Congo vs Guinea-Bissau: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Congo
7.81 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau
6.91 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Congo rank
13th
Guinea-Bissau rank
16th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Congo
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Congo currently reports 7.81 ha per square kilometre against 6.91 ha per square kilometre in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.9 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Congo ranks 13th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th of 188 countries.
Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.6 ha per square kilometre | 12.02 ha per square kilometre | 6.42 ha per square kilometre | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 7.09 ha per square kilometre | 17.92 ha per square kilometre | 10.83 ha per square kilometre | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 9.38 ha per square kilometre | 12.3 ha per square kilometre | 2.92 ha per square kilometre | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 8.42 ha per square kilometre | 9.17 ha per square kilometre | 0.7437 ha per square kilometre | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Congo or Guinea-Bissau?
- Congo, at 7.81 ha per square kilometre against 6.91 ha per square kilometre in Guinea-Bissau as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Congo and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.9 ha per square kilometre, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Guinea-Bissau?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Congo and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Congo ranks 13th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th 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.