Australia vs Papua New Guinea: Oil reserves, per square kilometre
Australia
50.56 cubic meters per square kilometre
in 2021
Papua New Guinea
56.05 cubic meters per square kilometre
in 2021
Australia rank
71st
Papua New Guinea rank
69th
Oil reserves, per square kilometre over time
- Australia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 56.05 cubic meters per square kilometre against 50.56 cubic meters per square kilometre in Australia, a difference of 5.49 cubic meters per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 71st and Papua New Guinea ranks 69th of 201 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.94 cubic meters per square kilometre | 39.67 cubic meters per square kilometre | 6.73 cubic meters per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 36.88 cubic meters per square kilometre | 96.73 cubic meters per square kilometre | 59.86 cubic meters per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 49.28 cubic meters per square kilometre | 81 cubic meters per square kilometre | 31.72 cubic meters per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 41.43 cubic meters per square kilometre | 55.06 cubic meters per square kilometre | 13.63 cubic meters per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 50.56 cubic meters per square kilometre | 55.79 cubic meters per square kilometre | 5.23 cubic meters per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil reserves, per square kilometre, Australia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 56.05 cubic meters per square kilometre against 50.56 cubic meters per square kilometre in Australia as of 2021.
- What is the difference in oil reserves, per square kilometre between Australia and Papua New Guinea?
- 5.49 cubic meters per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Papua New Guinea?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2021.
- How do Australia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for oil reserves, per square kilometre?
- Australia ranks 71st and Papua New Guinea ranks 69th of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Oil reserves, 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
Oil reserves 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.