Bhutan vs Portugal: Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita
Bhutan
0.0024 ha per person
in 2024
Portugal
0.0029 ha per person
in 2024
Bhutan rank
32nd
Portugal rank
30th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita over time
- Bhutan
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.0029 ha per person against 0.0024 ha per person in Bhutan, a difference of 0.0005 ha per person.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Bhutan's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 32nd and Portugal ranks 30th of 186 countries.
Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0052 ha per person | 0.0015 ha per person | 0.0038 ha per person | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 0.0043 ha per person | 0.0015 ha per person | 0.0027 ha per person | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 0.0066 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.005 ha per person | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per capita, Bhutan or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.0029 ha per person against 0.0024 ha per person in Bhutan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per capita between Bhutan and Portugal?
- 0.0005 ha per person, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Portugal?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Bhutan and Portugal rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per capita?
- Bhutan ranks 32nd and Portugal ranks 30th 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.