Guinea-Bissau vs Nicaragua: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre

Guinea-Bissau
0.0366 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Nicaragua
0.0371 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau rank
7th
Nicaragua rank
6th

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

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.0371 hectares per square kilometre against 0.0366 hectares per square kilometre in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.0005 hectares per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 7th and Nicaragua ranks 6th of 206 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Nicaragua Difference Ahead
2000s 0.1268 hectares per square kilometre 0.0276 hectares per square kilometre 0.0992 hectares per square kilometre Guinea-Bissau
2010s 0.0678 hectares per square kilometre 0.0192 hectares per square kilometre 0.0485 hectares per square kilometre Guinea-Bissau
2020s 0.0567 hectares per square kilometre 0.0142 hectares per square kilometre 0.0425 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, Guinea-Bissau or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 0.0371 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 Guinea-Bissau and Nicaragua?
0.0005 hectares per square kilometre, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Nicaragua?
22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Nicaragua rank globally for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 7th and Nicaragua ranks 6th 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

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.