Brazil vs Cameroon: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Brazil
0.1857 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Cameroon
0.2028 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Brazil rank
17th
Cameroon rank
16th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Brazil
- Cameroon
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 0.2028 ha per square kilometre against 0.1857 ha per square kilometre in Brazil, a difference of 0.0171 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cameroon ahead.
Brazil ranks 17th and Cameroon ranks 16th of 185 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Cameroon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2055 ha per square kilometre | 0.3276 ha per square kilometre | 0.1221 ha per square kilometre | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 0.2311 ha per square kilometre | 0.3878 ha per square kilometre | 0.1566 ha per square kilometre | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 0.1996 ha per square kilometre | 0.2559 ha per square kilometre | 0.0563 ha per square kilometre | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 0.2462 ha per square kilometre | 0.3129 ha per square kilometre | 0.0667 ha per square kilometre | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre, Brazil or Cameroon?
- Cameroon, at 0.2028 ha per square kilometre against 0.1857 ha per square kilometre in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Brazil and Cameroon?
- 0.0171 ha per square kilometre, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cameroon?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Cameroon rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Brazil ranks 17th and Cameroon ranks 16th 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.