Guatemala vs Papua New Guinea: Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Guatemala
0.0096 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0115 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Guatemala rank
34th
Papua New Guinea rank
33rd
Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Guatemala
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0115 ha per square kilometre against 0.0096 ha per square kilometre in Guatemala, a difference of 0.0019 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Guatemala's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guatemala ahead.
Guatemala ranks 34th and Papua New Guinea ranks 33rd of 186 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0216 ha per square kilometre | 0.031 ha per square kilometre | 0.0094 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.0138 ha per square kilometre | 0.0061 ha per square kilometre | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 0.0161 ha per square kilometre | 0.0103 ha per square kilometre | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | Guatemala |
| 2020s | 0.0163 ha per square kilometre | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | 0.0105 ha per square kilometre | Guatemala |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher other forest — burned area, per square kilometre, Guatemala or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0115 ha per square kilometre against 0.0096 ha per square kilometre in Guatemala as of 2023.
- What is the difference in other forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Guatemala and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0019 ha per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Papua New Guinea?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Guatemala and Papua New Guinea rank globally for other forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Guatemala ranks 34th and Papua New Guinea ranks 33rd of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Other 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
Other 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.