Kenya vs Portugal: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Kenya
0.0048 hectares per person
in 2025
Portugal
0.0056 hectares per person
in 2025
Kenya rank
60th
Portugal rank
57th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Kenya
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.0056 hectares per person against 0.0048 hectares per person in Kenya, a difference of 0.0008 hectares per person.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 60th and Portugal ranks 57th of 206 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0063 hectares per person | 0.0041 hectares per person | 0.0022 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.0045 hectares per person | 0.0026 hectares per person | 0.0019 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 2020s | 0.0044 hectares per person | 0.0017 hectares per person | 0.0027 hectares per person | Kenya |
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, Kenya or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.0056 hectares per person against 0.0048 hectares per person in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Kenya and Portugal?
- 0.0008 hectares per person, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Portugal?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Portugal rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Kenya ranks 60th and Portugal ranks 57th 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.