The frequency at which Namibian rangelands burned for the 2000 to 2017 period was influenced by rainfall and land tenure. Higher rainfall areas tend to burn more frequently, while the dry western and southern parts of Namibia burn very seldom, if at all. When controlling for the effect of long-term rainfall on fire frequency, title deed areas burned far less frequently than either communal or protected areas. In communal areas, however, fire regimes differ markedly. For example, the Cuvelai basin in north-central Namibia and the western and southern parts of eastern Namibia burn infrequently