Congo vs Zambia: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita
Congo
0.6038 ha per person
in 2024
Zambia
0.8821 ha per person
in 2024
Congo rank
7th
Zambia rank
5th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita over time
- Congo
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 0.8821 ha per person against 0.6038 ha per person in Congo, a difference of 0.2783 ha per person.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.5 times Congo's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.
Congo ranks 7th and Zambia ranks 5th of 188 countries.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7308 ha per person | 2.11 ha per person | 1.38 ha per person | Zambia |
| 2000s | 0.6475 ha per person | 1.7 ha per person | 1.06 ha per person | Zambia |
| 2010s | 0.6385 ha per person | 1.18 ha per person | 0.5464 ha per person | Zambia |
| 2020s | 0.5066 ha per person | 0.8922 ha per person | 0.3856 ha per person | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per capita, Congo or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 0.8821 ha per person against 0.6038 ha per person in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per capita between Congo and Zambia?
- 0.2783 ha per person, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Zambia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Zambia rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per capita?
- Congo ranks 7th 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.