Cambodia vs Myanmar: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Cambodia
1.78 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Myanmar
2.31 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Cambodia rank
5th
Myanmar rank
4th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Cambodia
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 2.31 ha per square kilometre against 1.78 ha per square kilometre in Cambodia, a difference of 0.53 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.3 times Cambodia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cambodia ahead.
Cambodia ranks 5th and Myanmar ranks 4th of 186 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 3 and Myanmar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cambodia | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.9 ha per square kilometre | 2.01 ha per square kilometre | 0.897 ha per square kilometre | Cambodia |
| 2000s | 5.35 ha per square kilometre | 2.75 ha per square kilometre | 2.6 ha per square kilometre | Cambodia |
| 2010s | 4.63 ha per square kilometre | 2.74 ha per square kilometre | 1.89 ha per square kilometre | Cambodia |
| 2020s | 2.45 ha per square kilometre | 2.62 ha per square kilometre | 0.1616 ha per square kilometre | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Cambodia or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 2.31 ha per square kilometre against 1.78 ha per square kilometre in Cambodia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Cambodia and Myanmar?
- 0.53 ha per square kilometre, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Myanmar?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Cambodia and Myanmar rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Cambodia ranks 5th and Myanmar ranks 4th 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.