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

Gambia
140,000 hectares
in 2024
Peru
115,873 hectares
in 2024
Gambia rank
49th
Peru rank
51st

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

  • Gambia
  • Peru
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k200220132024

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 140,000 hectares against 115,873 hectares in Peru, a difference of 24,127 hectares.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.2 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Gambia ahead.

Gambia ranks 49th and Peru ranks 51st of 225 countries.

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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

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