Morocco vs Uruguay: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre

Morocco
0.001 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Uruguay
0.002 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Morocco rank
81st
Uruguay rank
78th

Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time

  • Morocco
  • Uruguay
00.010.020.030.04199020062023

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.002 ha per square kilometre against 0.001 ha per square kilometre in Morocco, a difference of 0.001 ha per square kilometre.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.9 times Morocco's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uruguay ahead.

Morocco ranks 81st and Uruguay ranks 78th of 186 countries.

Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Morocco Uruguay Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0009 ha per square kilometre 0.0064 ha per square kilometre 0.0055 ha per square kilometre Uruguay
2000s 0.0009 ha per square kilometre 0.0034 ha per square kilometre 0.0026 ha per square kilometre Uruguay
2010s 0.0006 ha per square kilometre 0.0024 ha per square kilometre 0.0018 ha per square kilometre Uruguay
2020s 0.0044 ha per square kilometre 0.0148 ha per square kilometre 0.0104 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, Morocco or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 0.002 ha per square kilometre against 0.001 ha per square kilometre in Morocco as of 2023.
What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Morocco and Uruguay?
0.001 ha per square kilometre, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Uruguay?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Morocco and Uruguay rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
Morocco ranks 81st 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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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.