Benin vs Sierra Leone: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Benin
6.69 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
5.29 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Benin rank
18th
Sierra Leone rank
19th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Benin
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Benin currently reports 6.69 ha per square kilometre against 5.29 ha per square kilometre in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1.4 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.3 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 18th and Sierra Leone ranks 19th of 188 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.05 ha per square kilometre | 6.51 ha per square kilometre | 7.53 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
| 2000s | 13.28 ha per square kilometre | 9.94 ha per square kilometre | 3.34 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
| 2010s | 8.87 ha per square kilometre | 9.13 ha per square kilometre | 0.2656 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 6.94 ha per square kilometre | 6.3 ha per square kilometre | 0.6474 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Benin or Sierra Leone?
- Benin, at 6.69 ha per square kilometre against 5.29 ha per square kilometre in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Benin and Sierra Leone?
- 1.4 ha per square kilometre, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Sierra Leone?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Benin and Sierra Leone rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Benin ranks 18th and Sierra Leone ranks 19th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna fires — 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 fires — 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.