Ethiopia vs India: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Ethiopia
0.1302 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
India
0.1717 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Ethiopia rank
26th
India rank
23rd
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Ethiopia
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 0.1717 ha per square kilometre against 0.1302 ha per square kilometre in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.0415 ha per square kilometre.
That makes India's figure about 1.3 times Ethiopia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1993 it was India ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 26th and India ranks 23rd of 186 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 1 and India in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1967 ha per square kilometre | 0.1315 ha per square kilometre | 0.0652 ha per square kilometre | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 0.1962 ha per square kilometre | 0.2026 ha per square kilometre | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | India |
| 2010s | 0.1496 ha per square kilometre | 0.3325 ha per square kilometre | 0.1829 ha per square kilometre | India |
| 2020s | 0.178 ha per square kilometre | 0.2844 ha per square kilometre | 0.1064 ha per square kilometre | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Ethiopia or India?
- India, at 0.1717 ha per square kilometre against 0.1302 ha per square kilometre in Ethiopia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Ethiopia and India?
- 0.0415 ha per square kilometre, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and India?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2023.
- How do Ethiopia and India rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Ethiopia ranks 26th and India ranks 23rd 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.