Papua New Guinea vs Rwanda: Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
0.2146 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Rwanda
0.2313 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Rwanda rank
37th
Savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 0.2313 ha per square kilometre against 0.2146 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0167 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Rwanda ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 39th and Rwanda ranks 37th of 188 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Rwanda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1289 ha per square kilometre | 0.2902 ha per square kilometre | 0.1612 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 0.1884 ha per square kilometre | 0.1756 ha per square kilometre | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.1925 ha per square kilometre | 0.1927 ha per square kilometre | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 0.1455 ha per square kilometre | 0.3279 ha per square kilometre | 0.1823 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna — burned area, per square kilometre, Papua New Guinea or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 0.2313 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 Papua New Guinea and Rwanda?
- 0.0167 ha per square kilometre, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Rwanda?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Rwanda rank globally for savanna — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 39th and Rwanda ranks 37th 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.