Papua New Guinea vs Vietnam: Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
0.0073 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Vietnam
0.0093 hectares per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
31st
Vietnam rank
29th
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Vietnam
How they compare
Vietnam currently reports 0.0093 hectares per square kilometre against 0.0073 hectares per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.002 hectares per square kilometre.
That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.3 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 31st and Vietnam ranks 29th of 206 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Vietnam in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Vietnam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0136 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0049 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0087 hectares per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0108 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0169 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0061 hectares per square kilometre | Vietnam |
| 2020s | 0.0055 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0051 hectares per square kilometre | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
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, Papua New Guinea or Vietnam?
- Vietnam, at 0.0093 hectares per square kilometre against 0.0073 hectares per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre between Papua New Guinea and Vietnam?
- 0.002 hectares per square kilometre, with Vietnam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Vietnam?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Vietnam rank globally for wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 31st and Vietnam ranks 29th 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.