Botswana vs Guinea-Bissau: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre
Botswana
0.0442 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau
0.0366 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Botswana rank
4th
Guinea-Bissau rank
7th
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre over time
- Botswana
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 0.0442 hectares per square kilometre against 0.0366 hectares per square kilometre in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.0076 hectares per square kilometre.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.2 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Botswana ranks 4th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 7th of 206 countries.
Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0143 hectares per square kilometre | 0.1268 hectares per square kilometre | 0.1125 hectares per square kilometre | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 0.0397 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0678 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0281 hectares per square kilometre | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 0.0214 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0567 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0353 hectares per square kilometre | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre, Botswana or Guinea-Bissau?
- Botswana, at 0.0442 hectares per square kilometre against 0.0366 hectares per square kilometre in Guinea-Bissau as of 2023.
- What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre between Botswana and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.0076 hectares per square kilometre, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Guinea-Bissau?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Botswana and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre?
- Botswana ranks 4th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 7th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Wildfire area burned 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
Wildfire area burned 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.