Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita) in Cambodia
Cambodia: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita) was 0.0177 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita in Cambodia, 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 0.0177 ha per person for humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita in 2024.
The figure is up 48.6% on the previous year and down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita in Cambodia peaked at 0.0503 ha per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0012 ha per person, in 1996.
That places Cambodia 11th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Cambodia, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0503 ha per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.0483 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0458 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0431 ha per person | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0402 ha per person | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 0.037 ha per person | -7.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0012 ha per person | -96.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0072 ha per person | +496.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0156 ha per person | +116.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0091 ha per person | -42.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0066 ha per person | -26.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0193 ha per person | +191.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0367 ha per person | +90.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0429 ha per person | +16.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0486 ha per person | +13.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0246 ha per person | -49.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0458 ha per person | +86.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0424 ha per person | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0374 ha per person | -11.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0379 ha per person | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0286 ha per person | -24.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0442 ha per person | +54.3% |
| 2012 | 0.03 ha per person | -32.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0287 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0295 ha per person | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0313 ha per person | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0231 ha per person | -26.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0272 ha per person | +17.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0213 ha per person | -21.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0183 ha per person | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0191 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0216 ha per person | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0119 ha per person | -45.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0119 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0177 ha per person | +48.6% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 0.0177 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0 ha per person, 23384.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita) in Cambodia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +496.0% | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0072 ha per person |
| 2001 | +191.0% | 0.0066 ha per person | 0.0193 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0298 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0503 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0342 ha per person | 0.0066 ha per person | 0.0486 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0282 ha per person | 0.0183 ha per person | 0.0442 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0164 ha per person | 0.0119 ha per person | 0.0216 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More climate change data for Cambodia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 62.43 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,288 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,008 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9,280 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 11.35 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 331.43 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 20,858 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,671 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 19,187 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 6.31 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita in Cambodia?
- Humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita in Cambodia was 0.0177 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0503 ha per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0012 ha per person in 1996.
- How does Cambodia rank for humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita?
- Cambodia ranks 11th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.