Barbados vs Nicaragua: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre

Barbados
0.9984 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Nicaragua
0.8434 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Barbados rank
35th
Nicaragua rank
37th

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

  • Barbados
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 0.9984 hectares per square kilometre against 0.8434 hectares per square kilometre in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.155 hectares per square kilometre.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.2 times Nicaragua's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Barbados ranks 35th and Nicaragua ranks 37th of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Nicaragua Difference Ahead
2000s 0 hectares per square kilometre 0.2452 hectares per square kilometre 0.2452 hectares per square kilometre Nicaragua
2010s 0.0749 hectares per square kilometre 0.2807 hectares per square kilometre 0.2058 hectares per square kilometre Nicaragua
2020s 0.2496 hectares per square kilometre 0.3916 hectares per square kilometre 0.142 hectares per square kilometre 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 square kilometre, Barbados or Nicaragua?
Barbados, at 0.9984 hectares per square kilometre against 0.8434 hectares per square kilometre in Nicaragua as of 2023.
What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre between Barbados and Nicaragua?
0.155 hectares per square kilometre, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Nicaragua?
22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Nicaragua rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre?
Barbados ranks 35th and Nicaragua ranks 37th 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.