Papua New Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
0.0337 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.0548 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
41st
Sierra Leone rank
38th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0548 ha per square kilometre against 0.0337 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0211 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.6 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 41st and Sierra Leone ranks 38th of 186 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3714 ha per square kilometre | 0.1384 ha per square kilometre | 0.233 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.0518 ha per square kilometre | 0.095 ha per square kilometre | 0.0432 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.0611 ha per square kilometre | 0.1198 ha per square kilometre | 0.0587 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.0247 ha per square kilometre | 0.0519 ha per square kilometre | 0.0272 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Papua New Guinea or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.0548 ha per square kilometre against 0.0337 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0211 ha per square kilometre, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 41st 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.