Madagascar vs Papua New Guinea: Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Madagascar
0.2318 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.2146 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Madagascar rank
36th
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Madagascar
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 0.2318 ha per square kilometre against 0.2146 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0172 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 36th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 188 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.91 ha per square kilometre | 0.1289 ha per square kilometre | 1.78 ha per square kilometre | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 0.6612 ha per square kilometre | 0.1884 ha per square kilometre | 0.4728 ha per square kilometre | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 0.3659 ha per square kilometre | 0.1925 ha per square kilometre | 0.1733 ha per square kilometre | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 0.3082 ha per square kilometre | 0.1455 ha per square kilometre | 0.1627 ha per square kilometre | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna — burned area, per square kilometre, Madagascar or Papua New Guinea?
- Madagascar, at 0.2318 ha per square kilometre against 0.2146 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna — burned area, per square kilometre between Madagascar and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0172 ha per square kilometre, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Papua New Guinea?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Madagascar and Papua New Guinea rank globally for savanna — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Madagascar ranks 36th 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.