Panama vs Peru: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Panama
0.0121 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Peru
0.0137 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Panama rank
43rd
Peru rank
42nd
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Panama
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 0.0137 ha per square kilometre against 0.0121 ha per square kilometre in Panama, a difference of 0.0016 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Panama ahead.
Panama ranks 43rd and Peru ranks 42nd of 185 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 3 and Peru in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0186 ha per square kilometre | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | Panama |
| 2000s | 0.0449 ha per square kilometre | 0.0182 ha per square kilometre | 0.0267 ha per square kilometre | Panama |
| 2010s | 0.0149 ha per square kilometre | 0.0138 ha per square kilometre | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | Panama |
| 2020s | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | 0.0161 ha per square kilometre | 0.012 ha per square kilometre | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre, Panama or Peru?
- Peru, at 0.0137 ha per square kilometre against 0.0121 ha per square kilometre in Panama as of 2023.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Panama and Peru?
- 0.0016 ha per square kilometre, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Peru?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Panama and Peru rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Panama ranks 43rd and Peru ranks 42nd of 185 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, 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
Humid tropical forest — 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.