Bahamas vs Papua New Guinea: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita

Bahamas
0.0019 hectares per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.0017 hectares per person
in 2025
Bahamas rank
71st
Papua New Guinea rank
74th

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time

  • Bahamas
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Bahamas currently reports 0.0019 hectares per person against 0.0017 hectares per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0002 hectares per person.

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

The two have swapped places 7 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Bahamas ranks 71st and Papua New Guinea ranks 74th of 206 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahamas Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0021 hectares per person 0.0073 hectares per person 0.0052 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.0025 hectares per person 0.0048 hectares per person 0.0023 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.0018 hectares per person 0.0028 hectares per person 0.001 hectares per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita, Bahamas or Papua New Guinea?
Bahamas, at 0.0019 hectares per person against 0.0017 hectares per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Bahamas and Papua New Guinea?
0.0002 hectares per person, with Bahamas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Papua New Guinea?
24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
How do Bahamas and Papua New Guinea rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
Bahamas ranks 71st and Papua New Guinea ranks 74th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Unit
hectares per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
206 places, 4,944 data points, 2002–2025
Last refreshed

Area burned by wildfires by land cover type divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.