Papua New Guinea vs Thailand: Woody savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
0.3006 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Thailand
0.412 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
15th
Thailand rank
12th
Woody savanna — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 0.412 ha per square kilometre against 0.3006 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.1114 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.4 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Thailand ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 15th and Thailand ranks 12th of 187 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 | 0.1387 ha per square kilometre | 0.4598 ha per square kilometre | 0.3211 ha per square kilometre | Thailand |
| 2000s | 0.1766 ha per square kilometre | 0.4091 ha per square kilometre | 0.2325 ha per square kilometre | Thailand |
| 2010s | 0.1672 ha per square kilometre | 0.4065 ha per square kilometre | 0.2393 ha per square kilometre | Thailand |
| 2020s | 0.1006 ha per square kilometre | 0.2779 ha per square kilometre | 0.1773 ha per square kilometre | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher woody savanna — burned area, per square kilometre, Papua New Guinea or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 0.412 ha per square kilometre against 0.3006 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in woody savanna — burned area, per square kilometre between Papua New Guinea and Thailand?
- 0.1114 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 woody savanna — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 15th and Thailand ranks 12th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Woody savanna — 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
Woody savanna — 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.