Benin vs Papua New Guinea: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Benin
0.0214 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0222 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Benin rank
40th
Papua New Guinea rank
37th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Benin
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0222 ha per square kilometre against 0.0214 ha per square kilometre in Benin, a difference of 0.0008 ha per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Benin ranks 40th and Papua New Guinea ranks 37th of 185 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1885 ha per square kilometre | 0.3404 ha per square kilometre | 0.1519 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.131 ha per square kilometre | 0.0458 ha per square kilometre | 0.0852 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
| 2010s | 0.0423 ha per square kilometre | 0.0508 ha per square kilometre | 0.0085 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0216 ha per square kilometre | 0.0189 ha per square kilometre | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre, Benin or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0222 ha per square kilometre against 0.0214 ha per square kilometre in Benin as of 2023.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Benin and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0008 ha per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Papua New Guinea?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Benin and Papua New Guinea rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Benin ranks 40th and Papua New Guinea ranks 37th of 185 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Humid tropical forest — 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
Humid tropical forest — 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.