Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre
Cameroon
0.7035 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau
0.6939 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Cameroon rank
38th
Guinea-Bissau rank
39th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre over time
- Cameroon
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 0.7035 hectares per square kilometre against 0.6939 hectares per square kilometre in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.0096 hectares per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Cameroon ranks 38th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 39th of 206 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8419 hectares per square kilometre | 0.7995 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0423 hectares per square kilometre | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 0.7033 hectares per square kilometre | 0.552 hectares per square kilometre | 0.1514 hectares per square kilometre | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 0.9004 hectares per square kilometre | 0.6565 hectares per square kilometre | 0.2439 hectares per square kilometre | Cameroon |
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, Cameroon or Guinea-Bissau?
- Cameroon, at 0.7035 hectares per square kilometre against 0.6939 hectares per square kilometre in Guinea-Bissau as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre between Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.0096 hectares per square kilometre, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre?
- Cameroon ranks 38th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 39th 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.