Ghana vs Guinea-Bissau: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita

Ghana
0.121 ha per person
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
0.1297 ha per person
in 2024
Ghana rank
19th
Guinea-Bissau rank
18th

Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita over time

  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
0.10.20.30.40.5199020072024

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.1297 ha per person against 0.121 ha per person in Ghana, a difference of 0.0087 ha per person.

That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Ghana ranks 19th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 18th of 188 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 1 and Guinea-Bissau in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Guinea-Bissau Difference Ahead
1990s 0.2927 ha per person 0.3124 ha per person 0.0197 ha per person Guinea-Bissau
2000s 0.2317 ha per person 0.3709 ha per person 0.1391 ha per person Guinea-Bissau
2010s 0.1661 ha per person 0.1968 ha per person 0.0308 ha per person Guinea-Bissau
2020s 0.1304 ha per person 0.1254 ha per person 0.005 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, Ghana or Guinea-Bissau?
Guinea-Bissau, at 0.1297 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 Ghana and Guinea-Bissau?
0.0087 ha per person, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Guinea-Bissau?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Ghana and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per capita?
Ghana ranks 19th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 18th 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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Indicator
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
190 places, 6,504 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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.