Japan vs Uruguay: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Japan
0.0028 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Uruguay
0.002 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
76th
Uruguay rank
78th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- Uruguay
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.0028 ha per square kilometre against 0.002 ha per square kilometre in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0008 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times Uruguay's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 76th and Uruguay ranks 78th of 186 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.005 ha per square kilometre | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 0.0055 ha per square kilometre | 0.0034 ha per square kilometre | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.0066 ha per square kilometre | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | 0.0148 ha per square kilometre | 0.0084 ha per square kilometre | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Japan or Uruguay?
- Japan, at 0.0028 ha per square kilometre against 0.002 ha per square kilometre in Uruguay as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Japan and Uruguay?
- 0.0008 ha per square kilometre, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Uruguay?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Uruguay rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 76th and Uruguay ranks 78th 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.