Guatemala vs Malawi: Other forest — Burned Area

Guatemala
8,599 ha
in 2024
Malawi
7,634 ha
in 2024
Guatemala rank
29th
Malawi rank
32nd

Other forest — Burned Area over time

  • Guatemala
  • Malawi
010.0k20.0k30.0k199020072024

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 8,599 ha against 7,634 ha in Malawi, a difference of 965 ha.

That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malawi ahead.

Guatemala ranks 29th and Malawi ranks 32nd of 219 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Guatemala Malawi Difference Ahead
1990s 2,314 ha 12,530 ha 10,216 ha Malawi
2000s 1,478 ha 24,646 ha 23,168 ha Malawi
2010s 1,722 ha 20,135 ha 18,413 ha Malawi
2020s 3,119 ha 10,611 ha 7,492 ha Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher other forest — burned area, Guatemala or Malawi?
Guatemala, at 8,599 ha against 7,634 ha in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in other forest — burned area between Guatemala and Malawi?
965 ha, with Guatemala ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Malawi?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Guatemala and Malawi rank globally for other forest — burned area?
Guatemala ranks 29th and Malawi ranks 32nd of 219 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Other forest — 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

Guatemala vs Malawi: Other forest — Burned Area. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 10 October 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/other-forest-burned-area-fao-tier-1/guatemala/malawi/

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/other-forest-burned-area-fao-tier-1/guatemala/malawi/">Guatemala vs Malawi: Other forest — Burned Area</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Other forest — 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

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.