Angola vs Papua New Guinea: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre
Angola
0.0061 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0073 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Angola rank
34th
Papua New Guinea rank
31st
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre over time
- Angola
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0073 hectares per square kilometre against 0.0061 hectares per square kilometre in Angola, a difference of 0.0012 hectares per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Angola's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Angola ranks 34th and Papua New Guinea ranks 31st of 206 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0054 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0136 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0082 hectares per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0102 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0108 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0064 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0055 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0009 hectares per square kilometre | Angola |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre, Angola or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0073 hectares per square kilometre against 0.0061 hectares per square kilometre in Angola as of 2023.
- What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre between Angola and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0012 hectares per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Papua New Guinea?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Angola and Papua New Guinea rank globally for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre?
- Angola ranks 34th and Papua New Guinea ranks 31st of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Wildfire area burned by land cover type 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.