Canada vs Congo: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita
Canada
0.0012 hectares per person
in 2025
Congo
0.002 hectares per person
in 2025
Canada rank
5th
Congo rank
3rd
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita over time
- Canada
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 0.002 hectares per person against 0.0012 hectares per person in Canada, a difference of 0.0008 hectares per person.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.6 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Congo ahead.
Canada ranks 5th and Congo ranks 3rd of 206 countries.
Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0009 hectares per person | 0.0033 hectares per person | 0.0023 hectares per person | Congo |
| 2010s | 0.0012 hectares per person | 0.0032 hectares per person | 0.0019 hectares per person | Congo |
| 2020s | 0.0016 hectares per person | 0.0034 hectares per person | 0.0018 hectares per person | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita, Canada or Congo?
- Congo, at 0.002 hectares per person against 0.0012 hectares per person in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita between Canada and Congo?
- 0.0008 hectares per person, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Congo?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Congo rank globally for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita?
- Canada ranks 5th and Congo ranks 3rd of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Wildfire area burned by land cover type divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.