Cameroon vs Malawi: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Cameroon
2.63 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Malawi
3.04 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Cameroon rank
34th
Malawi rank
31st
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Cameroon
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 3.04 ha per square kilometre against 2.63 ha per square kilometre in Cameroon, a difference of 0.41 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.2 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 34th and Malawi ranks 31st of 188 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.69 ha per square kilometre | 4.02 ha per square kilometre | 2.67 ha per square kilometre | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 7.81 ha per square kilometre | 4.09 ha per square kilometre | 3.72 ha per square kilometre | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 3.8 ha per square kilometre | 4.1 ha per square kilometre | 0.3022 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 2020s | 3.39 ha per square kilometre | 3.56 ha per square kilometre | 0.1746 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Cameroon or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 3.04 ha per square kilometre against 2.63 ha per square kilometre in Cameroon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Cameroon and Malawi?
- 0.41 ha per square kilometre, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Malawi?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Malawi rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Cameroon ranks 34th and Malawi ranks 31st 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.