Rwanda vs Senegal: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Rwanda
0.0199 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Senegal
0.0217 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Rwanda rank
52nd
Senegal rank
49th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Rwanda
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 0.0217 ha per square kilometre against 0.0199 ha per square kilometre in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0018 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Senegal ahead.
Rwanda ranks 52nd and Senegal ranks 49th of 186 countries.
Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0271 ha per square kilometre | 0.4635 ha per square kilometre | 0.4364 ha per square kilometre | Senegal |
| 2000s | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | 0.136 ha per square kilometre | 0.1283 ha per square kilometre | Senegal |
| 2010s | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | 0.0618 ha per square kilometre | 0.0541 ha per square kilometre | Senegal |
| 2020s | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | 0.0506 ha per square kilometre | 0.045 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, Rwanda or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 0.0217 ha per square kilometre against 0.0199 ha per square kilometre in Rwanda as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Rwanda and Senegal?
- 0.0018 ha per square kilometre, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Senegal?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Rwanda and Senegal rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Rwanda ranks 52nd 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.