Sierra Leone vs United States of America: Woody savanna — Burned Area

Sierra Leone
211,001 ha
in 2024
United States of America
462,138 ha
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
13th
United States of America rank
16th

Woody savanna — Burned Area over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • United States of America
0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M199020072024

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 462,138 ha against 211,001 ha in Sierra Leone, a difference of 251,137 ha.

That makes United States of America's figure about 2.2 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States of America ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 13th and United States of America ranks 16th of 220 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone United States of America Difference Ahead
1990s 200,696 ha 407,820 ha 207,124 ha United States of America
2000s 167,581 ha 496,393 ha 328,812 ha United States of America
2010s 139,008 ha 460,382 ha 321,374 ha United States of America
2020s 96,928 ha 533,033 ha 436,105 ha United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher woody savanna — burned area, Sierra Leone or United States of America?
United States of America, at 462,138 ha against 211,001 ha in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in woody savanna — burned area between Sierra Leone and United States of America?
251,137 ha, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and United States of America?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Sierra Leone and United States of America rank globally for woody savanna — burned area?
Sierra Leone ranks 13th and United States of America ranks 16th of 220 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Woody savanna — Burned Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Sierra Leone vs United States of America: Woody savanna — Burned Area. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/woody-savanna-burned-area-fao-tier-1/sierra-leone/united-states-of-america/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/woody-savanna-burned-area-fao-tier-1/sierra-leone/united-states-of-america/">Sierra Leone vs United States of America: Woody savanna — Burned Area</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Woody savanna — Burned Area
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
273 places, 9,329 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.