0 ha
  57. 56 Fiji 0 ha compare
  58. 56 Finland 0 ha compare
  59. 56 France 0 ha compare
  60. 56 French Guiana 0 ha compare
  61. 56 French Polynesia 0 ha
  62. 56 Gabon 0 ha compare
  63. 56 Gambia 0 ha compare
  64. 56 Georgia 0 ha compare
  65. 56 Germany 0 ha compare
  66. 56 Ghana 0 ha compare
  67. 56 Gibraltar 0 ha
  68. 56 Greece 0 ha compare
  69. 56 Greenland 0 ha compare
  70. 56 Grenada 0 ha
  71. 56 Guadeloupe 0 ha
  72. 56 Guam 0 ha
  73. 56 Guatemala 0 ha compare
  74. 56 Guinea 0 ha compare
  75. 56 Guinea-Bissau 0 ha compare
  76. 56 Haiti 0 ha compare
  77. 56 Hungary 0 ha compare
  78. 56 Iceland 0 ha compare
  79. 56 Indonesia 0 ha compare
  80. 56 Ireland 0 ha compare
  81. 56 Isle of Man 0 ha
  82. 56 Israel 0 ha compare
  83. 56 Italy 0 ha compare
  84. 56 Jamaica 0 ha compare
  85. 56 Japan 0 ha compare
  86. 56 Kazakhstan 0 ha compare
  87. 56 Kiribati 0 ha
  88. 56 Kuwait 0 ha compare
  89. 56 Kyrgyzstan 0 ha compare
  90. 56 Latvia 0 ha compare
  91. 56 Lebanon 0 ha compare
  92. 56 Liberia 0 ha compare
  93. 56 Libya 0 ha compare
  94. 56 Liechtenstein 0 ha
  95. 56 Lithuania 0 ha compare
  96. 56 Luxembourg 0 ha
  97. 56 Malaysia 0 ha compare
  98. 56 Maldives 0 ha
  99. 56 Malta 0 ha
  100. 56 Marshall Islands 0 ha
  101. 56 Martinique 0 ha
  102. 56 Mauritius 0 ha
  103. 56 Mayotte 0 ha
  104. 56 Mongolia 0 ha compare
  105. 56 Montenegro 0 ha
  106. 56 Montserrat 0 ha
  107. 56 Morocco 0 ha compare
  108. 56 Naoero 0 ha
  109. 56 Nepal 0 ha compare
  110. 56 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 ha compare
  111. 56 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 ha
  112. 56 New Caledonia 0 ha compare
  113. 56 New Zealand 0 ha compare
  114. 56 Niue 0 ha
  115. 56 Norfolk Island 0 ha
  116. 56 North Macedonia 0 ha compare
  117. 56 Northern Mariana Islands 0 ha
  118. 56 Norway 0 ha compare
  119. 56 Oman 0 ha
  120. 56 Palau 0 ha
  121. 56 Palestine, State of 0 ha compare
  122. 56 Papua New Guinea 0 ha compare
  123. 56 Paraguay 0 ha compare
  124. 56 Philippines 0 ha compare
  125. 56 Pitcairn 0 ha
  126. 56 Poland 0 ha compare
  127. 56 Portugal 0 ha compare
  128. 56 Puerto Rico 0 ha compare
  129. 56 Qatar 0 ha
  130. 56 Republic of Korea 0 ha compare
  131. 56 Réunion 0 ha compare
  132. 56 Romania 0 ha compare
  133. 56 Rwanda 0 ha compare
  134. 56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 ha
  135. 56 Saint Lucia 0 ha
  136. 56 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 ha
  137. 56 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 ha
  138. 56 Samoa 0 ha compare
  139. 56 Sao Tome and Principe 0 ha
  140. 56 Serbia 0 ha
  141. 56 Serbia and Montenegro 0 ha compare
  142. 56 Seychelles 0 ha
  143. 56 Sierra Leone 0 ha compare
  144. 56 Singapore 0 ha
  145. 56 Slovakia 0 ha
  146. 56 Slovenia 0 ha compare
  147. 56 Solomon Islands 0 ha
  148. 56 South Sudan 0 ha compare
  149. 56 Sri Lanka 0 ha compare
  150. 56 Suriname 0 ha compare
  151. 56 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 ha
  152. 56 Sweden 0 ha compare
  153. 56 Switzerland 0 ha compare
  154. 56 Tajikistan 0 ha compare
  155. 56 Togo 0 ha compare
  156. 56 Tokelau 0 ha
  157. 56 Tonga 0 ha
  158. 56 Trinidad and Tobago 0 ha compare
  159. 56 Tunisia 0 ha compare
  160. 56 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 ha compare
  161. 56 Tuvalu 0 ha
  162. 56 Uganda 0 ha compare
  163. 56 Ukraine 0 ha compare
  164. 56 United Arab Emirates 0 ha
  165. 56 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is closed and open shrubland — burned area in Senegal?
Closed and open shrubland — burned area in Senegal was 21.39 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest closed and open shrubland — burned area recorded in Senegal?
The highest recorded value was 855,623 ha in 2000.
What is the lowest closed and open shrubland — burned area recorded in Senegal?
The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2007.
How does Senegal rank for closed and open shrubland — burned area?
Senegal ranks 53rd out of 219 countries with data for 2024.
Is closed and open shrubland — burned area rising or falling in Senegal?
Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Senegal data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
271 places, 9,259 data points, 1990–2024
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