Senegal vs Zambia: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Senegal
20.39 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Zambia
23.56 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Senegal rank
4th
Zambia rank
3rd
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Senegal
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 23.56 ha per square kilometre against 20.39 ha per square kilometre in Senegal, a difference of 3.17 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.2 times Senegal's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.
Senegal ranks 4th and Zambia ranks 3rd of 188 countries.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Senegal | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.69 ha per square kilometre | 24.54 ha per square kilometre | 6.85 ha per square kilometre | Zambia |
| 2000s | 19.24 ha per square kilometre | 26.48 ha per square kilometre | 7.25 ha per square kilometre | Zambia |
| 2010s | 17.89 ha per square kilometre | 25.52 ha per square kilometre | 7.63 ha per square kilometre | Zambia |
| 2020s | 19.7 ha per square kilometre | 23.93 ha per square kilometre | 4.23 ha per square kilometre | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Senegal or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 23.56 ha per square kilometre against 20.39 ha per square kilometre in Senegal as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Senegal and Zambia?
- 3.17 ha per square kilometre, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Zambia?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Senegal and Zambia rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Senegal ranks 4th and Zambia ranks 3rd 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.