Brazil vs Portugal: Woody savanna — Burned Area, per capita

Brazil
0.0071 ha per person
in 2024
Portugal
0.0064 ha per person
in 2024
Brazil rank
18th
Portugal rank
19th

Woody savanna — Burned Area, per capita over time

  • Brazil
  • Portugal
00.010.020.03199020072024

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 0.0071 ha per person against 0.0064 ha per person in Portugal, a difference of 0.0007 ha per person.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 18th and Portugal ranks 19th of 187 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Portugal Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0111 ha per person 0.0052 ha per person 0.0059 ha per person Brazil
2000s 0.0055 ha per person 0.0043 ha per person 0.0012 ha per person Brazil
2010s 0.0055 ha per person 0.0047 ha per person 0.0008 ha per person Brazil
2020s 0.0039 ha per person 0.0025 ha per person 0.0014 ha per person Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher woody savanna — burned area, per capita, Brazil or Portugal?
Brazil, at 0.0071 ha per person against 0.0064 ha per person in Portugal as of 2024.
What is the difference in woody savanna — burned area, per capita between Brazil and Portugal?
0.0007 ha per person, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Portugal?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Portugal rank globally for woody savanna — burned area, per capita?
Brazil ranks 18th and Portugal ranks 19th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Woody savanna — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Brazil vs Portugal: Woody savanna — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 11 October 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/woody-savanna-burned-area-per-capita/brazil/portugal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/woody-savanna-burned-area-per-capita/brazil/portugal/">Brazil vs Portugal: Woody savanna — Burned Area, per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Woody savanna — Burned Area, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
189 places, 6,469 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Woody savanna — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.