Chad vs Congo: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Chad
0.2526 hectares per person
in 2025
Congo
0.2978 hectares per person
in 2025
Chad rank
9th
Congo rank
6th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Chad
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 0.2978 hectares per person against 0.2526 hectares per person in Chad, a difference of 0.0452 hectares per person.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.2 times Chad's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Chad ahead.
Chad ranks 9th and Congo ranks 6th of 206 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 2 and Congo in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7699 hectares per person | 0.53 hectares per person | 0.2399 hectares per person | Chad |
| 2010s | 0.4591 hectares per person | 0.4111 hectares per person | 0.048 hectares per person | Chad |
| 2020s | 0.2952 hectares per person | 0.3324 hectares per person | 0.0371 hectares per person | Congo |
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, Chad or Congo?
- Congo, at 0.2978 hectares per person against 0.2526 hectares per person in Chad as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Chad and Congo?
- 0.0452 hectares per person, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Congo?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Chad and Congo rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Chad ranks 9th and Congo ranks 6th 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.