Guinea-Bissau vs Malawi: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre

Guinea-Bissau
0.3331 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Malawi
0.3418 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau rank
15th
Malawi rank
14th

Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Malawi
01234199020062023

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.3418 ha per square kilometre against 0.3331 ha per square kilometre in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.0087 ha per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th and Malawi ranks 14th of 186 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Malawi Difference Ahead
1990s 1.1 ha per square kilometre 0.4862 ha per square kilometre 0.6099 ha per square kilometre Guinea-Bissau
2000s 1.75 ha per square kilometre 0.6507 ha per square kilometre 1.1 ha per square kilometre Guinea-Bissau
2010s 1.74 ha per square kilometre 0.9819 ha per square kilometre 0.7573 ha per square kilometre Guinea-Bissau
2020s 0.6163 ha per square kilometre 0.599 ha per square kilometre 0.0173 ha per square kilometre Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Guinea-Bissau or Malawi?
Malawi, at 0.3418 ha per square kilometre against 0.3331 ha per square kilometre in Guinea-Bissau as of 2023.
What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Guinea-Bissau and Malawi?
0.0087 ha per square kilometre, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Malawi?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Malawi rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th and Malawi ranks 14th 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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Indicator
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Unit
ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
188 places, 6,245 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.