Bahamas vs Turkey: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre

Bahamas
0.015 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Turkey
0.0233 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Bahamas rank
102nd
Turkey rank
100th

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

  • Bahamas
  • Turkey
00.050.10.150.20.25200220122023

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 0.0233 hectares per square kilometre against 0.015 hectares per square kilometre in Bahamas, a difference of 0.0083 hectares per square kilometre.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.6 times Bahamas's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Turkey ahead.

Bahamas ranks 102nd and Turkey ranks 100th of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahamas Turkey Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0732 hectares per square kilometre 0.0371 hectares per square kilometre 0.0361 hectares per square kilometre Bahamas
2010s 0.0959 hectares per square kilometre 0.0579 hectares per square kilometre 0.0379 hectares per square kilometre Bahamas
2020s 0.0595 hectares per square kilometre 0.0487 hectares per square kilometre 0.0108 hectares per square kilometre Bahamas

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, Bahamas or Turkey?
Turkey, at 0.0233 hectares per square kilometre against 0.015 hectares per square kilometre in Bahamas as of 2023.
What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre between Bahamas and Turkey?
0.0083 hectares per square kilometre, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Turkey?
22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Bahamas and Turkey rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre?
Bahamas ranks 102nd and Turkey ranks 100th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bahamas vs Turkey: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/area-burned-by-wildfires-by-land-cover-type-per-square-kilometre/bahamas-the/turkiye/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/area-burned-by-wildfires-by-land-cover-type-per-square-kilometre/bahamas-the/turkiye/">Bahamas vs Turkey: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.