Colombia vs Eritrea: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Colombia
0.0084 hectares per person
in 2025
Eritrea
0.0119 hectares per person
in 2025
Colombia rank
47th
Eritrea rank
44th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Colombia
- Eritrea
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 0.0119 hectares per person against 0.0084 hectares per person in Colombia, a difference of 0.0035 hectares per person.
That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.4 times Colombia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 47th and Eritrea ranks 44th of 206 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Eritrea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0143 hectares per person | 0.0055 hectares per person | 0.0088 hectares per person | Colombia |
| 2010s | 0.0101 hectares per person | 0.0014 hectares per person | 0.0087 hectares per person | Colombia |
| 2020s | 0.0104 hectares per person | 0.0078 hectares per person | 0.0026 hectares per person | Colombia |
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, Colombia or Eritrea?
- Eritrea, at 0.0119 hectares per person against 0.0084 hectares per person in Colombia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Colombia and Eritrea?
- 0.0035 hectares per person, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Eritrea?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Eritrea rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Colombia ranks 47th and Eritrea ranks 44th 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.