Brazil vs Cambodia: Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita

Brazil
0.0249 ha per person
in 2024
Cambodia
0.0267 ha per person
in 2024
Brazil rank
10th
Cambodia rank
7th

Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita over time

  • Brazil
  • Cambodia
00.020.040.060.080.1199020072024

How they compare

Cambodia currently reports 0.0267 ha per person against 0.0249 ha per person in Brazil, a difference of 0.0018 ha per person.

That makes Cambodia's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cambodia ahead.

Brazil ranks 10th and Cambodia ranks 7th of 186 countries.

Cambodia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Cambodia Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0111 ha per person 0.0579 ha per person 0.0468 ha per person Cambodia
2000s 0.011 ha per person 0.0702 ha per person 0.0592 ha per person Cambodia
2010s 0.0087 ha per person 0.0532 ha per person 0.0444 ha per person Cambodia
2020s 0.013 ha per person 0.0257 ha per person 0.0127 ha per person Cambodia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per capita, Brazil or Cambodia?
Cambodia, at 0.0267 ha per person against 0.0249 ha per person in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per capita between Brazil and Cambodia?
0.0018 ha per person, with Cambodia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cambodia?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Cambodia rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per capita?
Brazil ranks 10th and Cambodia ranks 7th 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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Indicator
Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
188 places, 6,434 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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.