Guyana vs Peru: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre

Guyana
0.0187 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Peru
0.016 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Guyana rank
54th
Peru rank
55th

Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time

  • Guyana
  • Peru
00.0250.050.0750.1199020062023

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 0.0187 ha per square kilometre against 0.016 ha per square kilometre in Peru, a difference of 0.0027 ha per square kilometre.

That makes Guyana's figure about 1.2 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guyana ahead.

Guyana ranks 54th and Peru ranks 55th of 186 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 2 and Peru in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guyana Peru Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0299 ha per square kilometre 0.0163 ha per square kilometre 0.0136 ha per square kilometre Guyana
2000s 0.0143 ha per square kilometre 0.0221 ha per square kilometre 0.0078 ha per square kilometre Peru
2010s 0.0176 ha per square kilometre 0.0176 ha per square kilometre 0 ha per square kilometre Guyana
2020s 0.0108 ha per square kilometre 0.0191 ha per square kilometre 0.0083 ha per square kilometre Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Guyana or Peru?
Guyana, at 0.0187 ha per square kilometre against 0.016 ha per square kilometre in Peru as of 2023.
What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Guyana and Peru?
0.0027 ha per square kilometre, with Guyana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Peru?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Guyana and Peru rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
Guyana ranks 54th and Peru ranks 55th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre. 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

Guyana vs Peru: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 11 October 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forest-fires-burned-area-per-square-kilometre/guyana/peru/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forest-fires-burned-area-per-square-kilometre/guyana/peru/">Guyana vs Peru: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Unit
ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
188 places, 6,245 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Forest fires — Burned Area 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.