Equatorial Guinea vs Papua New Guinea: Arable land

Equatorial Guinea
0.0287 hectares per person
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0318 hectares per person
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
161st
Papua New Guinea rank
158th

Arable land over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Papua New Guinea
0.050.10.15196119922023

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0318 hectares per person against 0.0287 hectares per person in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.0031 hectares per person.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 161st and Papua New Guinea ranks 158th of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1275 hectares per person 0.0355 hectares per person 0.092 hectares per person Equatorial Guinea
1970s 0.0904 hectares per person 0.0467 hectares per person 0.0436 hectares per person Equatorial Guinea
1980s 0.0438 hectares per person 0.0524 hectares per person 0.0086 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.0315 hectares per person 0.0429 hectares per person 0.0115 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.0412 hectares per person 0.0378 hectares per person 0.0034 hectares per person Equatorial Guinea
2010s 0.0382 hectares per person 0.0366 hectares per person 0.0016 hectares per person Equatorial Guinea
2020s 0.0298 hectares per person 0.0327 hectares per person 0.0029 hectares per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land, Equatorial Guinea or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.0318 hectares per person against 0.0287 hectares per person in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land between Equatorial Guinea and Papua New Guinea?
0.0031 hectares per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Papua New Guinea?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Papua New Guinea rank globally for arable land?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 161st and Papua New Guinea ranks 158th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit
hectares per person
Source
FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.