Papua New Guinea vs Sri Lanka: Agricultural land use, per capita

Papua New Guinea
0.1352 hectares per person
in 2023
Sri Lanka
0.1364 hectares per person
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
157th
Sri Lanka rank
156th

Agricultural land use, per capita over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.1364 hectares per person against 0.1352 hectares per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0012 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 157th and Sri Lanka ranks 156th of 209 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 0.2457 hectares per person 0.1912 hectares per person 0.0545 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.2553 hectares per person 0.1772 hectares per person 0.0781 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.2418 hectares per person 0.1496 hectares per person 0.0921 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.2177 hectares per person 0.1335 hectares per person 0.0843 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.1794 hectares per person 0.1205 hectares per person 0.0589 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.1545 hectares per person 0.1298 hectares per person 0.0247 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.1391 hectares per person 0.1296 hectares per person 0.0095 hectares per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use, per capita, Papua New Guinea or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 0.1364 hectares per person against 0.1352 hectares per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land use, per capita between Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka?
0.0012 hectares per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka rank globally for agricultural land use, per capita?
Papua New Guinea ranks 157th and Sri Lanka ranks 156th of 209 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural land use, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Agricultural land use, per capita
Unit
hectares per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
209 places, 12,031 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Agricultural land use divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.