North Korea vs Papua New Guinea: How have things changed?, per capita

North Korea
0.0337 metric tons per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.0327 metric tons per person
in 2024
North Korea rank
48th
Papua New Guinea rank
51st

How have things changed?, per capita over time

  • North Korea
  • Papua New Guinea
00.020.040.060.080.1196519942024

How they compare

North Korea currently reports 0.0337 metric tons per person against 0.0327 metric tons per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.001 metric tons per person.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was North Korea ahead.

North Korea ranks 48th and Papua New Guinea ranks 51st of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 5 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade North Korea Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0326 metric tons per person 0.0067 metric tons per person 0.0259 metric tons per person North Korea
1970s 0.0452 metric tons per person 0.0238 metric tons per person 0.0214 metric tons per person North Korea
1980s 0.081 metric tons per person 0.0157 metric tons per person 0.0653 metric tons per person North Korea
1990s 0.0501 metric tons per person 0.0148 metric tons per person 0.0353 metric tons per person North Korea
2000s 0.0292 metric tons per person 0.0359 metric tons per person 0.0067 metric tons per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.031 metric tons per person 0.0345 metric tons per person 0.0035 metric tons per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.0339 metric tons per person 0.0264 metric tons per person 0.0075 metric tons per person North Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher how have things changed?, per capita, North Korea or Papua New Guinea?
North Korea, at 0.0337 metric tons per person against 0.0327 metric tons per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in how have things changed?, per capita between North Korea and Papua New Guinea?
0.001 metric tons per person, with North Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Papua New Guinea?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do North Korea and Papua New Guinea rank globally for how have things changed?, per capita?
North Korea ranks 48th and Papua New Guinea ranks 51st of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as How have things changed?, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
How have things changed?, per capita
Unit
metric tons per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 11,930 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed

How have things changed? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.