Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Nigeria
0.0575 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.0533 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria rank
25th
Sierra Leone rank
27th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.0575 ha per square kilometre against 0.0533 ha per square kilometre in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0042 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 25th and Sierra Leone ranks 27th of 185 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3773 ha per square kilometre | 0.1307 ha per square kilometre | 0.2466 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.1304 ha per square kilometre | 0.0927 ha per square kilometre | 0.0377 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.0401 ha per square kilometre | 0.1177 ha per square kilometre | 0.0776 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.078 ha per square kilometre | 0.0484 ha per square kilometre | 0.0296 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre, Nigeria or Sierra Leone?
- Nigeria, at 0.0575 ha per square kilometre against 0.0533 ha per square kilometre in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0042 ha per square kilometre, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Nigeria and Sierra Leone rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Nigeria ranks 25th and Sierra Leone ranks 27th of 185 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Humid tropical forest — 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
Humid tropical forest — 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.