India vs Sierra Leone: Woody savanna — Burning crop residues
India
727,754 t
in 2024
Sierra Leone
1.27 million t
in 2024
India rank
16th
Sierra Leone rank
13th
Woody savanna — Burning crop residues over time
- India
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 1.27 million t against 727,754 t in India, a difference of 537,906 t.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.7 times India's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was India ahead.
India ranks 16th and Sierra Leone ranks 13th of 220 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, India averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.19 million t | 1.20 million t | 14,498 t | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 1.05 million t | 1.00 million t | 48,540 t | India |
| 2010s | 1.03 million t | 833,347 t | 201,619 t | India |
| 2020s | 740,353 t | 581,150 t | 159,203 t | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher woody savanna — burning crop residues, India or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 1.27 million t against 727,754 t in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in woody savanna — burning crop residues between India and Sierra Leone?
- 537,906 t, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do India and Sierra Leone rank globally for woody savanna — burning crop residues?
- India ranks 16th and Sierra Leone ranks 13th of 220 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Woody savanna — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
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.