Cameroon vs Papua New Guinea: How have things changed?, per square kilometre

Cameroon
0.511 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.5585 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Cameroon rank
130th
Papua New Guinea rank
127th

How have things changed?, per square kilometre over time

  • Cameroon
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.5585 metric tons per square kilometre against 0.511 metric tons per square kilometre in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0475 metric tons per square kilometre.

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

The two have swapped places 11 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 130th and Papua New Guinea ranks 127th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1355 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0348 metric tons per square kilometre 0.1007 metric tons per square kilometre Cameroon
1970s 0.1405 metric tons per square kilometre 0.1481 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0076 metric tons per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.1597 metric tons per square kilometre 0.1187 metric tons per square kilometre 0.041 metric tons per square kilometre Cameroon
1990s 0.1837 metric tons per square kilometre 0.1513 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0324 metric tons per square kilometre Cameroon
2000s 0.2876 metric tons per square kilometre 0.5174 metric tons per square kilometre 0.2299 metric tons per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.4866 metric tons per square kilometre 0.6593 metric tons per square kilometre 0.1727 metric tons per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.4868 metric tons per square kilometre 0.5552 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0684 metric tons per square kilometre Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher how have things changed?, per square kilometre, Cameroon or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.5585 metric tons per square kilometre against 0.511 metric tons per square kilometre in Cameroon as of 2023.
What is the difference in how have things changed?, per square kilometre between Cameroon and Papua New Guinea?
0.0475 metric tons per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Papua New Guinea?
59 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Papua New Guinea rank globally for how have things changed?, per square kilometre?
Cameroon ranks 130th and Papua New Guinea ranks 127th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as How have things changed?, per square kilometre. 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 square kilometre
Unit
metric tons per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 11,549 data points, 1965–2023
Last refreshed

How have things changed? 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.