Savanna fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Savanna fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita was 0.5655 t per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) in Sierra Leone, 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for savanna fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in Sierra Leone is 0.5655 t per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 85.8% on the previous year and down 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, savanna fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in Sierra Leone peaked at 1.6 t per person in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.3043 t per person, in 2023.
Sierra Leone ranks 21st of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Savanna fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.9596 t per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.9484 t per person | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.9666 t per person | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.9687 t per person | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.965 t per person | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.9636 t per person | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.3992 t per person | -58.6% |
| 1997 | 0.4086 t per person | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.3378 t per person | -17.3% |
| 1999 | 0.4117 t per person | +21.9% |
| 2000 | 0.3767 t per person | -8.5% |
| 2001 | 0.5009 t per person | +33.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5101 t per person | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 1.03 t per person | +102.0% |
| 2004 | 1.08 t per person | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8788 t per person | -18.6% |
| 2006 | 1.6 t per person | +81.6% |
| 2007 | 1.45 t per person | -9.3% |
| 2008 | 0.7467 t per person | -48.4% |
| 2009 | 0.6899 t per person | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 0.3594 t per person | -47.9% |
| 2011 | 0.4647 t per person | +29.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8689 t per person | +87.0% |
| 2013 | 0.6838 t per person | -21.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7566 t per person | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 1.01 t per person | +33.4% |
| 2016 | 0.8035 t per person | -20.4% |
| 2017 | 0.6411 t per person | -20.2% |
| 2018 | 0.415 t per person | -35.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3819 t per person | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3798 t per person | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.3449 t per person | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 0.4781 t per person | +38.6% |
| 2023 | 0.3043 t per person | -36.3% |
| 2024 | 0.5655 t per person | +85.8% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 0.5655 t per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.2168 t per person, 2.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 0.5655 t per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3336 t per person, 1.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7329 t per person | 0.3378 t per person | 0.9687 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8857 t per person | 0.3767 t per person | 1.6 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6385 t per person | 0.3594 t per person | 1.01 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4145 t per person | 0.3043 t per person | 0.5655 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More climate change data for Sierra Leone
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 3.65 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,547 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 538.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,008 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 2.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 36.02 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,431 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 201.66 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,229 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.761 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is savanna fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in Sierra Leone?
- Savanna fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in Sierra Leone was 0.5655 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest savanna fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6 t per person in 2006.
- What is the lowest savanna fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3043 t per person in 2023.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for savanna fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter)?
- Sierra Leone ranks 21st out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is savanna fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Savanna fires — Burning crop residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.