Guinea vs Papua New Guinea: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Guinea
0.0313 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0337 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Guinea rank
42nd
Papua New Guinea rank
41st
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Guinea
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0337 ha per square kilometre against 0.0313 ha per square kilometre in Guinea, a difference of 0.0024 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 41st of 186 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1281 ha per square kilometre | 0.3714 ha per square kilometre | 0.2433 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.1104 ha per square kilometre | 0.0518 ha per square kilometre | 0.0585 ha per square kilometre | Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.118 ha per square kilometre | 0.0611 ha per square kilometre | 0.0569 ha per square kilometre | Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0482 ha per square kilometre | 0.0247 ha per square kilometre | 0.0234 ha per square kilometre | Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Guinea or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0337 ha per square kilometre against 0.0313 ha per square kilometre in Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Guinea and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0024 ha per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Papua New Guinea?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Guinea and Papua New Guinea rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Guinea ranks 42nd 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.