Ecuador vs El Salvador: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Ecuador
0.0048 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador
0.0041 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Ecuador rank
70th
El Salvador rank
72nd
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 0.0048 ha per square kilometre against 0.0041 ha per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0007 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 70th and El Salvador ranks 72nd of 186 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0051 ha per square kilometre | 0.0326 ha per square kilometre | 0.0275 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.0049 ha per square kilometre | 0.0138 ha per square kilometre | 0.0089 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.0075 ha per square kilometre | 0.1053 ha per square kilometre | 0.0978 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.0069 ha per square kilometre | 0.0255 ha per square kilometre | 0.0187 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Ecuador or El Salvador?
- Ecuador, at 0.0048 ha per square kilometre against 0.0041 ha per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Ecuador and El Salvador?
- 0.0007 ha per square kilometre, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and El Salvador?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Ecuador and El Salvador rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Ecuador ranks 70th and El Salvador ranks 72nd 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.