Australia vs Guinea-Bissau: Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita
Australia
0.0046 ha per person
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
0.0084 ha per person
in 2024
Australia rank
23rd
Guinea-Bissau rank
20th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita over time
- Australia
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.0084 ha per person against 0.0046 ha per person in Australia, a difference of 0.0038 ha per person.
That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.8 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Australia ranks 23rd and Guinea-Bissau ranks 20th of 186 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Guinea-Bissau in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0337 ha per person | 0.0287 ha per person | 0.005 ha per person | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.0245 ha per person | 0.0358 ha per person | 0.0112 ha per person | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 0.0236 ha per person | 0.0285 ha per person | 0.0049 ha per person | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 0.0172 ha per person | 0.0084 ha per person | 0.0088 ha per person | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per capita, Australia or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 0.0084 ha per person against 0.0046 ha per person in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per capita between Australia and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.0038 ha per person, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Guinea-Bissau?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per capita?
- Australia ranks 23rd and Guinea-Bissau ranks 20th of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest fires — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.