Drained organic soils — Area, per capita in Guyana

Guyana: Drained organic soils — Area, per capita was 0.0889 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.0889 ha per person
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
10th
of 189 countries
All-time high
0.0968 ha per person
in 2011
All-time low
0.0455 ha per person
in 1992
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Drained organic soils — Area, per capita in Guyana, 1990–2024

00.020.040.060.080.11990200720241990: 0.045 ha per person1991: 0.046 ha per person1992: 0.045 ha per person1993: 0.064 ha per person1994: 0.064 ha per person1995: 0.073 ha per person1996: 0.079 ha per person1997: 0.08 ha per person1998: 0.081 ha per person1999: 0.084 ha per person2000: 0.085 ha per person2001: 0.085 ha per person2002: 0.085 ha per person2003: 0.085 ha per person2004: 0.096 ha per person2005: 0.096 ha per person2006: 0.096 ha per person2007: 0.096 ha per person2008: 0.096 ha per person2009: 0.096 ha per person2010: 0.097 ha per person2011: 0.097 ha per person2012: 0.096 ha per person2013: 0.096 ha per person2014: 0.095 ha per person2015: 0.094 ha per person2016: 0.094 ha per person2017: 0.093 ha per person2018: 0.09 ha per person2019: 0.087 ha per person2020: 0.087 ha per person2021: 0.088 ha per person2022: 0.09 ha per person2023: 0.089 ha per person2024: 0.089 ha per person

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.

Analysis

The most recent figure for drained organic soils — area, per capita in Guyana is 0.0889 ha per person, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area, per capita in Guyana peaked at 0.0968 ha per person in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0455 ha per person, in 1992.

That places Guyana 10th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Drained organic soils — Area, per capita in Guyana, year by year

Annual values for Drained organic soils — Area, per capita in Guyana, 1990 to 2024.
Year ha per person Change
1990 0.0455 ha per person —
1991 0.0456 ha per person +0.3%
1992 0.0455 ha per person -0.3%
1993 0.064 ha per person +40.8%
1994 0.0637 ha per person -0.4%
1995 0.0731 ha per person +14.8%
1996 0.0785 ha per person +7.3%
1997 0.0804 ha per person +2.4%
1998 0.0811 ha per person +0.8%
1999 0.0843 ha per person +4.0%
2000 0.0845 ha per person +0.3%
2001 0.0851 ha per person +0.7%
2002 0.0855 ha per person +0.4%
2003 0.0854 ha per person -0.1%
2004 0.0958 ha per person +12.1%
2005 0.0958 ha per person +0.1%
2006 0.0959 ha per person +0.1%
2007 0.0959 ha per person +0.1%
2008 0.0962 ha per person +0.2%
2009 0.0965 ha per person +0.3%
2010 0.0965 ha per person +0.1%
2011 0.0968 ha per person +0.2%
2012 0.0964 ha per person -0.4%
2013 0.0959 ha per person -0.5%
2014 0.0952 ha per person -0.7%
2015 0.0944 ha per person -0.9%
2016 0.0938 ha per person -0.6%
2017 0.0932 ha per person -0.7%
2018 0.0905 ha per person -2.9%
2019 0.0871 ha per person -3.7%
2020 0.0872 ha per person +0.0%
2021 0.0878 ha per person +0.7%
2022 0.0899 ha per person +2.4%
2023 0.0894 ha per person -0.6%
2024 0.0889 ha per person -0.6%

Guyana compared with similar countries

  • Guyana's 0.0889 ha per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0003 ha per person, 295.7× the median. (74 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Drained organic soils — Area, per capita 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.

YearChange FromTo
1993 +40.8% 0.0455 ha per person 0.064 ha per person

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0662 ha per person 0.0455 ha per person 0.0843 ha per person 10
2000s 0.0917 ha per person 0.0845 ha per person 0.0965 ha per person 10
2010s 0.094 ha per person 0.0871 ha per person 0.0968 ha per person 10
2020s 0.0886 ha per person 0.0872 ha per person 0.0899 ha per person 5

Countries ranked near Guyana

  1. 7 Ireland 0.0977 ha per person compare
  2. 8 Iceland 0.0975 ha per person compare
  3. 9 Finland 0.0908 ha per person compare
  4. 11 Norway 0.0436 ha per person compare
  5. 12 Papua New Guinea 0.0433 ha per person compare
  6. 13 Sweden 0.0345 ha per person compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils — area, per capita in Guyana?
Drained organic soils — area, per capita in Guyana was 0.0889 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest drained organic soils — area, per capita recorded in Guyana?
The highest recorded value was 0.0968 ha per person in 2011.
What is the lowest drained organic soils — area, per capita recorded in Guyana?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0455 ha per person in 1992.
How does Guyana rank for drained organic soils — area, per capita?
Guyana ranks 10th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
Is drained organic soils — area, per capita rising or falling in Guyana?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guyana data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Drained organic soils — Area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Drained organic soils — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Drained organic soils — Area ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Drained organic soils — Area, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
191 places, 6,539 data points, 1990–2024
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Drained organic soils — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.