Indonesia vs Papua New Guinea: Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Indonesia
0.1634 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.2146 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Indonesia rank
42nd
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Indonesia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.2146 ha per square kilometre against 0.1634 ha per square kilometre in Indonesia, a difference of 0.0512 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.3 times Indonesia's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Indonesia ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 188 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Indonesia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1022 ha per square kilometre | 0.1289 ha per square kilometre | 0.0268 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.1393 ha per square kilometre | 0.1884 ha per square kilometre | 0.0491 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.1332 ha per square kilometre | 0.1925 ha per square kilometre | 0.0593 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0534 ha per square kilometre | 0.1455 ha per square kilometre | 0.0921 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna — burned area, per square kilometre, Indonesia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.2146 ha per square kilometre against 0.1634 ha per square kilometre in Indonesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna — burned area, per square kilometre between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0512 ha per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Indonesia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for savanna — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Indonesia ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as 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 — 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.