Fiji vs Papua New Guinea: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Fiji
0.0375 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0337 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Fiji rank
40th
Papua New Guinea rank
41st
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Fiji
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 0.0375 ha per square kilometre against 0.0337 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0038 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Fiji's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Fiji ranks 40th 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 | Fiji | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0365 ha per square kilometre | 0.3714 ha per square kilometre | 0.3349 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.035 ha per square kilometre | 0.0518 ha per square kilometre | 0.0168 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0319 ha per square kilometre | 0.0611 ha per square kilometre | 0.0292 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0094 ha per square kilometre | 0.0247 ha per square kilometre | 0.0154 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Fiji or Papua New Guinea?
- Fiji, at 0.0375 ha per square kilometre against 0.0337 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Fiji and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0038 ha per square kilometre, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Papua New Guinea?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Fiji and Papua New Guinea rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Fiji ranks 40th and Papua New Guinea ranks 41st of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest fires — Burned 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.