Benin vs Mauritania: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Benin
0.0405 hectares per person
in 2025
Mauritania
0.052 hectares per person
in 2025
Benin rank
24th
Mauritania rank
21st
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Benin
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.052 hectares per person against 0.0405 hectares per person in Benin, a difference of 0.0115 hectares per person.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.3 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 24th and Mauritania ranks 21st of 206 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1075 hectares per person | 0.1064 hectares per person | 0.0011 hectares per person | Benin |
| 2010s | 0.07 hectares per person | 0.0543 hectares per person | 0.0158 hectares per person | Benin |
| 2020s | 0.0483 hectares per person | 0.0448 hectares per person | 0.0036 hectares per person | Benin |
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, Benin or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 0.052 hectares per person against 0.0405 hectares per person in Benin as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Benin and Mauritania?
- 0.0115 hectares per person, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Mauritania?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Benin and Mauritania rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Benin ranks 24th and Mauritania ranks 21st 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.