Botswana vs Sierra Leone: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre
Botswana
0.0442 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.0839 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Botswana rank
4th
Sierra Leone rank
2nd
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre over time
- Botswana
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0839 hectares per square kilometre against 0.0442 hectares per square kilometre in Botswana, a difference of 0.0397 hectares per square kilometre.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.9 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 2nd of 206 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0143 hectares per square kilometre | 0.048 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0337 hectares per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.0397 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0828 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0431 hectares per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.0214 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0529 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0315 hectares per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre, Botswana or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.0839 hectares per square kilometre against 0.0442 hectares per square kilometre in Botswana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre between Botswana and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0397 hectares per square kilometre, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Sierra Leone?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Botswana and Sierra Leone rank globally for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre?
- Botswana ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 2nd of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Wildfire area burned 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
Wildfire area burned 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.