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

Peru
115,873 hectares
in 2024
Ukraine
179,862 hectares
in 2024
Peru rank
51st
Ukraine rank
48th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type over time

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

How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 179,862 hectares against 115,873 hectares in Peru, a difference of 63,989 hectares.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.6 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Ukraine ahead.

Peru ranks 51st and Ukraine ranks 48th 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.