New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita
New Zealand
0.0003 million t per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.0004 million t per person
in 2025
New Zealand rank
16th
Papua New Guinea rank
13th
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita over time
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0004 million t per person against 0.0003 million t per person in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0001 million t per person.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times New Zealand's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 13th of 200 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0004 million t per person | 0.0008 million t per person | 0.0005 million t per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.0004 million t per person | 0.0006 million t per person | 0.0002 million t per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0003 million t per person | 0.0004 million t per person | 0.0001 million t per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0003 million t per person | 0.0004 million t per person | 0.0001 million t per person | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita, New Zealand or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0004 million t per person against 0.0003 million t per person in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0001 million t per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Papua New Guinea?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do New Zealand and Papua New Guinea rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita?
- New Zealand ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 13th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.