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

Guinea-Bissau
0.3331 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
South Sudan
0.4008 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau rank
15th
South Sudan rank
12th

Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • South Sudan
01234199020062023

How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 0.4008 ha per square kilometre against 0.3331 ha per square kilometre in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.0677 ha per square kilometre.

That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.2 times Guinea-Bissau's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th and South Sudan ranks 12th of 186 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau South Sudan Difference Ahead
2010s 1.78 ha per square kilometre 0.2912 ha per square kilometre 1.49 ha per square kilometre Guinea-Bissau
2020s 0.6163 ha per square kilometre 0.5606 ha per square kilometre 0.0557 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 South Sudan?
South Sudan, at 0.4008 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 South Sudan?
0.0677 ha per square kilometre, with South Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and South Sudan?
12 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2023.
How do Guinea-Bissau and South Sudan rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th and South Sudan ranks 12th 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.