Mali vs Sierra Leone: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Mali
4.48 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
5.29 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Mali rank
22nd
Sierra Leone rank
19th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Mali
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 5.29 ha per square kilometre against 4.48 ha per square kilometre in Mali, a difference of 0.81 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Mali ranks 22nd and Sierra Leone ranks 19th of 188 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.88 ha per square kilometre | 6.51 ha per square kilometre | 1.63 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 5.39 ha per square kilometre | 9.94 ha per square kilometre | 4.55 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 4.32 ha per square kilometre | 9.13 ha per square kilometre | 4.81 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 4.61 ha per square kilometre | 6.3 ha per square kilometre | 1.69 ha per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Mali or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 5.29 ha per square kilometre against 4.48 ha per square kilometre in Mali as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Mali and Sierra Leone?
- 0.81 ha per square kilometre, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Sierra Leone?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Mali and Sierra Leone rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Mali ranks 22nd 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.