Cameroon vs Madagascar: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre
Cameroon
0.004 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Madagascar
0.0042 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Cameroon rank
39th
Madagascar rank
37th
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre over time
- Cameroon
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 0.0042 hectares per square kilometre against 0.004 hectares per square kilometre in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Madagascar ahead.
Cameroon ranks 39th and Madagascar ranks 37th of 206 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Madagascar in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0053 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0047 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0006 hectares per square kilometre | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 0.0051 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0058 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 0.0054 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0088 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0033 hectares per square kilometre | Madagascar |
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, Cameroon or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 0.0042 hectares per square kilometre against 0.004 hectares per square kilometre in Cameroon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre between Cameroon and Madagascar?
- 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Madagascar?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Madagascar rank globally for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre?
- Cameroon ranks 39th and Madagascar ranks 37th 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.