What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita between Namibia and New Zealand?

0 hectares per person, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and New Zealand?

24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.

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.

Namibia vs New Zealand: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita

Namibia

0 hectares per person

in 2025

New Zealand

0 hectares per person

in 2025

Namibia rank

97th

New Zealand rank

97th

Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita over time

Namibia
New Zealand

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 0 hectares per person against 0 hectares per person in New Zealand, a difference of 0 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 97th and New Zealand ranks 97th of 206 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Namibia	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.0001 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.0001 hectares per person	Namibia
2010s	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	Namibia
2020s	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita, Namibia or New Zealand?: Namibia, at 0 hectares per person against 0 hectares per person in New Zealand as of 2025.
What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita between Namibia and New Zealand?: 0 hectares per person, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and New Zealand?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
How do Namibia and New Zealand rank globally for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita?: Namibia ranks 97th and New Zealand ranks 97th 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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Indicator: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita
Unit: hectares per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 206 places, 4,944 data points, 2002–2025
Last refreshed: 22 September 2026

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.