Cook Islands vs Papua New Guinea: Agricultural land per capita
Cook Islands
0.1334 hectares per capita
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.1352 hectares per capita
in 2023
Cook Islands rank
168th
Papua New Guinea rank
166th
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Cook Islands
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.1352 hectares per capita against 0.1334 hectares per capita in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.0018 hectares per capita.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 168th and Papua New Guinea ranks 166th of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 5 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3172 hectares per capita | 0.2457 hectares per capita | 0.0715 hectares per capita | Cook Islands |
| 1970s | 0.3124 hectares per capita | 0.2553 hectares per capita | 0.0571 hectares per capita | Cook Islands |
| 1980s | 0.351 hectares per capita | 0.2418 hectares per capita | 0.1092 hectares per capita | Cook Islands |
| 1990s | 0.2929 hectares per capita | 0.2177 hectares per capita | 0.0751 hectares per capita | Cook Islands |
| 2000s | 0.1879 hectares per capita | 0.1794 hectares per capita | 0.0085 hectares per capita | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 0.1111 hectares per capita | 0.1545 hectares per capita | 0.0434 hectares per capita | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.1271 hectares per capita | 0.1391 hectares per capita | 0.012 hectares per capita | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Cook Islands or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.1352 hectares per capita against 0.1334 hectares per capita in Cook Islands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0018 hectares per capita, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Cook Islands ranks 168th and Papua New Guinea ranks 166th of 226 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Agricultural land is the sum of cropland and land used as pasture for grazing livestock.