Australia vs El Salvador: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)

Australia
0.0023 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador
0.0021 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Australia rank
53rd
El Salvador rank
54th

Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time

  • Australia
  • El Salvador
00.050.10.15199020062023

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.0023 ha per square kilometre against 0.0021 ha per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0002 ha per square kilometre.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.

Australia ranks 53rd and El Salvador ranks 54th of 185 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia El Salvador Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0025 ha per square kilometre 0.0126 ha per square kilometre 0.01 ha per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 0.0027 ha per square kilometre 0.0046 ha per square kilometre 0.002 ha per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 0.0036 ha per square kilometre 0.0431 ha per square kilometre 0.0395 ha per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 0.0015 ha per square kilometre 0.0101 ha per square kilometre 0.0085 ha per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre, Australia or El Salvador?
Australia, at 0.0023 ha per square kilometre against 0.0021 ha per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Australia and El Salvador?
0.0002 ha per square kilometre, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and El Salvador?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Australia and El Salvador rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
Australia ranks 53rd and El Salvador ranks 54th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Humid tropical forest — 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
Humid tropical forest — 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
186 places, 6,179 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Humid tropical forest — 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.