North Korea vs Papua New Guinea
North Korea vs Papua New Guinea: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 64.1% in North Korea and 75.2% in Papua New Guinea, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Papua New Guinea, by 11.1 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in North Korea.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Papua New Guinea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, North Korea ranked 24 and Papua New Guinea ranked 10 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | North Korea | Papua New Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64.1 | 75.2 | – |
| 2023 | 64 | 75.2 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 63.9 | 75.2 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 63.8 | 75.2 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 63.7 | 75.2 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 63.6 | 75.2 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 63.5 | 75.3 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 63.4 | 75.3 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 63.3 | 75.4 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 63.2 | 75.4 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 63.1 | 75.4 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 63.1 | 75.4 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 63 | 75.5 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 62.9 | 75.5 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 62.8 | 75.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | 62.7 | 75.5 | 32 |
| 2008 | 62.6 | 75.6 | 32 |
| 2007 | 62.5 | 75.6 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 62.4 | 75.7 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 62.3 | 75.7 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 62.3 | 75.8 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 62.2 | 75.8 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 62.1 | 75.9 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 62 | 75.9 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 61.9 | 76 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 61.9 | 76 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 61.9 | 76.1 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 61.9 | 76.1 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 61.9 | 76.1 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 61.9 | 76.2 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 61.9 | 76.2 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 61.9 | 76.3 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 61.9 | 76.3 | 33 |
| 1991 | 61.9 | 76.4 | – |
| 1990 | 61.9 | 76.4 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
North Korea vs Papua New Guinea
Health
- Life expectancyNorth Korea: 73.6 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 66.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNorth Korea: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024Papua New Guinea: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNorth Korea: 14.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Papua New Guinea: 32.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionNorth Korea: 3.09% in 2017Papua New Guinea: 3.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateNorth Korea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Papua New Guinea: 23.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNorth Korea: 26.4 million people in 2023Papua New Guinea: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthNorth Korea: 0.32% a year in 2023Papua New Guinea: 1.8% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNorth Korea: 1.78 births per woman in 2023Papua New Guinea: 3.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNorth Korea: 64.2% in 2025Papua New Guinea: 15.8% in 2025
- Median ageNorth Korea: 36.1 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNorth Korea: 12% in 2023Papua New Guinea: 3.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateNorth Korea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Papua New Guinea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personNorth Korea: $62 in 2018Papua New Guinea: $10 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNorth Korea: 1.47 million people in 2020Papua New Guinea: 4,000 people in 2020
- National powerNorth Korea: 1.41% of world capability in 2022Papua New Guinea: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNorth Korea: 8.62% of the labour force in 2020Papua New Guinea: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNorth Korea: 1 million TIV in 2010Papua New Guinea: 9 million TIV in 2023