Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita by country
Humid tropical forest — 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.
What the numbers show
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 0.4305 ha per person in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 ha per person in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0003 ha per person, and the mean is 0.013 ha per person.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 3,128.0%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 100.0%).
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 0.4305 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 2 | Belize | 0.1336 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,287.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Zambia | 0.1249 ha per person | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 4 | Angola | 0.0465 ha per person | 2024 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 5 | Guyana | 0.028 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,398.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Congo | 0.0261 ha per person | 2024 | up 473.3% | falling |
| 7 | Brazil | 0.0248 ha per person | 2024 | up 358.4% | volatile |
| 8 | South Sudan | 0.0238 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 9 | Suriname | 0.019 ha per person | 2024 | up 3,091.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Myanmar | 0.0183 ha per person | 2024 | down 45.0% | flat |
| 11 | Cambodia | 0.0177 ha per person | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 12 | Mozambique | 0.0177 ha per person | 2024 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 13 | Nepal | 0.0109 ha per person | 2024 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Honduras | 0.0099 ha per person | 2024 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Gabon | 0.0098 ha per person | 2024 | up 350.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 0.0089 ha per person | 2023 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0084 ha per person | 2024 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Paraguay | 0.0078 ha per person | 2024 | up 122.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Bahamas | 0.0078 ha per person | 2024 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Guatemala | 0.0058 ha per person | 2024 | up 3,128.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Chad | 0.0041 ha per person | 2024 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 22 | Liberia | 0.0038 ha per person | 2024 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Thailand | 0.0032 ha per person | 2024 | down 55.6% | rising |
| 24 | Cameroon | 0.0031 ha per person | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Peru | 0.0031 ha per person | 2024 | up 599.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Malawi | 0.0017 ha per person | 2024 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Madagascar | 0.0016 ha per person | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 28 | Mexico | 0.0013 ha per person | 2024 | up 782.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 0.0011 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 0.001 ha per person | 2024 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Guinea | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Cuba | 0.0006 ha per person | 2024 | up 103.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Bhutan | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Malaysia | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Togo | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | up 395.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Ghana | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | up 406.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Nigeria | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Senegal | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Comoros | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | up 173.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,079.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Fiji | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Argentina | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Australia | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 47 | New Caledonia | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Panama | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 49 | India | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Ethiopia | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 84.7% | falling |
| 51 | Indonesia | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 158.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Uganda | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Philippines | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 55 | El Salvador | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Benin | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Ecuador | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 59 | South Africa | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Mali | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Sudan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Burundi | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Kenya | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 64 | China | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,749.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Gambia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Singapore | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 65 | French Polynesia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Grenada | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Cayman Islands | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Haiti | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Jamaica | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Samoa | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0033 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
Humid tropical forest — 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.
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Humid tropical forest — 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
Humid tropical forest — 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.