Indonesia vs Papua New Guinea: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Indonesia
0.4204 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.5965 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Indonesia rank
54th
Papua New Guinea rank
51st
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Indonesia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.5965 ha per square kilometre against 0.4204 ha per square kilometre in Indonesia, a difference of 0.1761 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.4 times Indonesia's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Indonesia ranks 54th and Papua New Guinea ranks 51st 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 | 0.2553 ha per square kilometre | 0.3263 ha per square kilometre | 0.071 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.4056 ha per square kilometre | 0.4535 ha per square kilometre | 0.0479 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.3558 ha per square kilometre | 0.4493 ha per square kilometre | 0.0935 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.1321 ha per square kilometre | 0.3128 ha per square kilometre | 0.1807 ha per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Indonesia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.5965 ha per square kilometre against 0.4204 ha per square kilometre in Indonesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.1761 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 fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Indonesia ranks 54th and Papua New Guinea ranks 51st of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna fires — 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 fires — 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.