Madagascar vs Tanzania: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita
Madagascar
0.0001 hectares per person
in 2025
Tanzania
0.0002 hectares per person
in 2025
Madagascar rank
25th
Tanzania rank
22nd
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita over time
- Madagascar
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 0.0002 hectares per person against 0.0001 hectares per person in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0001 hectares per person.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 25th and Tanzania ranks 22nd of 206 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 2 and Tanzania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0001 hectares per person | 0.0002 hectares per person | 0.0001 hectares per person | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 0.0001 hectares per person | 0.0001 hectares per person | 0 hectares per person | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 0.0002 hectares per person | 0.0001 hectares per person | 0.0001 hectares per person | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita, Madagascar or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 0.0002 hectares per person against 0.0001 hectares per person in Madagascar as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita between Madagascar and Tanzania?
- 0.0001 hectares per person, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Tanzania?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Madagascar and Tanzania rank globally for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita?
- Madagascar ranks 25th and Tanzania ranks 22nd 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.