Afghanistan vs Saudi Arabia: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Afghanistan
0.0031 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
0.0021 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
113th
Saudi Arabia rank
116th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Afghanistan
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 0.0031 ha per square kilometre against 0.0021 ha per square kilometre in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.001 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.4 times Saudi Arabia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 113th and Saudi Arabia ranks 116th of 188 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0343 ha per square kilometre | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | 0.0314 ha per square kilometre | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 0.0349 ha per square kilometre | 0.0104 ha per square kilometre | 0.0246 ha per square kilometre | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 0.0137 ha per square kilometre | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 0.0123 ha per square kilometre | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 0.0104 ha per square kilometre | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 0.008 ha per square kilometre | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia?
- Afghanistan, at 0.0031 ha per square kilometre against 0.0021 ha per square kilometre in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.001 ha per square kilometre, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Afghanistan ranks 113th and Saudi Arabia ranks 116th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna fires — 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 fires — 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.