Papua New Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita)
Papua New Guinea
0.0007 ha per person
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.0011 ha per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
32nd
Sierra Leone rank
29th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita) over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0011 ha per person against 0.0007 ha per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0004 ha per person.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.5 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 32nd and Sierra Leone ranks 29th of 185 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0321 ha per person | 0.0022 ha per person | 0.0299 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.0033 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0026 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita, Papua New Guinea or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.0011 ha per person against 0.0007 ha per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita between Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0004 ha per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 32nd 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.