Benin vs Malawi: Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Benin
1.56 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Malawi
2.08 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Benin rank
19th
Malawi rank
16th
Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Benin
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 2.08 ha per square kilometre against 1.56 ha per square kilometre in Benin, a difference of 0.52 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.3 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 19th and Malawi ranks 16th of 188 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.44 ha per square kilometre | 2.63 ha per square kilometre | 3.82 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
| 2000s | 5.96 ha per square kilometre | 2.77 ha per square kilometre | 3.19 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
| 2010s | 2.37 ha per square kilometre | 2.71 ha per square kilometre | 0.3385 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 2020s | 1.3 ha per square kilometre | 2.44 ha per square kilometre | 1.14 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna — burned area, per square kilometre, Benin or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 2.08 ha per square kilometre against 1.56 ha per square kilometre in Benin as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna — burned area, per square kilometre between Benin and Malawi?
- 0.52 ha per square kilometre, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Malawi?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Benin and Malawi rank globally for savanna — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Benin ranks 19th and Malawi ranks 16th 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.