Papua New Guinea vs Spain: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
0.0337 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Spain
0.0458 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
41st
Spain rank
39th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.0458 ha per square kilometre against 0.0337 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0121 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.4 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.
Papua New Guinea ranks 41st and Spain ranks 39th of 186 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3714 ha per square kilometre | 0.0269 ha per square kilometre | 0.3444 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.0518 ha per square kilometre | 0.0195 ha per square kilometre | 0.0324 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0611 ha per square kilometre | 0.0081 ha per square kilometre | 0.0529 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0247 ha per square kilometre | 0.032 ha per square kilometre | 0.0073 ha per square kilometre | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Papua New Guinea or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.0458 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 Papua New Guinea and Spain?
- 0.0121 ha per square kilometre, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Spain?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Spain rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 41st and Spain ranks 39th 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.