Ghana vs Sierra Leone: Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Ghana
3.67 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
4.19 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Ghana rank
12th
Sierra Leone rank
10th
Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Ghana
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 4.19 ha per square kilometre against 3.67 ha per square kilometre in Ghana, a difference of 0.52 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 12th and Sierra Leone ranks 10th of 188 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.82 ha per square kilometre | 3.64 ha per square kilometre | 7.18 ha per square kilometre | Ghana |
| 2000s | 9.2 ha per square kilometre | 7.54 ha per square kilometre | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | Ghana |
| 2010s | 6.86 ha per square kilometre | 7 ha per square kilometre | 0.14 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 5.23 ha per square kilometre | 5.16 ha per square kilometre | 0.0743 ha per square kilometre | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna — burned area, per square kilometre, Ghana or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 4.19 ha per square kilometre against 3.67 ha per square kilometre in Ghana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna — burned area, per square kilometre between Ghana and Sierra Leone?
- 0.52 ha per square kilometre, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Sierra Leone?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Ghana and Sierra Leone rank globally for savanna — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Ghana ranks 12th and Sierra Leone ranks 10th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna — 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
Savanna — 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.