Papua New Guinea vs Switzerland: Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
1.01 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Switzerland
0.8109 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
19th
Switzerland rank
21st
Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Switzerland
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.01 ha per square kilometre against 0.8109 ha per square kilometre in Switzerland, a difference of 0.1991 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Switzerland ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 19th and Switzerland ranks 21st of 189 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Switzerland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8634 ha per square kilometre | 0.9191 ha per square kilometre | 0.0558 ha per square kilometre | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 1.02 ha per square kilometre | 0.8403 ha per square kilometre | 0.1799 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.9741 ha per square kilometre | 0.8282 ha per square kilometre | 0.1459 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 1 ha per square kilometre | 0.8121 ha per square kilometre | 0.1919 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre, Papua New Guinea or Switzerland?
- Papua New Guinea, at 1.01 ha per square kilometre against 0.8109 ha per square kilometre in Switzerland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre between Papua New Guinea and Switzerland?
- 0.1991 ha per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Switzerland?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Switzerland rank globally for drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 19th and Switzerland ranks 21st of 189 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Drained organic soils — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.