Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita in Mozambique
Mozambique: Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita was 0.0654 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita in Mozambique, 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest fires — burned area, per capita in Mozambique is 0.0654 ha per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 59.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest fires — burned area, per capita in Mozambique peaked at 0.2233 ha per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0021 ha per person, in 2000.
Mozambique ranks 4th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.2233 ha per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.219 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.2148 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.2081 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1945 ha per person | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 0.1832 ha per person | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0128 ha per person | -93.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0078 ha per person | -39.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0106 ha per person | +36.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0086 ha per person | -19.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0021 ha per person | -75.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1798 ha per person | +8503.2% |
| 2002 | 0.1219 ha per person | -32.2% |
| 2003 | 0.1574 ha per person | +29.2% |
| 2004 | 0.1589 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.1735 ha per person | +9.2% |
| 2006 | 0.1703 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.1639 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.1742 ha per person | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 0.1486 ha per person | -14.7% |
| 2010 | 0.1998 ha per person | +34.5% |
| 2011 | 0.1562 ha per person | -21.8% |
| 2012 | 0.1765 ha per person | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1722 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.161 ha per person | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 0.145 ha per person | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1572 ha per person | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 0.1418 ha per person | -9.8% |
| 2018 | 0.1412 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.1116 ha per person | -21.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1006 ha per person | -9.9% |
| 2021 | 0.1018 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0932 ha per person | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0683 ha per person | -26.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0654 ha per person | -4.3% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 0.0654 ha per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0 ha per person, 1649.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 0.0654 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0003 ha per person, 240.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita in Mozambique changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +8503.2% | 0.0021 ha per person | 0.1798 ha per person |
| 1996 | -93.0% | 0.1832 ha per person | 0.0128 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1283 ha per person | 0.0078 ha per person | 0.2233 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1451 ha per person | 0.0021 ha per person | 0.1798 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1562 ha per person | 0.1116 ha per person | 0.1998 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0859 ha per person | 0.0654 ha per person | 0.1018 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More climate change data for Mozambique
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 81.74 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,495 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 6,629 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 5,867 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 25.01 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 209.52 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,596 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 923.79 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,672 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.49 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest fires — burned area, per capita in Mozambique?
- Forest fires — burned area, per capita in Mozambique was 0.0654 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest forest fires — burned area, per capita recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2233 ha per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest fires — burned area, per capita recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0021 ha per person in 2000.
- How does Mozambique rank for forest fires — burned area, per capita?
- Mozambique ranks 4th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest fires — burned area, per capita rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Forest fires — 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.
Forest fires — Burned Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Forest fires — Burned Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Forest fires — 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.