El Salvador vs Peru: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre

El Salvador
0.0568 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Peru
0.0531 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
87th
Peru rank
89th

Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Peru
00.20.40.6199020062023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.0568 ha per square kilometre against 0.0531 ha per square kilometre in Peru, a difference of 0.0037 ha per square kilometre.

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

The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 87th and Peru ranks 89th of 188 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 0.1338 ha per square kilometre 0.042 ha per square kilometre 0.0918 ha per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 0.1155 ha per square kilometre 0.0393 ha per square kilometre 0.0762 ha per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 0.2995 ha per square kilometre 0.0594 ha per square kilometre 0.2401 ha per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 0.1184 ha per square kilometre 0.0972 ha per square kilometre 0.0212 ha per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Peru?
El Salvador, at 0.0568 ha per square kilometre against 0.0531 ha per square kilometre in Peru as of 2023.
What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Peru?
0.0037 ha per square kilometre, with El Salvador 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 savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 87th and Peru ranks 89th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna fires — 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
Savanna 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
190 places, 6,313 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Savanna 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.