El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre
El Salvador
0.0021 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Nicaragua
0.0023 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
53rd
Nicaragua rank
52nd
Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.0023 ha per square kilometre against 0.0021 ha per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0002 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 53rd and Nicaragua ranks 52nd of 186 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.02 ha per square kilometre | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 0.0164 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.0092 ha per square kilometre | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 0.0076 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.0621 ha per square kilometre | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | 0.061 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.0155 ha per square kilometre | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | 0.0117 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher other forest — burned area, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 0.0023 ha per square kilometre against 0.0021 ha per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in other forest — burned area, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
- 0.0002 ha per square kilometre, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for other forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- El Salvador ranks 53rd and Nicaragua ranks 52nd of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Other 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
Other 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.