Benin vs Senegal: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Benin
0.0214 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Senegal
0.0217 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Benin rank
50th
Senegal rank
49th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Benin
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 0.0217 ha per square kilometre against 0.0214 ha per square kilometre in Benin, a difference of 0.0003 ha per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 50th and Senegal ranks 49th of 186 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Senegal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5041 ha per square kilometre | 0.4635 ha per square kilometre | 0.0406 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
| 2000s | 0.1499 ha per square kilometre | 0.136 ha per square kilometre | 0.0139 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
| 2010s | 0.0423 ha per square kilometre | 0.0618 ha per square kilometre | 0.0195 ha per square kilometre | Senegal |
| 2020s | 0.0216 ha per square kilometre | 0.0506 ha per square kilometre | 0.029 ha per square kilometre | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Benin or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 0.0217 ha per square kilometre against 0.0214 ha per square kilometre in Benin as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Benin and Senegal?
- 0.0003 ha per square kilometre, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Senegal?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Benin and Senegal rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Benin ranks 50th and Senegal ranks 49th of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Forest fires — Burned Area, 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
Forest fires — Burned Area 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.