Mexico vs Papua New Guinea: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Mexico
0.4946 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.5965 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Mexico rank
53rd
Papua New Guinea rank
51st
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Mexico
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.5965 ha per square kilometre against 0.4946 ha per square kilometre in Mexico, a difference of 0.1019 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mexico ahead.
Mexico ranks 53rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 51st of 188 countries.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4539 ha per square kilometre | 0.3263 ha per square kilometre | 0.1276 ha per square kilometre | Mexico |
| 2000s | 0.5066 ha per square kilometre | 0.4535 ha per square kilometre | 0.053 ha per square kilometre | Mexico |
| 2010s | 0.5083 ha per square kilometre | 0.4493 ha per square kilometre | 0.059 ha per square kilometre | Mexico |
| 2020s | 0.4299 ha per square kilometre | 0.3128 ha per square kilometre | 0.1171 ha per square kilometre | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Mexico or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.5965 ha per square kilometre against 0.4946 ha per square kilometre in Mexico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Mexico and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.1019 ha per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Papua New Guinea?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Mexico and Papua New Guinea rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Mexico ranks 53rd 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.