Brazil vs Cambodia: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita

Brazil
0.017 hectares per person
in 2025
Cambodia
0.0148 hectares per person
in 2025
Brazil rank
36th
Cambodia rank
38th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time

  • Brazil
  • Cambodia
00.020.040.06200220132025

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 0.017 hectares per person against 0.0148 hectares per person in Cambodia, a difference of 0.0022 hectares per person.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.2 times Cambodia's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 36th and Cambodia ranks 38th of 206 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Cambodia Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0304 hectares per person 0.0082 hectares per person 0.0222 hectares per person Brazil
2010s 0.0272 hectares per person 0.0137 hectares per person 0.0135 hectares per person Brazil
2020s 0.0238 hectares per person 0.0136 hectares per person 0.0102 hectares per person Brazil

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, Brazil or Cambodia?
Brazil, at 0.017 hectares per person against 0.0148 hectares per person in Cambodia as of 2025.
What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Brazil and Cambodia?
0.0022 hectares per person, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cambodia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
How do Brazil and Cambodia rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
Brazil ranks 36th and Cambodia ranks 38th 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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Indicator
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Unit
hectares per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
206 places, 4,944 data points, 2002–2025
Last refreshed

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.