Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre in Malawi
Malawi: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre was 0.3418 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre in Malawi, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.3418 ha per square kilometre for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 59.2% on the previous year and down 59.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre in Malawi peaked at 1.4 ha per square kilometre in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0479 ha per square kilometre, in 2000.
That places Malawi 14th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.687 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.687 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.687 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.687 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.687 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.687 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2348 ha per square kilometre | -65.8% |
| 1997 | 0.143 ha per square kilometre | -39.1% |
| 1998 | 0.1884 ha per square kilometre | +31.8% |
| 1999 | 0.1737 ha per square kilometre | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0479 ha per square kilometre | -72.4% |
| 2001 | 0.5803 ha per square kilometre | +1112.7% |
| 2002 | 0.536 ha per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9765 ha per square kilometre | +82.2% |
| 2004 | 0.7061 ha per square kilometre | -27.7% |
| 2005 | 1.11 ha per square kilometre | +56.6% |
| 2006 | 0.5453 ha per square kilometre | -50.7% |
| 2007 | 0.7621 ha per square kilometre | +39.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8483 ha per square kilometre | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 0.3985 ha per square kilometre | -53.0% |
| 2010 | 1.4 ha per square kilometre | +251.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8456 ha per square kilometre | -39.7% |
| 2012 | 1.31 ha per square kilometre | +54.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8369 ha per square kilometre | -35.9% |
| 2014 | 1.04 ha per square kilometre | +24.3% |
| 2015 | 1.01 ha per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 1.35 ha per square kilometre | +34.7% |
| 2017 | 0.6376 ha per square kilometre | -52.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8179 ha per square kilometre | +28.3% |
| 2019 | 0.5729 ha per square kilometre | -30.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7426 ha per square kilometre | +29.6% |
| 2021 | 0.4749 ha per square kilometre | -36.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8367 ha per square kilometre | +76.2% |
| 2023 | 0.3418 ha per square kilometre | -59.2% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.3418 ha per square kilometre is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0157 ha per square kilometre, 21.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.3418 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0207 ha per square kilometre, 16.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre in Malawi 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 | +1112.7% | 0.0479 ha per square kilometre | 0.5803 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4862 ha per square kilometre | 0.143 ha per square kilometre | 0.687 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6507 ha per square kilometre | 0.0479 ha per square kilometre | 1.11 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9819 ha per square kilometre | 0.5729 ha per square kilometre | 1.4 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.599 ha per square kilometre | 0.3418 ha per square kilometre | 0.8367 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 11 Nicaragua 0.5081 ha per square kilometre compare
- 12 South Sudan 0.4008 ha per square kilometre compare
- 13 Chile 0.3677 ha per square kilometre compare
- 15 Guinea-Bissau 0.3331 ha per square kilometre compare
- 16 Canada 0.3129 ha per square kilometre compare
- 17 Bahamas 0.2739 ha per square kilometre compare
More climate change data for Malawi
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 415.04 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 4,106 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,605 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,501 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 6.06 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 89.31 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,185 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,819 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 366.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 10.64 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre in Malawi?
- Forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre in Malawi was 0.3418 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4 ha per square kilometre in 2010.
- What is the lowest forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0479 ha per square kilometre in 2000.
- How does Malawi rank for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Malawi ranks 14th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Forest 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.
Forest fires — Burned Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Forest fires — Burned Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.