Ethiopia vs Nigeria: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Ethiopia
3.38 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria
3.83 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Ethiopia rank
28th
Nigeria rank
27th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Ethiopia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 3.83 ha per square kilometre against 3.38 ha per square kilometre in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.45 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Nigeria ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 28th and Nigeria ranks 27th of 188 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.24 ha per square kilometre | 6.62 ha per square kilometre | 1.38 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 4.71 ha per square kilometre | 6.21 ha per square kilometre | 1.49 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 3.98 ha per square kilometre | 4.18 ha per square kilometre | 0.1962 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 3.29 ha per square kilometre | 4.3 ha per square kilometre | 1.01 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Ethiopia or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 3.83 ha per square kilometre against 3.38 ha per square kilometre in Ethiopia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Ethiopia and Nigeria?
- 0.45 ha per square kilometre, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Nigeria?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2023.
- How do Ethiopia and Nigeria rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Ethiopia ranks 28th and Nigeria ranks 27th 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.