Japan vs Saudi Arabia: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Japan
0.0027 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
0.0021 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
115th
Saudi Arabia rank
116th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.0027 ha per square kilometre against 0.0021 ha per square kilometre in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.0006 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.3 times Saudi Arabia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 115th and Saudi Arabia ranks 116th of 188 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Saudi Arabia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.0067 ha per square kilometre | 0.0104 ha per square kilometre | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Japan or Saudi Arabia?
- Japan, at 0.0027 ha per square kilometre against 0.0021 ha per square kilometre in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Japan and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.0006 ha per square kilometre, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Saudi Arabia?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Saudi Arabia rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 115th and Saudi Arabia ranks 116th 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.