Australia vs World: Closed shrubland — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Australia
0.1145 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
World
0.0085 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Australia rank
1st
World rank
1st
Closed shrubland — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Australia
- World
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.1145 ha per square kilometre against 0.0085 ha per square kilometre in World, a difference of 0.106 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Australia's figure about 13.5 times World's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 186 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0992 ha per square kilometre | 0.0202 ha per square kilometre | 0.0789 ha per square kilometre | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.1877 ha per square kilometre | 0.0212 ha per square kilometre | 0.1665 ha per square kilometre | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.1448 ha per square kilometre | 0.0147 ha per square kilometre | 0.1301 ha per square kilometre | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.0968 ha per square kilometre | 0.0101 ha per square kilometre | 0.0867 ha per square kilometre | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher closed shrubland — burned area, per square kilometre, Australia or World?
- Australia, at 0.1145 ha per square kilometre against 0.0085 ha per square kilometre in World as of 2023.
- What is the difference in closed shrubland — burned area, per square kilometre between Australia and World?
- 0.106 ha per square kilometre, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and World?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Australia and World rank globally for closed shrubland — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Australia ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Closed shrubland — Burned Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Closed shrubland — Burned Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.