Papua New Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Papua New Guinea
0.0017 hectares per person
in 2025
Sierra Leone
0.0017 hectares per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
74th
Sierra Leone rank
73rd
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0017 hectares per person against 0.0017 hectares per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 74th and Sierra Leone ranks 73rd of 206 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0073 hectares per person | 0.0012 hectares per person | 0.0062 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0048 hectares per person | 0.0022 hectares per person | 0.0026 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0028 hectares per person | 0.0018 hectares per person | 0.001 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
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, Papua New Guinea or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.0017 hectares per person against 0.0017 hectares per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 0 hectares per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 74th 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.