What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Cape Verde and Puerto Rico?

0 hectares per person, with Cape Verde ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Puerto Rico?

24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.

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.

Cape Verde vs Puerto Rico: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita

Cape Verde

0 hectares per person

in 2025

Puerto Rico

0 hectares per person

in 2025

Cape Verde rank

145th

Puerto Rico rank

145th

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

Cape Verde
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 0 hectares per person against 0 hectares per person in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 145th and Puerto Rico ranks 145th of 206 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Puerto Rico in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	Puerto Rico
2010s	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	Puerto Rico
2020s	0.0002 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.0002 hectares per person	Cape Verde

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, Cape Verde or Puerto Rico?: Cape Verde, at 0 hectares per person against 0 hectares per person in Puerto Rico as of 2025.
What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Cape Verde and Puerto Rico?: 0 hectares per person, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Puerto Rico?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
How do Cape Verde and Puerto Rico rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?: Cape Verde ranks 145th and Puerto Rico ranks 145th 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: 22 September 2026

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.