Botswana vs Peru: Annual CO₂ emissions from wildfires

Botswana

3.90 million tonnes

in 2026

Peru

3.71 million tonnes

in 2026

Botswana rank

60th

Peru rank

61st

Annual CO₂ emissions from wildfires over time

Botswana currently reports 3.90 million tonnes against 3.71 million tonnes in Peru, a difference of 193,320 tonnes.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Peru ahead.

Botswana ranks 60th and Peru ranks 61st of 248 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from wildfires
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 5,952 data points, 2003–2026
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide released by wildfires in tonnes. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 07 August 2026.