What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between South Korea and Sri Lanka?

0 hectares per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Sri Lanka?

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.

South Korea vs Sri Lanka: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita

South Korea

0 hectares per person

in 2025

Sri Lanka

0 hectares per person

in 2025

South Korea rank

134th

Sri Lanka rank

131st

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

South Korea
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0 hectares per person against 0 hectares per person in South Korea, a difference of 0 hectares per person.

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

South Korea ranks 134th and Sri Lanka ranks 131st of 206 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	South Korea	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0 hectares per person	0.0004 hectares per person	0.0004 hectares per person	Sri Lanka
2010s	0 hectares per person	0.0001 hectares per person	0.0001 hectares per person	Sri Lanka
2020s	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	Sri Lanka

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, South Korea or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 0 hectares per person against 0 hectares per person in South Korea as of 2025.
What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between South Korea and Sri Lanka?: 0 hectares per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Sri Lanka?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
How do South Korea and Sri Lanka rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?: South Korea ranks 134th and Sri Lanka ranks 131st 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.