Australia vs Botswana: Open shrubland — Burned Area, per capita

Australia
0.4309 ha per person
in 2024
Botswana
0.3665 ha per person
in 2024
Australia rank
1st
Botswana rank
2nd

Open shrubland — Burned Area, per capita over time

  • Australia
  • Botswana
01234199020072024

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.4309 ha per person against 0.3665 ha per person in Botswana, a difference of 0.0644 ha per person.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Botswana ahead.

Australia ranks 1st and Botswana ranks 2nd of 185 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Botswana in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Botswana Difference Ahead
1990s 1.08 ha per person 0.9218 ha per person 0.1575 ha per person Australia
2000s 1.09 ha per person 0.8393 ha per person 0.2472 ha per person Australia
2010s 0.869 ha per person 1.02 ha per person 0.1527 ha per person Botswana
2020s 0.5483 ha per person 1.42 ha per person 0.8676 ha per person Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher open shrubland — burned area, per capita, Australia or Botswana?
Australia, at 0.4309 ha per person against 0.3665 ha per person in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in open shrubland — burned area, per capita between Australia and Botswana?
0.0644 ha per person, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Botswana?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Australia and Botswana rank globally for open shrubland — burned area, per capita?
Australia ranks 1st and Botswana ranks 2nd of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Open shrubland — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Open shrubland — Burned Area, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
186 places, 6,364 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Open shrubland — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.