What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre between Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico?

0 hectares per square kilometre, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico?

22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.

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.

Dominican Republic vs Puerto Rico: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre

Dominican Republic

0 hectares per square kilometre

in 2023

Puerto Rico

0 hectares per square kilometre

in 2023

Dominican Republic rank

97th

Puerto Rico rank

97th

Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre over time

Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 0 hectares per square kilometre against 0 hectares per square kilometre in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0 hectares per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 97th and Puerto Rico ranks 97th of 206 countries.

Dominican Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.0003 hectares per square kilometre	0 hectares per square kilometre	0.0003 hectares per square kilometre	Dominican Republic
2010s	0.0003 hectares per square kilometre	0.0002 hectares per square kilometre	0 hectares per square kilometre	Dominican Republic
2020s	0.0002 hectares per square kilometre	0 hectares per square kilometre	0.0002 hectares per square kilometre	Dominican Republic

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, Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico?: Dominican Republic, at 0 hectares per square kilometre against 0 hectares per square kilometre in Puerto Rico as of 2023.
What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre between Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico?: 0 hectares per square kilometre, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico rank globally for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre?: Dominican Republic ranks 97th and Puerto Rico ranks 97th 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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Indicator: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre
Unit: hectares per square kilometre
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 206 places, 4,504 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed: 22 September 2026

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.