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

0.0035 hectares per person, with Ecuador ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador 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.

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

Ecuador

0.1402 hectares per person

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

0.1367 hectares per person

in 2025

Ecuador rank

109th

Papua New Guinea rank

111th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Ecuador
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 0.1402 hectares per person against 0.1367 hectares per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0035 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Ecuador ranks 109th and Papua New Guinea ranks 111th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 20 and Papua New Guinea in 20.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ecuador	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.4796 hectares per person	0.8669 hectares per person	0.3873 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1100s	0.4785 hectares per person	0.8362 hectares per person	0.3576 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1200s	0.4774 hectares per person	0.803 hectares per person	0.3256 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1300s	0.4762 hectares per person	0.7669 hectares per person	0.2907 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1400s	0.4749 hectares per person	0.727 hectares per person	0.2521 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1500s	0.4736 hectares per person	0.6822 hectares per person	0.2086 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1600s	0.4721 hectares per person	0.6306 hectares per person	0.1585 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1700s	0.4706 hectares per person	0.5687 hectares per person	0.0982 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1710s	0.4704 hectares per person	0.5618 hectares per person	0.0914 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1720s	0.4702 hectares per person	0.5546 hectares per person	0.0844 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1730s	0.4701 hectares per person	0.5473 hectares per person	0.0772 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1740s	0.4699 hectares per person	0.5397 hectares per person	0.0699 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1750s	0.4697 hectares per person	0.532 hectares per person	0.0623 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1760s	0.4695 hectares per person	0.524 hectares per person	0.0545 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1770s	0.4694 hectares per person	0.5158 hectares per person	0.0464 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1780s	0.4692 hectares per person	0.5072 hectares per person	0.0381 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1790s	0.469 hectares per person	0.4984 hectares per person	0.0294 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1800s	0.4688 hectares per person	0.4893 hectares per person	0.0205 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1810s	0.4686 hectares per person	0.4798 hectares per person	0.0112 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1820s	0.4685 hectares per person	0.47 hectares per person	0.0015 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1830s	0.4683 hectares per person	0.4596 hectares per person	0.0086 hectares per person	Ecuador
1840s	0.4681 hectares per person	0.4489 hectares per person	0.0192 hectares per person	Ecuador
1850s	0.4679 hectares per person	0.4375 hectares per person	0.0304 hectares per person	Ecuador
1860s	0.4677 hectares per person	0.4256 hectares per person	0.0421 hectares per person	Ecuador
1870s	0.4675 hectares per person	0.4129 hectares per person	0.0546 hectares per person	Ecuador
1880s	0.4673 hectares per person	0.3994 hectares per person	0.0679 hectares per person	Ecuador
1890s	0.4671 hectares per person	0.3849 hectares per person	0.0822 hectares per person	Ecuador
1900s	0.4669 hectares per person	0.3693 hectares per person	0.0976 hectares per person	Ecuador
1910s	0.4666 hectares per person	0.3521 hectares per person	0.1145 hectares per person	Ecuador
1920s	0.4664 hectares per person	0.3332 hectares per person	0.1332 hectares per person	Ecuador
1930s	0.4662 hectares per person	0.3118 hectares per person	0.1544 hectares per person	Ecuador
1940s	0.4657 hectares per person	0.2869 hectares per person	0.1788 hectares per person	Ecuador
1950s	0.5074 hectares per person	0.2402 hectares per person	0.2672 hectares per person	Ecuador
1960s	0.4861 hectares per person	0.2131 hectares per person	0.2729 hectares per person	Ecuador
1970s	0.3727 hectares per person	0.2169 hectares per person	0.1559 hectares per person	Ecuador
1980s	0.3002 hectares per person	0.1994 hectares per person	0.1008 hectares per person	Ecuador
1990s	0.2655 hectares per person	0.1787 hectares per person	0.0868 hectares per person	Ecuador
2000s	0.1901 hectares per person	0.1603 hectares per person	0.0298 hectares per person	Ecuador
2010s	0.1602 hectares per person	0.1524 hectares per person	0.0077 hectares per person	Ecuador
2020s	0.1442 hectares per person	0.1419 hectares per person	0.0023 hectares per person	Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Ecuador or Papua New Guinea?: Ecuador, at 0.1402 hectares per person against 0.1367 hectares per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Ecuador and Papua New Guinea?: 0.0035 hectares per person, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Papua New Guinea?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Ecuador and Papua New Guinea rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Ecuador ranks 109th 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.