Bhutan vs Congo: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Bhutan
0.1056 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Congo
0.13 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Bhutan rank
30th
Congo rank
27th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Bhutan
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 0.13 ha per square kilometre against 0.1056 ha per square kilometre in Bhutan, a difference of 0.0244 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.2 times Bhutan's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Congo ahead.
Bhutan ranks 30th and Congo ranks 27th of 186 countries.
Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.07 ha per square kilometre | 0.1316 ha per square kilometre | 0.0616 ha per square kilometre | Congo |
| 2000s | 0.0736 ha per square kilometre | 0.125 ha per square kilometre | 0.0514 ha per square kilometre | Congo |
| 2010s | 0.1253 ha per square kilometre | 0.1681 ha per square kilometre | 0.0427 ha per square kilometre | Congo |
| 2020s | 0.056 ha per square kilometre | 0.1609 ha per square kilometre | 0.1049 ha per square kilometre | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Bhutan or Congo?
- Congo, at 0.13 ha per square kilometre against 0.1056 ha per square kilometre in Bhutan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Bhutan and Congo?
- 0.0244 ha per square kilometre, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Congo?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Bhutan and Congo rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Bhutan ranks 30th and Congo ranks 27th of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Forest fires — 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
Forest fires — 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.