Which has higher cropland and pasture per person, Israel or Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea, at 0.0577 against 0.0542 in Israel as of 2010.

What is the difference in cropland and pasture per person between Israel and Papua New Guinea?

0.0035, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Papua New Guinea?

22 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2010.

Where does this data come from?

Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cropland and pasture per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Israel vs Papua New Guinea: Cropland and pasture per person

Israel

0.0542

in 2010

Papua New Guinea

0.0577

in 2010

Israel rank

138th

Papua New Guinea rank

135th

Cropland and pasture per person over time

Israel
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0577 against 0.0542 in Israel, a difference of 0.0035.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Israel ahead.

Israel ranks 138th and Papua New Guinea ranks 135th of 178 countries.

Across the 22 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 21 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1800s	0.6679	0.0511	0.6168	Israel
1810s	0.6647	0.0537	0.611	Israel
1820s	0.662	0.0551	0.6069	Israel
1830s	0.6784	0.0551	0.6233	Israel
1840s	0.6805	0.0542	0.6263	Israel
1850s	0.6654	0.0534	0.612	Israel
1860s	0.6221	0.053	0.5691	Israel
1870s	0.5596	0.0524	0.5071	Israel
1880s	0.5285	0.0519	0.4766	Israel
1890s	0.4922	0.0516	0.4407	Israel
1900s	0.4278	0.051	0.3768	Israel
1910s	0.3688	0.0504	0.3184	Israel
1920s	0.3722	0.0527	0.3196	Israel
1930s	0.3092	0.0597	0.2495	Israel
1940s	0.2644	0.0657	0.1988	Israel
1950s	0.2164	0.0602	0.1562	Israel
1960s	0.1933	0.0678	0.1255	Israel
1970s	0.1323	0.0742	0.0581	Israel
1980s	0.1017	0.068	0.0337	Israel
1990s	0.0898	0.0664	0.0234	Israel
2000s	0.0668	0.0615	0.0053	Israel
2010s	0.0542	0.0577	0.0035	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland and pasture per person, Israel or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 0.0577 against 0.0542 in Israel as of 2010.
What is the difference in cropland and pasture per person between Israel and Papua New Guinea?: 0.0035, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Papua New Guinea?: 22 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2010.
How do Israel and Papua New Guinea rank globally for cropland and pasture per person?: Israel ranks 138th and Papua New Guinea ranks 135th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cropland and pasture per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cropland and pasture per person
Source: Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 178 places, 3,796 data points, 1800–2010
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Pasture – land used for livestock grazing – and cropland are measured in hectares per person. The sum of pasture and cropland is the total land used for agriculture.