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

Laos
90,328 hectares
in 2024
Peru
115,873 hectares
in 2024
Laos rank
54th
Peru rank
51st

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

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

How they compare

Peru currently reports 115,873 hectares against 90,328 hectares in Laos, a difference of 25,545 hectares.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.3 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Peru ahead.

Laos ranks 54th 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.