Guatemala vs Papua New Guinea: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita
Guatemala
0.0084 ha per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.0096 ha per person
in 2024
Guatemala rank
57th
Papua New Guinea rank
55th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita over time
- Guatemala
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0096 ha per person against 0.0084 ha per person in Guatemala, a difference of 0.0012 ha per person.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Guatemala's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Guatemala ranks 57th and Papua New Guinea ranks 55th of 188 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0112 ha per person | 0.0333 ha per person | 0.0221 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.0148 ha per person | 0.0319 ha per person | 0.0171 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0087 ha per person | 0.0234 ha per person | 0.0148 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0061 ha per person | 0.013 ha per person | 0.0069 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per capita, Guatemala or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0096 ha per person against 0.0084 ha per person in Guatemala as of 2024.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per capita between Guatemala and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0012 ha per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Papua New Guinea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Guatemala and Papua New Guinea rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per capita?
- Guatemala ranks 57th and Papua New Guinea ranks 55th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Savanna fires — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.