Malawi vs Nicaragua: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Malawi
0.3418 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Nicaragua
0.5081 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Malawi rank
14th
Nicaragua rank
11th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Malawi
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.5081 ha per square kilometre against 0.3418 ha per square kilometre in Malawi, a difference of 0.1663 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.5 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 14th and Nicaragua ranks 11th of 186 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4862 ha per square kilometre | 0.1689 ha per square kilometre | 0.3173 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.6507 ha per square kilometre | 0.0983 ha per square kilometre | 0.5523 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.9819 ha per square kilometre | 0.1134 ha per square kilometre | 0.8685 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.599 ha per square kilometre | 0.208 ha per square kilometre | 0.391 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Malawi or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 0.5081 ha per square kilometre against 0.3418 ha per square kilometre in Malawi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Malawi and Nicaragua?
- 0.1663 ha per square kilometre, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Nicaragua?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Nicaragua rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Malawi ranks 14th 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.