Drained organic soils — Area in Guyana
Guyana: Drained organic soils — Area was 73,874 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drained organic soils — Area in Guyana, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for drained organic soils — area 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 in Guyana peaked at 73,874 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 34,102 ha, in 1990.
That places Guyana 41st out of 221 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.
Drained organic soils — Area in Guyana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 34,102 ha | — |
| 1991 | 34,102 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 34,102 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 48,195 ha | +41.3% |
| 1994 | 48,170 ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 55,474 ha | +15.2% |
| 1996 | 59,709 ha | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 61,267 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 61,889 ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 64,426 ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 64,646 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 65,095 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 65,268 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 65,188 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 73,009 ha | +12.0% |
| 2005 | 72,917 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 72,781 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 72,620 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 72,577 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 72,543 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 72,334 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 72,208 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 71,928 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 71,894 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 71,789 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 71,595 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 71,612 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 71,595 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 71,618 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 70,363 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 70,376 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 71,590 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 73,874 ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 73,874 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 73,874 ha | +0.0% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 73,874 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 647.64 ha, 114.1× the median. (74 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Drained organic soils — Area in Guyana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +41.3% | 34,102 ha | 48,195 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More climate change data for Guyana
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 13.90 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 466.11 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 157.3 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 308.81 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.5936 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 11.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,013 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 121.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 891.52 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.4587 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drained organic soils — area in Guyana?
- Drained organic soils — area 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 recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 73,874 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest drained organic soils — area recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,102 ha in 1990.
- How does Guyana rank for drained organic soils — area?
- Guyana ranks 41st out of 221 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drained organic soils — area 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.