Guinea-Bissau vs Malawi: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)

Guinea-Bissau
0.3331 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Malawi
0.3012 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau rank
13th
Malawi rank
14th

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

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Malawi
01234199020062023

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.3331 ha per square kilometre against 0.3012 ha per square kilometre in Malawi, a difference of 0.0319 ha per square kilometre.

That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 13th and Malawi ranks 14th of 185 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Malawi Difference Ahead
1990s 1.1 ha per square kilometre 0.3533 ha per square kilometre 0.7428 ha per square kilometre Guinea-Bissau
2000s 1.75 ha per square kilometre 0.3893 ha per square kilometre 1.36 ha per square kilometre Guinea-Bissau
2010s 1.74 ha per square kilometre 0.7683 ha per square kilometre 0.9709 ha per square kilometre Guinea-Bissau
2020s 0.6163 ha per square kilometre 0.4786 ha per square kilometre 0.1377 ha per square kilometre Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre, Guinea-Bissau or Malawi?
Guinea-Bissau, at 0.3331 ha per square kilometre against 0.3012 ha per square kilometre in Malawi as of 2023.
What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Guinea-Bissau and Malawi?
0.0319 ha per square kilometre, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Malawi?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Malawi rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 13th and Malawi ranks 14th 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.