Botswana vs Zambia: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita
Botswana
0.8597 ha per person
in 2024
Zambia
0.8821 ha per person
in 2024
Botswana rank
6th
Zambia rank
5th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita over time
- Botswana
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 0.8821 ha per person against 0.8597 ha per person in Botswana, a difference of 0.0224 ha per person.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 6th and Zambia ranks 5th of 188 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.31 ha per person | 2.11 ha per person | 2.2 ha per person | Botswana |
| 2000s | 2.69 ha per person | 1.7 ha per person | 0.9856 ha per person | Botswana |
| 2010s | 2.53 ha per person | 1.18 ha per person | 1.35 ha per person | Botswana |
| 2020s | 2.79 ha per person | 0.8922 ha per person | 1.9 ha per person | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per capita, Botswana or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 0.8821 ha per person against 0.8597 ha per person in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per capita between Botswana and Zambia?
- 0.0224 ha per person, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Zambia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Zambia rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per capita?
- Botswana ranks 6th and Zambia ranks 5th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Savanna fires — 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.