Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Nigeria
0.0575 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.0548 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria rank
35th
Sierra Leone rank
38th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.0575 ha per square kilometre against 0.0548 ha per square kilometre in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0027 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 35th and Sierra Leone ranks 38th of 186 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5269 ha per square kilometre | 0.1384 ha per square kilometre | 0.3885 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.1653 ha per square kilometre | 0.095 ha per square kilometre | 0.0703 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.0403 ha per square kilometre | 0.1198 ha per square kilometre | 0.0795 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.0781 ha per square kilometre | 0.0519 ha per square kilometre | 0.0262 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Nigeria or Sierra Leone?
- Nigeria, at 0.0575 ha per square kilometre against 0.0548 ha per square kilometre in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0027 ha per square kilometre, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Nigeria and Sierra Leone rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Nigeria ranks 35th and Sierra Leone ranks 38th 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.