New Zealand vs Switzerland: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
New Zealand
0.0003 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Switzerland
0.0005 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
New Zealand rank
124th
Switzerland rank
122nd
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- New Zealand
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 0.0005 ha per square kilometre against 0.0003 ha per square kilometre in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0002 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.7 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 124th and Switzerland ranks 122nd of 188 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.0051 ha per square kilometre | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 0.0074 ha per square kilometre | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 0.0073 ha per square kilometre | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, New Zealand or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 0.0005 ha per square kilometre against 0.0003 ha per square kilometre in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between New Zealand and Switzerland?
- 0.0002 ha per square kilometre, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Switzerland?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do New Zealand and Switzerland rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- New Zealand ranks 124th and Switzerland ranks 122nd 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.