Canada vs Peru: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type

Canada

114,241 hectares

in 2024

Peru

115,873 hectares

in 2024

Canada rank

52nd

Peru rank

51st

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

Canada
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 115,873 hectares against 114,241 hectares in Canada, a difference of 1,632 hectares.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 52nd and Peru ranks 51st of 225 countries.

Individual pages

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Canada
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type in Peru
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type
Unit: hectares
Source: Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 225 places, 5,175 data points, 2002–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Area of shrubland and grassland burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares. Includes open and closed shrublands and grasslands without a significant tree cover.