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

0 hectares per person, with United Kingdom ahead.

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

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.

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

New Zealand

0 hectares per person

in 2025

United Kingdom

0 hectares per person

in 2025

New Zealand rank

97th

United Kingdom rank

94th

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

New Zealand
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom 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 8 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was United Kingdom ahead.

New Zealand ranks 97th and United Kingdom ranks 94th of 206 countries.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	New Zealand	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	New Zealand
2010s	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	New Zealand
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, New Zealand or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, 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 New Zealand and United Kingdom?: 0 hectares per person, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and United Kingdom?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
How do New Zealand and United Kingdom rank globally for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per capita?: New Zealand ranks 97th and United Kingdom ranks 94th 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.