Honduras vs Nicaragua: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Honduras
0.9197 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Nicaragua
0.5081 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Honduras rank
9th
Nicaragua rank
11th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Honduras currently reports 0.9197 ha per square kilometre against 0.5081 ha per square kilometre in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.4116 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Honduras's figure about 1.8 times Nicaragua's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Honduras has been ahead every year.
Honduras ranks 9th and Nicaragua ranks 11th of 186 countries.
Honduras has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Honduras | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5111 ha per square kilometre | 0.1689 ha per square kilometre | 0.3421 ha per square kilometre | Honduras |
| 2000s | 0.5474 ha per square kilometre | 0.0983 ha per square kilometre | 0.449 ha per square kilometre | Honduras |
| 2010s | 0.4604 ha per square kilometre | 0.1134 ha per square kilometre | 0.3471 ha per square kilometre | Honduras |
| 2020s | 0.6604 ha per square kilometre | 0.208 ha per square kilometre | 0.4524 ha per square kilometre | Honduras |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Honduras or Nicaragua?
- Honduras, at 0.9197 ha per square kilometre against 0.5081 ha per square kilometre in Nicaragua as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Honduras and Nicaragua?
- 0.4116 ha per square kilometre, with Honduras ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Nicaragua?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Honduras and Nicaragua rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Honduras ranks 9th and Nicaragua ranks 11th 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.