Americas vs Angola: Open shrubland — Burned Area
Americas
178,094 ha
in 2024
Angola
45,448 ha
in 2024
Americas rank
11th
Angola rank
9th
Open shrubland — Burned Area over time
- Americas
- Angola
How they compare
Americas currently reports 178,094 ha against 45,448 ha in Angola, a difference of 132,646 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 3.9 times Angola's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 11th and Angola ranks 9th of 31 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Angola | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.32 million ha | 116,118 ha | 1.20 million ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 776,536 ha | 111,129 ha | 665,406 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 382,280 ha | 80,741 ha | 301,539 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 322,897 ha | 38,274 ha | 284,623 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher open shrubland — burned area, Americas or Angola?
- Americas, at 178,094 ha against 45,448 ha in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in open shrubland — burned area between Americas and Angola?
- 132,646 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Angola?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Angola rank globally for open shrubland — burned area?
- Americas ranks 11th and Angola ranks 9th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Open shrubland — Burned Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.