Costa Rica vs Fiji: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.0013 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Fiji
0.0012 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
62nd
Fiji rank
64th
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Fiji
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.0013 hectares per square kilometre against 0.0012 hectares per square kilometre in Fiji, a difference of 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Fiji's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 62nd and Fiji ranks 64th of 206 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Fiji in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Fiji | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.001 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0034 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0024 hectares per square kilometre | Fiji |
| 2020s | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0005 hectares per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
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, Costa Rica or Fiji?
- Costa Rica, at 0.0013 hectares per square kilometre against 0.0012 hectares per square kilometre in Fiji as of 2023.
- What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Fiji?
- 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Fiji?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Fiji rank globally for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 62nd and Fiji ranks 64th 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.