Which has higher forest fires — burned area, Cameroon or Guatemala?

Guatemala, at 115,586 ha against 92,372 ha in Cameroon as of 2024.

What is the difference in forest fires — burned area between Cameroon and Guatemala?

23,214 ha, with Guatemala ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Guatemala?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forest fires — Burned Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs Guatemala: Forest fires — Burned Area

Cameroon

92,372 ha

in 2024

Guatemala

115,586 ha

in 2024

Cameroon rank

26th

Guatemala rank

23rd

Forest fires — Burned Area over time

Cameroon
Guatemala

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 115,586 ha against 92,372 ha in Cameroon, a difference of 23,214 ha.

That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.3 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 26th and Guatemala ranks 23rd of 219 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Guatemala	Difference	Ahead
1990s	180,324 ha	75,286 ha	105,037 ha	Cameroon
2000s	190,096 ha	93,423 ha	96,673 ha	Cameroon
2010s	122,460 ha	22,867 ha	99,593 ha	Cameroon
2020s	139,691 ha	40,579 ha	99,112 ha	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest fires — burned area, Cameroon or Guatemala?: Guatemala, at 115,586 ha against 92,372 ha in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in forest fires — burned area between Cameroon and Guatemala?: 23,214 ha, with Guatemala ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Guatemala?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Guatemala rank globally for forest fires — burned area?: Cameroon ranks 26th and Guatemala ranks 23rd of 219 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forest fires — Burned Area. 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

Cameroon vs Guatemala: Forest fires — Burned Area. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 26 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forest-fires-burned-area-fao-tier-1/cameroon/guatemala/

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-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forest-fires-burned-area-fao-tier-1/cameroon/guatemala/">Cameroon vs Guatemala: Forest fires — Burned Area</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Forest fires — Burned Area
Unit: ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 272 places, 9,294 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.