Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Bangladesh
0.0932 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka
0.1068 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
81st
Sri Lanka rank
78th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Bangladesh
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.1068 ha per square kilometre against 0.0932 ha per square kilometre in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.0136 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 81st and Sri Lanka ranks 78th of 188 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1346 ha per square kilometre | 0.2739 ha per square kilometre | 0.1393 ha per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.2883 ha per square kilometre | 0.5816 ha per square kilometre | 0.2932 ha per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.1901 ha per square kilometre | 0.2067 ha per square kilometre | 0.0166 ha per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.2213 ha per square kilometre | 0.0632 ha per square kilometre | 0.1581 ha per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.1068 ha per square kilometre against 0.0932 ha per square kilometre in Bangladesh as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0136 ha per square kilometre, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and Sri Lanka rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Bangladesh ranks 81st and Sri Lanka ranks 78th 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.