Costa Rica vs Sierra Leone: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita)
Costa Rica
0.001 ha per person
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.0011 ha per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
30th
Sierra Leone rank
29th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita) over time
- Costa Rica
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0011 ha per person against 0.001 ha per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0001 ha per person.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 30th and Sierra Leone ranks 29th of 185 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0022 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita, Costa Rica or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.0011 ha per person against 0.001 ha per person in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita between Costa Rica and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0001 ha per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Sierra Leone rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 30th and Sierra Leone ranks 29th of 185 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.