Malawi vs Nicaragua: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Malawi
0.3012 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Nicaragua
0.5058 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Malawi rank
14th
Nicaragua rank
11th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Malawi
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.5058 ha per square kilometre against 0.3012 ha per square kilometre in Malawi, a difference of 0.2046 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.7 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 14th and Nicaragua ranks 11th of 185 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3533 ha per square kilometre | 0.1654 ha per square kilometre | 0.1879 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.3893 ha per square kilometre | 0.0968 ha per square kilometre | 0.2925 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.7683 ha per square kilometre | 0.1123 ha per square kilometre | 0.656 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.4786 ha per square kilometre | 0.2043 ha per square kilometre | 0.2743 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre, Malawi or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 0.5058 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 Malawi and Nicaragua?
- 0.2046 ha per square kilometre, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Nicaragua?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Nicaragua rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Malawi ranks 14th and Nicaragua ranks 11th 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.