Italy vs Uganda: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre

Italy
0.0091 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Uganda
0.0114 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Italy rank
63rd
Uganda rank
60th

Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time

  • Italy
  • Uganda
00.10.20.30.40.5199020062023

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 0.0114 ha per square kilometre against 0.0091 ha per square kilometre in Italy, a difference of 0.0023 ha per square kilometre.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.3 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uganda ahead.

Italy ranks 63rd and Uganda ranks 60th of 186 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Uganda Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0092 ha per square kilometre 0.1807 ha per square kilometre 0.1715 ha per square kilometre Uganda
2000s 0.0092 ha per square kilometre 0.0698 ha per square kilometre 0.0606 ha per square kilometre Uganda
2010s 0.0082 ha per square kilometre 0.042 ha per square kilometre 0.0337 ha per square kilometre Uganda
2020s 0.0134 ha per square kilometre 0.0125 ha per square kilometre 0.0009 ha per square kilometre Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Italy or Uganda?
Uganda, at 0.0114 ha per square kilometre against 0.0091 ha per square kilometre in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Italy and Uganda?
0.0023 ha per square kilometre, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Uganda?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Italy and Uganda rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
Italy ranks 63rd and Uganda ranks 60th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Italy vs Uganda: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 11 October 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forest-fires-burned-area-per-square-kilometre/italy/uganda/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forest-fires-burned-area-per-square-kilometre/italy/uganda/">Italy vs Uganda: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.