Angola vs OECD: Savanna fires — Burned Area
Angola
35.32 million ha
in 2024
OECD
42.37 million ha
in 2024
Angola rank
2nd
OECD rank
1st
Savanna fires — Burned Area over time
- Angola
- OECD
How they compare
OECD currently reports 42.37 million ha against 35.32 million ha in Angola, a difference of 7.06 million ha.
That makes OECD's figure about 1.2 times Angola's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was OECD ahead.
Angola ranks 2nd and OECD ranks 1st of 221 countries.
OECD has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | OECD | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.20 million ha | 49.52 million ha | 18.32 million ha | OECD |
| 2000s | 34.01 million ha | 58.56 million ha | 24.55 million ha | OECD |
| 2010s | 33.57 million ha | 51.68 million ha | 18.11 million ha | OECD |
| 2020s | 32.68 million ha | 42.08 million ha | 9.40 million ha | OECD |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, Angola or OECD?
- OECD, at 42.37 million ha against 35.32 million ha in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area between Angola and OECD?
- 7.06 million ha, with OECD ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and OECD?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Angola and OECD rank globally for savanna fires — burned area?
- Angola ranks 2nd and OECD ranks 1st of 221 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Savanna fires — 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.