Papua New Guinea vs Queensland: Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces
Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Queensland
How they compare
Queensland currently reports 898.92 Square kilometres against 54.85 Square kilometres in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 844.07 Square kilometres.
That makes Queensland's figure about 16.4 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Queensland has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 139th and Queensland ranks 142nd of 164 countries.
Queensland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Queensland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.19 Square kilometres | 413.28 Square kilometres | 405.09 Square kilometres | Queensland |
| 2010s | 18.62 Square kilometres | 647.73 Square kilometres | 629.11 Square kilometres | Queensland |
| 2020s | 49.36 Square kilometres | 850.24 Square kilometres | 800.88 Square kilometres | Queensland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces, Papua New Guinea or Queensland?
- Queensland, at 898.92 Square kilometres against 54.85 Square kilometres in Papua New Guinea as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces between Papua New Guinea and Queensland?
- 844.07 Square kilometres, with Queensland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Queensland?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Queensland rank globally for land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 139th and Queensland ranks 142nd of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The land cover dataset provides a global assessment of land cover and land cover change to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. By using geospatial data with high spatio-temporal resolution, it develops a set of internationally comparable indicators with a long time series and a five-year interval from 2000 to 2022 for the Climate Change Initiative Land Cover dataset, and from 1975 to 2030 for the Global Human Settlement Layer dataset. Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset has a global coverage on the national level, while on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The following country aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas, the LAC region and the World. Data source(s): Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer built-up area data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation