Greece vs India: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Greece
0.1976 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
India
0.1717 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Greece rank
21st
India rank
23rd
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Greece
- India
How they compare
Greece currently reports 0.1976 ha per square kilometre against 0.1717 ha per square kilometre in India, a difference of 0.0259 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Greece's figure about 1.2 times India's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was India ahead.
Greece ranks 21st and India ranks 23rd of 186 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0476 ha per square kilometre | 0.1631 ha per square kilometre | 0.1155 ha per square kilometre | India |
| 2000s | 0.0304 ha per square kilometre | 0.2026 ha per square kilometre | 0.1722 ha per square kilometre | India |
| 2010s | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | 0.3325 ha per square kilometre | 0.3228 ha per square kilometre | India |
| 2020s | 0.1195 ha per square kilometre | 0.2844 ha per square kilometre | 0.1649 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, Greece or India?
- Greece, at 0.1976 ha per square kilometre against 0.1717 ha per square kilometre in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Greece and India?
- 0.0259 ha per square kilometre, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and India?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Greece and India rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Greece ranks 21st 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.