Mozambique vs Zambia: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita

Mozambique
0.4376 ha per person
in 2024
Zambia
0.8821 ha per person
in 2024
Mozambique rank
8th
Zambia rank
5th

Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita over time

  • Mozambique
  • Zambia
0.511.522.5199020072024

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.8821 ha per person against 0.4376 ha per person in Mozambique, a difference of 0.4445 ha per person.

That makes Zambia's figure about 2.0 times Mozambique's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.

Mozambique ranks 8th 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 Mozambique Zambia Difference Ahead
1990s 1.02 ha per person 2.11 ha per person 1.09 ha per person Zambia
2000s 0.8108 ha per person 1.7 ha per person 0.8924 ha per person Zambia
2010s 0.6074 ha per person 1.18 ha per person 0.5774 ha per person Zambia
2020s 0.4728 ha per person 0.8922 ha per person 0.4194 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, Mozambique or Zambia?
Zambia, at 0.8821 ha per person against 0.4376 ha per person in Mozambique as of 2024.
What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per capita between Mozambique and Zambia?
0.4445 ha per person, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Zambia?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Mozambique and Zambia rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per capita?
Mozambique ranks 8th 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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Indicator
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
190 places, 6,504 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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.