Costa Rica vs Sierra Leone: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Costa Rica
0.0016 hectares per person
in 2025
Sierra Leone
0.0017 hectares per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
75th
Sierra Leone rank
73rd
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0017 hectares per person against 0.0016 hectares per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0001 hectares per person.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 75th and Sierra Leone ranks 73rd of 206 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0009 hectares per person | 0.0012 hectares per person | 0.0002 hectares per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.0013 hectares per person | 0.0022 hectares per person | 0.0009 hectares per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.0014 hectares per person | 0.0018 hectares per person | 0.0004 hectares per person | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita, Costa Rica or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.0017 hectares per person against 0.0016 hectares per person in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Costa Rica and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0001 hectares per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sierra Leone?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Sierra Leone rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 75th and Sierra Leone ranks 73rd of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.