India vs Kenya: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
India
0.1188 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Kenya
0.1299 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
India rank
76th
Kenya rank
75th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- India
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 0.1299 ha per square kilometre against 0.1188 ha per square kilometre in India, a difference of 0.0111 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kenya ahead.
India ranks 76th and Kenya ranks 75th of 188 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.127 ha per square kilometre | 0.5504 ha per square kilometre | 0.4234 ha per square kilometre | Kenya |
| 2000s | 0.1508 ha per square kilometre | 0.4494 ha per square kilometre | 0.2986 ha per square kilometre | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.1713 ha per square kilometre | 0.3846 ha per square kilometre | 0.2133 ha per square kilometre | Kenya |
| 2020s | 0.1691 ha per square kilometre | 0.3749 ha per square kilometre | 0.2058 ha per square kilometre | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, India or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 0.1299 ha per square kilometre against 0.1188 ha per square kilometre in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between India and Kenya?
- 0.0111 ha per square kilometre, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Kenya?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do India and Kenya rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- India ranks 76th and Kenya ranks 75th 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.