Iran vs Sierra Leone: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Iran
0.0015 hectares per person
in 2025
Sierra Leone
0.0017 hectares per person
in 2025
Iran rank
76th
Sierra Leone rank
73rd
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Iran
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0017 hectares per person against 0.0015 hectares per person in Iran, a difference of 0.0002 hectares per person.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Iran's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Iran ahead.
Iran ranks 76th 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 | Iran | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0009 hectares per person | 0.0012 hectares per person | 0.0003 hectares per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.0009 hectares per person | 0.0022 hectares per person | 0.0013 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, Iran or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.0017 hectares per person against 0.0015 hectares per person in Iran as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Iran and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0002 hectares per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Sierra Leone?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Iran and Sierra Leone rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Iran ranks 76th 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.