Brazil vs Cameroon: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Brazil
0.1883 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Cameroon
0.2046 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Brazil rank
22nd
Cameroon rank
19th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Brazil
- Cameroon
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 0.2046 ha per square kilometre against 0.1883 ha per square kilometre in Brazil, a difference of 0.0163 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cameroon ahead.
Brazil ranks 22nd and Cameroon ranks 19th of 186 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Cameroon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2118 ha per square kilometre | 0.3815 ha per square kilometre | 0.1697 ha per square kilometre | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 0.2414 ha per square kilometre | 0.4021 ha per square kilometre | 0.1607 ha per square kilometre | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 0.2092 ha per square kilometre | 0.2591 ha per square kilometre | 0.0498 ha per square kilometre | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 0.2507 ha per square kilometre | 0.3205 ha per square kilometre | 0.0698 ha per square kilometre | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Brazil or Cameroon?
- Cameroon, at 0.2046 ha per square kilometre against 0.1883 ha per square kilometre in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Brazil and Cameroon?
- 0.0163 ha per square kilometre, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cameroon?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Cameroon rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Brazil ranks 22nd and Cameroon ranks 19th 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.