Mauritania vs Portugal: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Mauritania
0.2451 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Portugal
0.2371 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Mauritania rank
63rd
Portugal rank
64th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Mauritania
- Portugal
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.2451 ha per square kilometre against 0.2371 ha per square kilometre in Portugal, a difference of 0.008 ha per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Portugal ahead.
Mauritania ranks 63rd and Portugal ranks 64th of 188 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3074 ha per square kilometre | 0.9936 ha per square kilometre | 0.6862 ha per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.3552 ha per square kilometre | 1.22 ha per square kilometre | 0.8626 ha per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.1849 ha per square kilometre | 1.12 ha per square kilometre | 0.938 ha per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.1987 ha per square kilometre | 0.409 ha per square kilometre | 0.2103 ha per square kilometre | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Mauritania or Portugal?
- Mauritania, at 0.2451 ha per square kilometre against 0.2371 ha per square kilometre in Portugal as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Mauritania and Portugal?
- 0.008 ha per square kilometre, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Portugal?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Mauritania and Portugal rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Mauritania ranks 63rd and Portugal ranks 64th 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.