Nicaragua vs Uruguay: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Nicaragua
0.0024 hectares per person
in 2025
Uruguay
0.0031 hectares per person
in 2025
Nicaragua rank
68th
Uruguay rank
66th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Nicaragua
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.0031 hectares per person against 0.0024 hectares per person in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.0007 hectares per person.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.3 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Uruguay ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 68th and Uruguay ranks 66th of 206 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0055 hectares per person | 0.0043 hectares per person | 0.0011 hectares per person | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 0.0056 hectares per person | 0.0031 hectares per person | 0.0024 hectares per person | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 0.0061 hectares per person | 0.0025 hectares per person | 0.0037 hectares per person | Nicaragua |
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, Nicaragua or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.0031 hectares per person against 0.0024 hectares per person in Nicaragua as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Nicaragua and Uruguay?
- 0.0007 hectares per person, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Uruguay?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Nicaragua and Uruguay rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Nicaragua ranks 68th and Uruguay ranks 66th 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.