Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 in Guyana

Guyana: Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 was 73,874 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
73,874 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
44th
of 238 countries
All-time high
73,874 ha
in 2022
All-time low
34,102 ha
in 1990
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 in Guyana, 1990–2024

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k1990200720241990: 34.1k ha1991: 34.1k ha1992: 34.1k ha1993: 48.2k ha1994: 48.2k ha1995: 55.5k ha1996: 59.7k ha1997: 61.3k ha1998: 61.9k ha1999: 64.4k ha2000: 64.6k ha2001: 65.1k ha2002: 65.3k ha2003: 65.2k ha2004: 73.0k ha2005: 72.9k ha2006: 72.8k ha2007: 72.6k ha2008: 72.6k ha2009: 72.5k ha2010: 72.3k ha2011: 72.2k ha2012: 71.9k ha2013: 71.9k ha2014: 71.8k ha2015: 71.6k ha2016: 71.6k ha2017: 71.6k ha2018: 71.6k ha2019: 70.4k ha2020: 70.4k ha2021: 71.6k ha2022: 73.9k ha2023: 73.9k ha2024: 73.9k ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 in Guyana is 73,874 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 in Guyana peaked at 73,874 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 34,102 ha, in 1990.

That places Guyana 44th out of 238 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 50,144 ha 34,102 ha 64,426 ha 10
2000s 69,664 ha 64,646 ha 73,009 ha 10
2010s 71,694 ha 70,363 ha 72,334 ha 10
2020s 72,718 ha 70,376 ha 73,874 ha 5

Countries ranked near Guyana

  1. 41 Madagascar 94,647 ha compare
  2. 42 Denmark 85,378 ha compare
  3. 43 Viet Nam 74,654 ha compare
  4. 45 Burundi 68,925 ha compare
  5. 46 Nepal 64,253 ha compare
  6. 47 Congo 61,771 ha compare

See the full ranking of 274 places →

More climate change data for Guyana

All data for Guyana →

Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 in Guyana?
Drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 in Guyana was 73,874 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 recorded in Guyana?
The highest recorded value was 73,874 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 recorded in Guyana?
The lowest recorded value was 34,102 ha in 1990.
How does Guyana rank for drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1?
Guyana ranks 44th out of 238 countries with data for 2024.
Is drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 rising or falling in Guyana?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guyana data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

About this data

Indicator
Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
274 places, 9,364 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.