Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: Humid tropical forest: Burning crop residues … Burning square
Nigeria
3.11 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
2.88 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria rank
25th
Sierra Leone rank
27th
Humid tropical forest: Burning crop residues … Burning square over time
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 3.11 t per square kilometre against 2.88 t per square kilometre in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.23 t 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 | 20.41 t per square kilometre | 7.07 t per square kilometre | 13.34 t per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 7.06 t per square kilometre | 5.02 t per square kilometre | 2.04 t per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 2.17 t per square kilometre | 6.37 t per square kilometre | 4.2 t per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 4.22 t per square kilometre | 2.62 t per square kilometre | 1.6 t per square kilometre | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher humid tropical forest — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry), Nigeria or Sierra Leone?
- Nigeria, at 3.11 t per square kilometre against 2.88 t per square kilometre in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry) between Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
- 0.23 t 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 — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry)?
- Nigeria ranks 25th and Sierra Leone ranks 27th of 185 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Humid tropical forest — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), 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 — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 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.