Burkina Faso vs Ghana: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita
Burkina Faso
0.1383 ha per person
in 2024
Ghana
0.121 ha per person
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
17th
Ghana rank
19th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita over time
- Burkina Faso
- Ghana
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 0.1383 ha per person against 0.121 ha per person in Ghana, a difference of 0.0173 ha per person.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Ghana ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 17th and Ghana ranks 19th of 188 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2294 ha per person | 0.2927 ha per person | 0.0633 ha per person | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.2106 ha per person | 0.2317 ha per person | 0.0211 ha per person | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.1016 ha per person | 0.1661 ha per person | 0.0645 ha per person | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.0863 ha per person | 0.1304 ha per person | 0.0441 ha per person | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per capita, Burkina Faso or Ghana?
- Burkina Faso, at 0.1383 ha per person against 0.121 ha per person in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per capita between Burkina Faso and Ghana?
- 0.0173 ha per person, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Ghana?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Ghana rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per capita?
- Burkina Faso ranks 17th and Ghana ranks 19th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna fires — 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
Savanna fires — 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.