New Caledonia vs Papua New Guinea: Woody savanna — Burned Area, per capita

New Caledonia
0.0014 ha per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.0012 ha per person
in 2024
New Caledonia rank
34th
Papua New Guinea rank
37th

Woody savanna — Burned Area, per capita over time

  • New Caledonia
  • Papua New Guinea
00.010.020.030.04199020072024

How they compare

New Caledonia currently reports 0.0014 ha per person against 0.0012 ha per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0002 ha per person.

That makes New Caledonia's figure about 1.2 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

New Caledonia ranks 34th and Papua New Guinea ranks 37th of 187 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade New Caledonia Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0056 ha per person 0.014 ha per person 0.0084 ha per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.0046 ha per person 0.0125 ha per person 0.0079 ha per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.0036 ha per person 0.0086 ha per person 0.005 ha per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.0014 ha per person 0.0038 ha per person 0.0024 ha per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher woody savanna — burned area, per capita, New Caledonia or Papua New Guinea?
New Caledonia, at 0.0014 ha per person against 0.0012 ha per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in woody savanna — burned area, per capita between New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea?
0.0002 ha per person, with New Caledonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for woody savanna — burned area, per capita?
New Caledonia ranks 34th and Papua New Guinea ranks 37th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Woody savanna — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Woody savanna — Burned Area, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
189 places, 6,469 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Woody savanna — 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.