Japan vs Malaysia: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Japan
0.0028 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Malaysia
0.0039 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
76th
Malaysia rank
73rd
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 0.0039 ha per square kilometre against 0.0028 ha per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 0.0011 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.4 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malaysia ahead.
Japan ranks 76th and Malaysia ranks 73rd of 186 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Malaysia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.005 ha per square kilometre | 0.1881 ha per square kilometre | 0.1831 ha per square kilometre | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 0.0055 ha per square kilometre | 0.0455 ha per square kilometre | 0.04 ha per square kilometre | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 0.0066 ha per square kilometre | 0.0334 ha per square kilometre | 0.0268 ha per square kilometre | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | 0.0052 ha per square kilometre | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Japan or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 0.0039 ha per square kilometre against 0.0028 ha per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Japan and Malaysia?
- 0.0011 ha per square kilometre, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malaysia?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Malaysia rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 76th and Malaysia ranks 73rd 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
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.