Guinea-Bissau vs Malawi: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre
Guinea-Bissau
0.6939 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Malawi
0.6603 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau rank
39th
Malawi rank
40th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Malawi
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.6939 hectares per square kilometre against 0.6603 hectares per square kilometre in Malawi, a difference of 0.0336 hectares per square kilometre.
That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 39th and Malawi ranks 40th of 206 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7995 hectares per square kilometre | 1.05 hectares per square kilometre | 0.2486 hectares per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.552 hectares per square kilometre | 1.11 hectares per square kilometre | 0.5561 hectares per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.6565 hectares per square kilometre | 0.886 hectares per square kilometre | 0.2295 hectares per square kilometre | Malawi |
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, Guinea-Bissau or Malawi?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 0.6939 hectares per square kilometre against 0.6603 hectares per square kilometre in Malawi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre between Guinea-Bissau and Malawi?
- 0.0336 hectares per square kilometre, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Malawi?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Malawi rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 39th and Malawi ranks 40th 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.