Mauritania vs Mozambique: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Mauritania
0.052 hectares per person
in 2025
Mozambique
0.0573 hectares per person
in 2025
Mauritania rank
21st
Mozambique rank
19th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 0.0573 hectares per person against 0.052 hectares per person in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0053 hectares per person.
That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Mozambique ahead.
Mauritania ranks 21st and Mozambique ranks 19th of 206 countries.
Mozambique has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1064 hectares per person | 0.1333 hectares per person | 0.0268 hectares per person | Mozambique |
| 2010s | 0.0543 hectares per person | 0.09 hectares per person | 0.0358 hectares per person | Mozambique |
| 2020s | 0.0448 hectares per person | 0.0745 hectares per person | 0.0298 hectares per person | Mozambique |
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, Mauritania or Mozambique?
- Mozambique, at 0.0573 hectares per person against 0.052 hectares per person in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Mauritania and Mozambique?
- 0.0053 hectares per person, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Mozambique?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Mozambique rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 21st and Mozambique ranks 19th 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.