Japan vs Liberia: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre
Japan
0.0015 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Liberia
0.0016 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
132nd
Liberia rank
131st
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 0.0016 hectares per square kilometre against 0.0015 hectares per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Liberia ahead.
Japan ranks 132nd and Liberia ranks 131st of 206 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Liberia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.001 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0024 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0013 hectares per square kilometre | Liberia |
| 2010s | 0.0024 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0041 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0017 hectares per square kilometre | Liberia |
| 2020s | 0.0029 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0017 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0012 hectares per square kilometre | Japan |
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, Japan or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 0.0016 hectares per square kilometre against 0.0015 hectares per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre between Japan and Liberia?
- 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Liberia?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Liberia rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 132nd and Liberia ranks 131st 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.