Angola vs Congo: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Angola
0.3164 hectares per person
in 2025
Congo
0.2978 hectares per person
in 2025
Angola rank
5th
Congo rank
6th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Angola
- Congo
How they compare
Angola currently reports 0.3164 hectares per person against 0.2978 hectares per person in Congo, a difference of 0.0186 hectares per person.
That makes Angola's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Angola ahead.
Angola ranks 5th and Congo ranks 6th of 206 countries.
Angola has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.721 hectares per person | 0.53 hectares per person | 0.191 hectares per person | Angola |
| 2010s | 0.4885 hectares per person | 0.4111 hectares per person | 0.0774 hectares per person | Angola |
| 2020s | 0.3391 hectares per person | 0.3324 hectares per person | 0.0067 hectares per person | Angola |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita, Angola or Congo?
- Angola, at 0.3164 hectares per person against 0.2978 hectares per person in Congo as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Angola and Congo?
- 0.0186 hectares per person, with Angola ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Congo?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Angola and Congo rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Angola ranks 5th and Congo ranks 6th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.