El Salvador vs Jamaica: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
El Salvador
0.0568 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Jamaica
0.0652 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
87th
Jamaica rank
85th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- El Salvador
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 0.0652 ha per square kilometre against 0.0568 ha per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0084 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 87th and Jamaica ranks 85th of 188 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1338 ha per square kilometre | 0.037 ha per square kilometre | 0.0968 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.1155 ha per square kilometre | 0.0411 ha per square kilometre | 0.0744 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.2995 ha per square kilometre | 0.0464 ha per square kilometre | 0.2531 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.1184 ha per square kilometre | 0.0252 ha per square kilometre | 0.0932 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 0.0652 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 El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 0.0084 ha per square kilometre, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Jamaica rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- El Salvador ranks 87th and Jamaica ranks 85th 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.