Net Forest conversion: Net emissions/removals (CO2) … Net capita in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Net Forest conversion: Net emissions/removals (CO2) … Net capita was 0.0002 kt per person in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) in Papua New Guinea, 1990–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kt per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) in Papua New Guinea is 0.0002 kt per person, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.0023 kt per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 kt per person, in 2025.
Papua New Guinea ranks 57th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Net Forest conversion: Net emissions/removals (CO2) … Net capita in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kt per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0023 kt per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.0022 kt per person | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0021 kt per person | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0021 kt per person | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 0.002 kt per person | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0019 kt per person | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0019 kt per person | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0018 kt per person | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0017 kt per person | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0017 kt per person | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0016 kt per person | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0016 kt per person | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0015 kt per person | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0015 kt per person | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0014 kt per person | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0014 kt per person | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0013 kt per person | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0013 kt per person | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0012 kt per person | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0012 kt per person | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0012 kt per person | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0002 kt per person | -79.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0002 kt per person | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0002 kt per person | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0002 kt per person | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0002 kt per person | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.001 kt per person | +366.3% |
| 2017 | 0.001 kt per person | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 0.001 kt per person | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0009 kt per person | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0009 kt per person | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0002 kt per person | -79.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0002 kt per person | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0002 kt per person | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0002 kt per person | -1.8% |
| 2025 | 0.0002 kt per person | -1.7% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 0.0002 kt per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0 kt per person, 5.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net Forest conversion: Net emissions/removals (CO2) … Net capita in Papua New Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +366.3% | 0.0002 kt per person | 0.001 kt per person |
| 2011 | -79.6% | 0.0012 kt per person | 0.0002 kt per person |
| 2021 | -79.1% | 0.0009 kt per person | 0.0002 kt per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.002 kt per person | 0.0017 kt per person | 0.0023 kt per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0014 kt per person | 0.0012 kt per person | 0.0016 kt per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0006 kt per person | 0.0002 kt per person | 0.0012 kt per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0003 kt per person | 0.0002 kt per person | 0.0009 kt per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More climate change data for Papua New Guinea
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 18.97 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,290 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 396.23 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,894 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 67.64 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 108.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 105.81 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2.88 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.3993 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) in Papua New Guinea?
- Net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) in Papua New Guinea was 0.0002 kt per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0023 kt per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 kt per person in 2025.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land)?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 57th out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.