Mexico vs Sierra Leone: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre
Mexico
0.1568 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.2147 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Mexico rank
61st
Sierra Leone rank
59th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre over time
- Mexico
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.2147 hectares per square kilometre against 0.1568 hectares per square kilometre in Mexico, a difference of 0.0579 hectares per square kilometre.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.4 times Mexico's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Mexico ahead.
Mexico ranks 61st and Sierra Leone ranks 59th of 206 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.104 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0903 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0137 hectares per square kilometre | Mexico |
| 2010s | 0.1346 hectares per square kilometre | 0.214 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0794 hectares per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.1164 hectares per square kilometre | 0.1955 hectares per square kilometre | 0.079 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, Mexico or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.2147 hectares per square kilometre against 0.1568 hectares per square kilometre in Mexico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre between Mexico and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0579 hectares per square kilometre, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Sierra Leone?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Mexico and Sierra Leone rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre?
- Mexico ranks 61st 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.