Ecuador vs El Salvador: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre

Ecuador
0.0614 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador
0.0568 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Ecuador rank
86th
El Salvador rank
87th

Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time

  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
00.20.40.6199020062023

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 0.0614 ha per square kilometre against 0.0568 ha per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0046 ha per square kilometre.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 86th and El Salvador ranks 87th of 188 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 1 and El Salvador in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador El Salvador Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0585 ha per square kilometre 0.1338 ha per square kilometre 0.0753 ha per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 0.0743 ha per square kilometre 0.1155 ha per square kilometre 0.0412 ha per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 0.1085 ha per square kilometre 0.2995 ha per square kilometre 0.1911 ha per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 0.1392 ha per square kilometre 0.1184 ha per square kilometre 0.0207 ha per square kilometre Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Ecuador or El Salvador?
Ecuador, at 0.0614 ha per square kilometre against 0.0568 ha per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Ecuador and El Salvador?
0.0046 ha per square kilometre, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and El Salvador?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and El Salvador rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
Ecuador ranks 86th and El Salvador ranks 87th 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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Indicator
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Unit
ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
190 places, 6,313 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.