Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita) in Angola
Angola: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita) was 0.0465 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita in Angola, 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita in Angola is 0.0465 ha per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.2% on the previous year and down 51.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita in Angola peaked at 0.1882 ha per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0414 ha per person, in 2023.
Angola ranks 4th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita) in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.1882 ha per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.182 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 0.1762 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.1706 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1652 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 0.1598 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0914 ha per person | -42.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0802 ha per person | -12.2% |
| 1998 | 0.1041 ha per person | +29.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0939 ha per person | -9.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0658 ha per person | -29.9% |
| 2001 | 0.1272 ha per person | +93.1% |
| 2002 | 0.1155 ha per person | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 0.122 ha per person | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 0.1339 ha per person | +9.8% |
| 2005 | 0.1356 ha per person | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.1086 ha per person | -19.9% |
| 2007 | 0.1049 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.1134 ha per person | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 0.1258 ha per person | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1345 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1199 ha per person | -10.9% |
| 2012 | 0.1201 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.1027 ha per person | -14.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0959 ha per person | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 0.093 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0789 ha per person | -15.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0998 ha per person | +26.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0599 ha per person | -40.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0826 ha per person | +37.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0637 ha per person | -22.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0586 ha per person | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0437 ha per person | -25.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0414 ha per person | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0465 ha per person | +12.2% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 0.0465 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0 ha per person, 61366.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Angola's 0.0465 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0001 ha per person, 742.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita) in Angola 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 | +93.1% | 0.0658 ha per person | 0.1272 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1412 ha per person | 0.0802 ha per person | 0.1882 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1153 ha per person | 0.0658 ha per person | 0.1356 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0987 ha per person | 0.0599 ha per person | 0.1345 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0508 ha per person | 0.0414 ha per person | 0.0637 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
More climate change data for Angola
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 42.42 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 13,873 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 4,998 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 8,875 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 18.86 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 316.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 694.89 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 496.27 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 198.62 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.87 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita in Angola?
- Humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita in Angola was 0.0465 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1882 ha per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0414 ha per person in 2023.
- How does Angola rank for humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita?
- Angola ranks 4th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.