What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Burundi and Papua New Guinea?

0.0033 hectares per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

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

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs Papua New Guinea: Cropland per person over the long-term

Burundi

0.1334 hectares per person

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

0.1367 hectares per person

in 2025

Burundi rank

113th

Papua New Guinea rank

111th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Burundi
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.1367 hectares per person against 0.1334 hectares per person in Burundi, a difference of 0.0033 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Burundi ranks 113th and Papua New Guinea ranks 111th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 8 and Papua New Guinea in 32.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.3464 hectares per person	0.8669 hectares per person	0.5205 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1100s	0.3443 hectares per person	0.8362 hectares per person	0.4919 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1200s	0.3421 hectares per person	0.803 hectares per person	0.4609 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1300s	0.3399 hectares per person	0.7669 hectares per person	0.427 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1400s	0.3377 hectares per person	0.727 hectares per person	0.3893 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1500s	0.3355 hectares per person	0.6822 hectares per person	0.3467 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1600s	0.3332 hectares per person	0.6306 hectares per person	0.2974 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1700s	0.3309 hectares per person	0.5687 hectares per person	0.2378 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1710s	0.3307 hectares per person	0.5618 hectares per person	0.231 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1720s	0.3305 hectares per person	0.5546 hectares per person	0.2241 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1730s	0.3302 hectares per person	0.5473 hectares per person	0.217 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1740s	0.33 hectares per person	0.5397 hectares per person	0.2097 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1750s	0.3298 hectares per person	0.532 hectares per person	0.2022 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1760s	0.3296 hectares per person	0.524 hectares per person	0.1944 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1770s	0.3293 hectares per person	0.5158 hectares per person	0.1864 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1780s	0.3291 hectares per person	0.5072 hectares per person	0.1782 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1790s	0.3288 hectares per person	0.4984 hectares per person	0.1696 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1800s	0.3286 hectares per person	0.4893 hectares per person	0.1607 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1810s	0.3284 hectares per person	0.4798 hectares per person	0.1514 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1820s	0.3281 hectares per person	0.47 hectares per person	0.1418 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1830s	0.3279 hectares per person	0.4596 hectares per person	0.1317 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1840s	0.3277 hectares per person	0.4489 hectares per person	0.1212 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1850s	0.3274 hectares per person	0.4375 hectares per person	0.1101 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1860s	0.3272 hectares per person	0.4256 hectares per person	0.0984 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1870s	0.327 hectares per person	0.4129 hectares per person	0.0859 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1880s	0.3267 hectares per person	0.3994 hectares per person	0.0727 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1890s	0.3265 hectares per person	0.3849 hectares per person	0.0584 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1900s	0.3263 hectares per person	0.3693 hectares per person	0.043 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1910s	0.326 hectares per person	0.3521 hectares per person	0.0261 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1920s	0.3258 hectares per person	0.3332 hectares per person	0.0074 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1930s	0.3255 hectares per person	0.3118 hectares per person	0.0138 hectares per person	Burundi
1940s	0.3253 hectares per person	0.2869 hectares per person	0.0384 hectares per person	Burundi
1950s	0.325 hectares per person	0.2402 hectares per person	0.0848 hectares per person	Burundi
1960s	0.3256 hectares per person	0.2131 hectares per person	0.1124 hectares per person	Burundi
1970s	0.3327 hectares per person	0.2169 hectares per person	0.1158 hectares per person	Burundi
1980s	0.2723 hectares per person	0.1994 hectares per person	0.0729 hectares per person	Burundi
1990s	0.222 hectares per person	0.1787 hectares per person	0.0433 hectares per person	Burundi
2000s	0.1841 hectares per person	0.1603 hectares per person	0.0237 hectares per person	Burundi
2010s	0.1432 hectares per person	0.1524 hectares per person	0.0092 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
2020s	0.134 hectares per person	0.1419 hectares per person	0.0079 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Burundi or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 0.1367 hectares per person against 0.1334 hectares per person in Burundi as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Burundi and Papua New Guinea?: 0.0033 hectares per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Papua New Guinea?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Burundi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Burundi ranks 113th and Papua New Guinea ranks 111th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cropland per person over the long-term
Unit: hectares per person
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,784 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Total cropland area for per person each separate country over time.