Mauritania vs Niger: Savanna fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … square
Mauritania
1.28 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Niger
1.51 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Mauritania rank
64th
Niger rank
61st
Savanna fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … square over time
- Mauritania
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 1.51 t per square kilometre against 1.28 t per square kilometre in Mauritania, a difference of 0.23 t per square kilometre.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.2 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 64th and Niger ranks 61st of 188 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 3 and Niger in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.87 t per square kilometre | 1.31 t per square kilometre | 0.5589 t per square kilometre | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 1.95 t per square kilometre | 0.9409 t per square kilometre | 1.01 t per square kilometre | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 0.9633 t per square kilometre | 0.8795 t per square kilometre | 0.0838 t per square kilometre | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 1.03 t per square kilometre | 1.79 t per square kilometre | 0.7556 t per square kilometre | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), Mauritania or Niger?
- Niger, at 1.51 t per square kilometre against 1.28 t per square kilometre in Mauritania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) between Mauritania and Niger?
- 0.23 t per square kilometre, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Niger?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Mauritania and Niger rank globally for savanna fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter)?
- Mauritania ranks 64th and Niger ranks 61st of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), 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 — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 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.