Burkina Faso vs Sudan: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Burkina Faso
0.1434 hectares per person
in 2025
Sudan
0.1615 hectares per person
in 2025
Burkina Faso rank
13th
Sudan rank
12th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Burkina Faso
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 0.1615 hectares per person against 0.1434 hectares per person in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.0181 hectares per person.
That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 13th and Sudan ranks 12th of 206 countries.
Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2104 hectares per person | 0.2355 hectares per person | 0.0251 hectares per person | Sudan |
| 2010s | 0.106 hectares per person | 0.1397 hectares per person | 0.0336 hectares per person | Sudan |
| 2020s | 0.1008 hectares per person | 0.1211 hectares per person | 0.0203 hectares per person | Sudan |
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, Burkina Faso or Sudan?
- Sudan, at 0.1615 hectares per person against 0.1434 hectares per person in Burkina Faso as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Burkina Faso and Sudan?
- 0.0181 hectares per person, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Sudan?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and Sudan rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Burkina Faso ranks 13th and Sudan ranks 12th 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.