El Salvador vs Peru: Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre

El Salvador
0.0021 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Peru
0.0024 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
53rd
Peru rank
50th

Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Peru
00.050.10.15199020062023

How they compare

Peru currently reports 0.0024 ha per square kilometre against 0.0021 ha per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0003 ha per square kilometre.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 53rd and Peru ranks 50th of 186 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Peru Difference Ahead
1990s 0.02 ha per square kilometre 0.0034 ha per square kilometre 0.0165 ha per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 0.0092 ha per square kilometre 0.0039 ha per square kilometre 0.0053 ha per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 0.0621 ha per square kilometre 0.0038 ha per square kilometre 0.0583 ha per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 0.0155 ha per square kilometre 0.003 ha per square kilometre 0.0125 ha per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher other forest — burned area, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Peru?
Peru, at 0.0024 ha per square kilometre against 0.0021 ha per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in other forest — burned area, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Peru?
0.0003 ha per square kilometre, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Peru?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Peru rank globally for other forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 53rd and Peru ranks 50th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Other 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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Indicator
Other forest — 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

Other 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.