Brazil vs Congo: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Brazil
0.1857 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Congo
0.13 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Brazil rank
17th
Congo rank
20th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Brazil
- Congo
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 0.1857 ha per square kilometre against 0.13 ha per square kilometre in Congo, a difference of 0.0557 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.4 times Congo's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 17th and Congo ranks 20th of 185 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2055 ha per square kilometre | 0.1313 ha per square kilometre | 0.0743 ha per square kilometre | Brazil |
| 2000s | 0.2311 ha per square kilometre | 0.1246 ha per square kilometre | 0.1066 ha per square kilometre | Brazil |
| 2010s | 0.1996 ha per square kilometre | 0.1677 ha per square kilometre | 0.0319 ha per square kilometre | Brazil |
| 2020s | 0.2462 ha per square kilometre | 0.1604 ha per square kilometre | 0.0858 ha per square kilometre | Brazil |
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 Congo?
- Brazil, at 0.1857 ha per square kilometre against 0.13 ha per square kilometre in Congo as of 2023.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Brazil and Congo?
- 0.0557 ha per square kilometre, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Congo?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Congo rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Brazil ranks 17th and Congo ranks 20th 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.