Cambodia vs Myanmar: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Cambodia
1.18 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Myanmar
1.83 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Cambodia rank
6th
Myanmar rank
3rd
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Cambodia
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 1.83 ha per square kilometre against 1.18 ha per square kilometre in Cambodia, a difference of 0.65 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.6 times Cambodia's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cambodia ahead.
Cambodia ranks 6th and Myanmar ranks 3rd of 185 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 2 and Myanmar in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cambodia | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.49 ha per square kilometre | 1.53 ha per square kilometre | 0.0475 ha per square kilometre | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 2.61 ha per square kilometre | 2.04 ha per square kilometre | 0.5698 ha per square kilometre | Cambodia |
| 2010s | 2.46 ha per square kilometre | 2.13 ha per square kilometre | 0.3303 ha per square kilometre | Cambodia |
| 2020s | 1.56 ha per square kilometre | 2.12 ha per square kilometre | 0.5664 ha per square kilometre | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre, Cambodia or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 1.83 ha per square kilometre against 1.18 ha per square kilometre in Cambodia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Cambodia and Myanmar?
- 0.65 ha per square kilometre, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Myanmar?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Cambodia and Myanmar rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Cambodia ranks 6th and Myanmar ranks 3rd 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.