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

Brazil
0.017 hectares per person
in 2025
Cameroon
0.0162 hectares per person
in 2025
Brazil rank
36th
Cameroon rank
37th

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

  • Brazil
  • Cameroon
0.010.020.030.040.05200220132025

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 0.017 hectares per person against 0.0162 hectares per person in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0008 hectares per person.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 36th and Cameroon ranks 37th of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Cameroon Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0304 hectares per person 0.0229 hectares per person 0.0075 hectares per person Brazil
2010s 0.0272 hectares per person 0.0149 hectares per person 0.0123 hectares per person Brazil
2020s 0.0238 hectares per person 0.0154 hectares per person 0.0084 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 Cameroon?
Brazil, at 0.017 hectares per person against 0.0162 hectares per person in Cameroon as of 2025.
What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Brazil and Cameroon?
0.0008 hectares per person, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cameroon?
24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
How do Brazil and Cameroon rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
Brazil ranks 36th and Cameroon ranks 37th 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.