Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature

Afghanistan
0.1%
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.1%
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
110th
Papua New Guinea rank
107th

Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Papua New Guinea
00.10.20.30.4185119372024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 110th and Papua New Guinea ranks 107th of 215 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 9 and Papua New Guinea in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1850s 0.2% -0.0% 0.2% Afghanistan
1860s 0.2% -0.0% 0.2% Afghanistan
1870s 0.2% -0.0% 0.2% Afghanistan
1880s 0.2% -0.0% 0.2% Afghanistan
1890s 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% Papua New Guinea
1900s 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% Papua New Guinea
1910s 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% Papua New Guinea
1920s 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% Papua New Guinea
1930s 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% Papua New Guinea
1940s 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% Papua New Guinea
1950s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Afghanistan
1960s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Afghanistan
1970s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Afghanistan
1980s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Afghanistan
1990s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Afghanistan
2000s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature, Afghanistan or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature between Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea?
0.0%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea?
174 years are reported by both, from 1851 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea rank globally for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature?
Afghanistan ranks 110th and Papua New Guinea ranks 107th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature
Unit
%
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 37,410 data points, 1851–2024
Last refreshed

Measured as a percentage of the world's temperature change.