Afghanistan vs Georgia: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre

Afghanistan
0.0048 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Georgia
0.004 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
121st
Georgia rank
124th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Georgia
00.10.20.3200220122023

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0.0048 hectares per square kilometre against 0.004 hectares per square kilometre in Georgia, a difference of 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.2 times Georgia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 121st and Georgia ranks 124th of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Georgia Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0402 hectares per square kilometre 0.1177 hectares per square kilometre 0.0775 hectares per square kilometre Georgia
2010s 0.0125 hectares per square kilometre 0.1323 hectares per square kilometre 0.1197 hectares per square kilometre Georgia
2020s 0.0111 hectares per square kilometre 0.0393 hectares per square kilometre 0.0282 hectares per square kilometre Georgia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre, Afghanistan or Georgia?
Afghanistan, at 0.0048 hectares per square kilometre against 0.004 hectares per square kilometre in Georgia as of 2023.
What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre between Afghanistan and Georgia?
0.0008 hectares per square kilometre, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Georgia?
22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and Georgia rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre?
Afghanistan ranks 121st and Georgia ranks 124th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre. 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 square kilometre
Unit
hectares per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
206 places, 4,504 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.