Australia vs Papua New Guinea: Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Australia
0.6546 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.5152 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Australia rank
34th
Papua New Guinea rank
36th
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Australia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.6546 ha per square kilometre against 0.5152 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.1394 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 34th and Papua New Guinea ranks 36th of 188 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.42 ha per square kilometre | 0.2676 ha per square kilometre | 1.15 ha per square kilometre | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.8966 ha per square kilometre | 0.365 ha per square kilometre | 0.5316 ha per square kilometre | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.6636 ha per square kilometre | 0.3598 ha per square kilometre | 0.3038 ha per square kilometre | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.4724 ha per square kilometre | 0.2461 ha per square kilometre | 0.2263 ha per square kilometre | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna and woody savanna — burned area, per square kilometre, Australia or Papua New Guinea?
- Australia, at 0.6546 ha per square kilometre against 0.5152 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna and woody savanna — burned area, per square kilometre between Australia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.1394 ha per square kilometre, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Papua New Guinea?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for savanna and woody savanna — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Australia ranks 34th and Papua New Guinea ranks 36th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna and woody savanna — 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
Savanna and woody savanna — 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.