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Myanmar vs Tanzania

Averaged across every city Airleaf has measured in each country — 33 in Myanmar and 34 in Tanzania — each read the same way: Sentinel-2 imagery at 10 m detail over a 2 km radius, and the live US EPA air quality index.

Myanmar averages more tree cover — 59.0% against 18.9%.

Both average the same air quality index.

Tree cover gap
40.0 points
Myanmar is ahead.
Air quality gap
0 AQI
Both average the same.
Cities behind it
33 vs 34
How much each average rests on.
Myanmar

33 cities measured

Tanzania

34 cities measured

Average tree cover

Mean across measured cities, each over the same 2 km radius.

59.0%

18.9%

Average air quality index

US EPA index. Lower is better.

41

41

Cities measured

How much each average rests on.

33

34

Trees still needed

Summed across measured cities, to reach their canopy targets. Fewer is better.

9.2K

1.6M

Behind the averages

The extremes in each country

An average says nothing about how far apart the best and worst places are. These are the measured cities at each end.

Myanmar

Greenest measured city
Thandwe92.6% tree cover
Worst air right now
MonywaAQI 80

Reading these numbers

What a country average is, and is not

It is a mean of cities

Not a national statistic. Each figure is the average across the cities Airleaf has measured in that country — 33 in Myanmar and 34 in Tanzania — each read over the same 2 km radius. Rural land, forest and everywhere unmeasured are not in it, so this compares urban areas rather than territories.

Coverage shapes the number

A country measured mostly in its capital reads differently from one measured across dozens of towns. Tanzania rests on 34 cities against 33, so its average is the steadier of the two. Both firm up as coverage grows.

Frequently asked

Myanmar and Tanzania, answered

Which country has more tree cover, Myanmar or Tanzania?

Myanmar, averaging 59.0% across its measured cities against 18.9% — a gap of 40.0 percentage points.

Which has cleaner air, Myanmar or Tanzania?

Both average AQI 41 at the moment.

How many cities is each figure based on?

33 measured cities in Myanmar and 34 in Tanzania. Every one was read the same way, so the two averages are directly comparable — but a country with more measured cities has the more settled figure.

Is this the whole country?

No. It is the cities Airleaf has measured, each over a 2 km radius from its centre. Forest, farmland and unmeasured towns are not included, so treat this as a comparison of urban tree cover and urban air rather than of national land cover.

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