Costa Rica vs Sierra Leone: Grassland — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.1491 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.2085 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
54th
Sierra Leone rank
52nd
Grassland — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.2085 ha per square kilometre against 0.1491 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0594 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.4 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 54th and Sierra Leone ranks 52nd of 187 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0548 ha per square kilometre | 0.0875 ha per square kilometre | 0.0327 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.0747 ha per square kilometre | 0.0813 ha per square kilometre | 0.0066 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.1206 ha per square kilometre | 0.2113 ha per square kilometre | 0.0908 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.1274 ha per square kilometre | 0.1928 ha per square kilometre | 0.0654 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher grassland — burned area, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.2085 ha per square kilometre against 0.1491 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in grassland — burned area, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0594 ha per square kilometre, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sierra Leone?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Sierra Leone rank globally for grassland — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 54th and Sierra Leone ranks 52nd of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Grassland — 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
Grassland — 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.