Guinea vs Papua New Guinea: Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita

Guinea
0.0009 ha per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.0008 ha per person
in 2024
Guinea rank
39th
Papua New Guinea rank
41st

Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita over time

  • Guinea
  • Papua New Guinea
00.050.10.150.20.25199020072024

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 0.0009 ha per person against 0.0008 ha per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0001 ha per person.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 39th and Papua New Guinea ranks 41st of 186 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0042 ha per person 0.035 ha per person 0.0308 ha per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.0029 ha per person 0.0038 ha per person 0.0008 ha per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.0025 ha per person 0.0032 ha per person 0.0006 ha per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.0009 ha per person 0.001 ha per person 0.0002 ha per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per capita, Guinea or Papua New Guinea?
Guinea, at 0.0009 ha per person against 0.0008 ha per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per capita between Guinea and Papua New Guinea?
0.0001 ha per person, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Papua New Guinea?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Papua New Guinea rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per capita?
Guinea ranks 39th and Papua New Guinea ranks 41st of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
188 places, 6,434 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Forest fires — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.