Costa Rica vs Sierra Leone: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.1656 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.2147 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
60th
Sierra Leone rank
59th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.2147 hectares per square kilometre against 0.1656 hectares per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0491 hectares per square kilometre.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 60th and Sierra Leone ranks 59th 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 | 0.0785 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0903 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0119 hectares per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.1226 hectares per square kilometre | 0.214 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0914 hectares per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.1324 hectares per square kilometre | 0.1955 hectares per square kilometre | 0.063 hectares per square kilometre | 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 square kilometre, Costa Rica or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.2147 hectares per square kilometre against 0.1656 hectares per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0491 hectares per square kilometre, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sierra Leone?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Sierra Leone rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 60th and Sierra Leone ranks 59th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.