Papua New Guinea vs South Africa: Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC

Papua New Guinea
9,594 kt
in 2015
South Africa
14,524 kt
in 2015
Papua New Guinea rank
8th
South Africa rank
6th

Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • South Africa
05.0k10.0k15.0k200020072015

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 14,524 kt against 9,594 kt in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 4,930 kt.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.5 times Papua New Guinea's.

Across all 15 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Papua New Guinea ranks 8th and South Africa ranks 6th of 46 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea South Africa Difference Ahead
2000s 2,988 kt 14,217 kt 11,230 kt South Africa
2010s 8,191 kt 14,464 kt 6,273 kt South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net forest conversion — emissions (co2) — unfccc, Papua New Guinea or South Africa?
South Africa, at 14,524 kt against 9,594 kt in Papua New Guinea as of 2015.
What is the difference in net forest conversion — emissions (co2) — unfccc between Papua New Guinea and South Africa?
4,930 kt, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and South Africa?
15 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2015.
How do Papua New Guinea and South Africa rank globally for net forest conversion — emissions (co2) — unfccc?
Papua New Guinea ranks 8th and South Africa ranks 6th of 46 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Papua New Guinea vs South Africa: Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/net-forest-conversion-emissions-co2-unfccc/papua-new-guinea/south-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/net-forest-conversion-emissions-co2-unfccc/papua-new-guinea/south-africa/">Papua New Guinea vs South Africa: Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
52 places, 1,431 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf