New Zealand vs Uruguay: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
New Zealand
0.0011 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Uruguay
0.002 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
New Zealand rank
80th
Uruguay rank
78th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- New Zealand
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.002 ha per square kilometre against 0.0011 ha per square kilometre in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0009 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.7 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uruguay ahead.
New Zealand ranks 80th 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 | New Zealand | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 0.0034 ha per square kilometre | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 0.0148 ha per square kilometre | 0.0134 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, New Zealand or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.002 ha per square kilometre against 0.0011 ha per square kilometre in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between New Zealand and Uruguay?
- 0.0009 ha per square kilometre, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Uruguay?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do New Zealand and Uruguay rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- New Zealand ranks 80th 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.