Which has higher wood charcoal production quantity, Senegal or Sierra Leone?

Sierra Leone, at 391,707 tonnes against 300,000 tonnes in Senegal as of 2011.

What is the difference in wood charcoal production quantity between Senegal and Sierra Leone?

91,707 tonnes, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Sierra Leone?

51 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2011.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as Wood charcoal production quantity (tonnes). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Senegal vs Sierra Leone: Wood charcoal production quantity

Senegal

300,000 tonnes

in 2011

Sierra Leone

391,707 tonnes

in 2011

Senegal rank

23rd

Sierra Leone rank

20th

Wood charcoal production quantity over time

Senegal
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 391,707 tonnes against 300,000 tonnes in Senegal, a difference of 91,707 tonnes.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.3 times Senegal's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Senegal ahead.

Senegal ranks 23rd and Sierra Leone ranks 20th of 52 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Senegal averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Senegal	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	110,208 tonnes	91,088 tonnes	19,120 tonnes	Senegal
1970s	104,646 tonnes	121,400 tonnes	16,754 tonnes	Sierra Leone
1980s	115,421 tonnes	163,290 tonnes	47,869 tonnes	Sierra Leone
1990s	110,642 tonnes	224,002 tonnes	113,360 tonnes	Sierra Leone
2000s	110,208 tonnes	333,329 tonnes	223,121 tonnes	Sierra Leone
2010s	300,000 tonnes	386,968 tonnes	86,968 tonnes	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wood charcoal production quantity, Senegal or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 391,707 tonnes against 300,000 tonnes in Senegal as of 2011.
What is the difference in wood charcoal production quantity between Senegal and Sierra Leone?: 91,707 tonnes, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Sierra Leone?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2011.
How do Senegal and Sierra Leone rank globally for wood charcoal production quantity?: Senegal ranks 23rd and Sierra Leone ranks 20th of 52 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as Wood charcoal production quantity (tonnes). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Senegal vs Sierra Leone: Wood charcoal production quantity. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site. Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/wood-charcoal-production-quantity-tonnes/senegal/sierra-leone/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/wood-charcoal-production-quantity-tonnes/senegal/sierra-leone/">Senegal vs Sierra Leone: Wood charcoal production quantity</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Wood charcoal production quantity (tonnes)
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 58 places, 2,822 data points, 1961–2011
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Wood carbonized by partial combustion or application of heat from an external source. It is used as a fuel or for other uses. Figures are given in weight (MT).