Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita in Eswatini
Eswatini: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita was 0.0956 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita in Eswatini, 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 0.0956 ha per person for savanna fires — burned area, per capita in 2024.
The figure is up 147.6% on the previous year and up 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, savanna fires — burned area, per capita in Eswatini peaked at 0.0986 ha per person in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0222 ha per person, in 2016.
That places Eswatini 22nd out of 188 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0691 ha per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.0664 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0639 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0621 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0621 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0622 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0574 ha per person | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0505 ha per person | -12.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0776 ha per person | +53.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0511 ha per person | -34.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0329 ha per person | -35.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0372 ha per person | +13.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0656 ha per person | +76.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0572 ha per person | -12.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0471 ha per person | -17.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0631 ha per person | +34.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0262 ha per person | -58.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0986 ha per person | +276.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0815 ha per person | -17.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0382 ha per person | -53.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0823 ha per person | +115.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0608 ha per person | -26.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0671 ha per person | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0673 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0679 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.031 ha per person | -54.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0222 ha per person | -28.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0299 ha per person | +34.8% |
| 2018 | 0.029 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0867 ha per person | +199.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0319 ha per person | -63.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0498 ha per person | +56.3% |
| 2022 | 0.029 ha per person | -41.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0386 ha per person | +33.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0956 ha per person | +147.6% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 0.0956 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0057 ha per person, 16.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 0.0956 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.062 ha per person, 1.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +276.7% | 0.0262 ha per person | 0.0986 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0622 ha per person | 0.0505 ha per person | 0.0776 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0548 ha per person | 0.0262 ha per person | 0.0986 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0544 ha per person | 0.0222 ha per person | 0.0867 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.049 ha per person | 0.029 ha per person | 0.0956 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More climate change data for Eswatini
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 10.39 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,459 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 469.92 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 988.9 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 35.32 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 77.58 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 66.81 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.2521 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is savanna fires — burned area, per capita in Eswatini?
- Savanna fires — burned area, per capita in Eswatini was 0.0956 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest savanna fires — burned area, per capita recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0986 ha per person in 2007.
- What is the lowest savanna fires — burned area, per capita recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0222 ha per person in 2016.
- How does Eswatini rank for savanna fires — burned area, per capita?
- Eswatini ranks 22nd out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is savanna fires — burned area, per capita rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Savanna 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.
Savanna fires — Burned Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Savanna 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
Savanna 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.