Papua New Guinea vs Thailand: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
0.5965 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Thailand
0.7513 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
51st
Thailand rank
49th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 0.7513 ha per square kilometre against 0.5965 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.1548 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.3 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Thailand ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 51st and Thailand ranks 49th of 188 countries.
Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3263 ha per square kilometre | 0.7462 ha per square kilometre | 0.4199 ha per square kilometre | Thailand |
| 2000s | 0.4535 ha per square kilometre | 0.965 ha per square kilometre | 0.5114 ha per square kilometre | Thailand |
| 2010s | 0.4493 ha per square kilometre | 0.7806 ha per square kilometre | 0.3313 ha per square kilometre | Thailand |
| 2020s | 0.3128 ha per square kilometre | 0.5181 ha per square kilometre | 0.2052 ha per square kilometre | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Papua New Guinea or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 0.7513 ha per square kilometre against 0.5965 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Papua New Guinea and Thailand?
- 0.1548 ha per square kilometre, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Thailand?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Thailand rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 51st and Thailand ranks 49th 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.