British Virgin Islands vs Papua New Guinea: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre

British Virgin Islands
0.0084 million t per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0083 million t per square kilometre
in 2023
British Virgin Islands rank
16th
Papua New Guinea rank
17th

Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre over time

  • British Virgin Islands
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

British Virgin Islands currently reports 0.0084 million t per square kilometre against 0.0083 million t per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0001 million t per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

British Virgin Islands ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 17th of 200 countries.

British Virgin Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade British Virgin Islands Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0085 million t per square kilometre 0.0085 million t per square kilometre 0 million t per square kilometre British Virgin Islands
2000s 0.0085 million t per square kilometre 0.0084 million t per square kilometre 0.0001 million t per square kilometre British Virgin Islands
2010s 0.0084 million t per square kilometre 0.0084 million t per square kilometre 0.0001 million t per square kilometre British Virgin Islands
2020s 0.0084 million t per square kilometre 0.0083 million t per square kilometre 0.0001 million t per square kilometre British Virgin Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre, British Virgin Islands or Papua New Guinea?
British Virgin Islands, at 0.0084 million t per square kilometre against 0.0083 million t per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre between British Virgin Islands and Papua New Guinea?
0.0001 million t per square kilometre, with British Virgin Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for British Virgin Islands and Papua New Guinea?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do British Virgin Islands and Papua New Guinea rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre?
British Virgin Islands ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 17th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre
Unit
million t per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
202 places, 6,712 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass 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.