Bangladesh vs India: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Bangladesh
0.057 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
India
0.041 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
26th
India rank
29th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Bangladesh
- India
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 0.057 ha per square kilometre against 0.041 ha per square kilometre in India, a difference of 0.016 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.4 times India's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 26th and India ranks 29th of 185 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1048 ha per square kilometre | 0.046 ha per square kilometre | 0.0588 ha per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 0.168 ha per square kilometre | 0.06 ha per square kilometre | 0.1079 ha per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 0.1048 ha per square kilometre | 0.0794 ha per square kilometre | 0.0253 ha per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 0.1728 ha per square kilometre | 0.0585 ha per square kilometre | 0.1143 ha per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre, Bangladesh or India?
- Bangladesh, at 0.057 ha per square kilometre against 0.041 ha per square kilometre in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Bangladesh and India?
- 0.016 ha per square kilometre, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and India?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and India rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Bangladesh ranks 26th and India ranks 29th 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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About this data
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.