Brazil vs Paraguay: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre
Brazil
0.4382 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Paraguay
0.4643 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Brazil rank
48th
Paraguay rank
46th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre over time
- Brazil
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 0.4643 hectares per square kilometre against 0.4382 hectares per square kilometre in Brazil, a difference of 0.0261 hectares per square kilometre.
That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 48th and Paraguay ranks 46th of 206 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6738 hectares per square kilometre | 0.3704 hectares per square kilometre | 0.3033 hectares per square kilometre | Brazil |
| 2010s | 0.6514 hectares per square kilometre | 0.4182 hectares per square kilometre | 0.2332 hectares per square kilometre | Brazil |
| 2020s | 0.5789 hectares per square kilometre | 0.5475 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0314 hectares per square kilometre | Brazil |
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, Brazil or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 0.4643 hectares per square kilometre against 0.4382 hectares per square kilometre in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre between Brazil and Paraguay?
- 0.0261 hectares per square kilometre, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Paraguay?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Paraguay rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre?
- Brazil ranks 48th and Paraguay ranks 46th 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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About this data
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.