Which has higher cropland area, Mongolia or Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea, at 1.22 million against 1.15 million in Mongolia as of 2023.

What is the difference in cropland area between Mongolia and Papua New Guinea?

66,030, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Our World in Data, published as Cropland area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mongolia

1.15 million

in 2023

Papua New Guinea

1.22 million

in 2023

Mongolia rank

110th

Papua New Guinea rank

109th

Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.22 million against 1.15 million in Mongolia, a difference of 66,030.

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

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

Mongolia ranks 110th and Papua New Guinea ranks 109th of 219 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mongolia averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Decade	Mongolia	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1960s	780,111	477,444	302,667	Mongolia
1970s	907,600	609,200	298,400	Mongolia
1980s	1.30 million	722,900	580,100	Mongolia
1990s	1.32 million	834,500	484,300	Mongolia
2000s	1.18 million	966,300	217,756	Mongolia
2010s	1.29 million	1.14 million	151,018	Mongolia
2020s	1.14 million	1.22 million	79,340	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher cropland area, Mongolia or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 1.22 million against 1.15 million in Mongolia as of 2023.
What is the difference in cropland area between Mongolia and Papua New Guinea?: 66,030, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mongolia and Papua New Guinea?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Mongolia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for cropland area?: Mongolia ranks 110th and Papua New Guinea ranks 109th of 219 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Cropland area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.