Australia vs Brazil: Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Australia
0.6006 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Brazil
0.6117 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Australia rank
28th
Brazil rank
27th
Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Australia
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 0.6117 ha per square kilometre against 0.6006 ha per square kilometre in Australia, a difference of 0.0111 ha per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Brazil ahead.
Australia ranks 28th and Brazil ranks 27th of 188 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Brazil in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.974 ha per square kilometre | 0.9525 ha per square kilometre | 0.0215 ha per square kilometre | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.7907 ha per square kilometre | 0.9733 ha per square kilometre | 0.1827 ha per square kilometre | Brazil |
| 2010s | 0.6157 ha per square kilometre | 1.05 ha per square kilometre | 0.4352 ha per square kilometre | Brazil |
| 2020s | 0.4408 ha per square kilometre | 0.806 ha per square kilometre | 0.3653 ha per square kilometre | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna — burned area, per square kilometre, Australia or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 0.6117 ha per square kilometre against 0.6006 ha per square kilometre in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna — burned area, per square kilometre between Australia and Brazil?
- 0.0111 ha per square kilometre, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Brazil?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Brazil rank globally for savanna — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Australia ranks 28th and Brazil ranks 27th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna — 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
Savanna — 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.