Malawi vs Papua New Guinea: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade
Malawi
9.1%
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
9.3%
in 2023
Malawi rank
25th
Papua New Guinea rank
23rd
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade over time
- Malawi
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 9.3% against 9.1% in Malawi, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Malawi ranks 25th and Papua New Guinea ranks 23rd of 225 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.3% | 31.0% | 18.7% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 3.0% | 17.4% | 14.5% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 8.1% | 19.2% | 11.0% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 17.3% | 16.0% | 1.3% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 15.5% | 4.1% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 9.7% | 9.7% | 0.0% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade, Malawi or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 9.3% against 9.1% in Malawi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade between Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.2%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Malawi ranks 25th and Papua New Guinea ranks 23rd of 225 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage change in surface area devoted to agriculture with respect to 10 years before. Negative values imply that surface area has decreased with respect to the previous decade. This data is used to assess which countries may have already peaked in their agricultural land use.