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

0.0047 hectares per person, with Norway ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Norway 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.

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

Norway

0.1414 hectares per person

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

0.1367 hectares per person

in 2025

Norway rank

108th

Papua New Guinea rank

111th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Norway
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Norway currently reports 0.1414 hectares per person against 0.1367 hectares per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0047 hectares per person.

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

Norway ranks 108th and Papua New Guinea ranks 111th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 34.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Norway	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.4993 hectares per person	0.8669 hectares per person	0.3675 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1100s	0.4891 hectares per person	0.8362 hectares per person	0.3471 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1200s	0.4778 hectares per person	0.803 hectares per person	0.3252 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1300s	0.4654 hectares per person	0.7669 hectares per person	0.3015 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1400s	0.4515 hectares per person	0.727 hectares per person	0.2755 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1500s	0.4356 hectares per person	0.6822 hectares per person	0.2465 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1600s	0.417 hectares per person	0.6306 hectares per person	0.2136 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1700s	0.3944 hectares per person	0.5687 hectares per person	0.1743 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1710s	0.3918 hectares per person	0.5618 hectares per person	0.1699 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1720s	0.3892 hectares per person	0.5546 hectares per person	0.1654 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1730s	0.3865 hectares per person	0.5473 hectares per person	0.1608 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1740s	0.3837 hectares per person	0.5397 hectares per person	0.1561 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1750s	0.3808 hectares per person	0.532 hectares per person	0.1512 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1760s	0.3778 hectares per person	0.524 hectares per person	0.1462 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1770s	0.3747 hectares per person	0.5158 hectares per person	0.141 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1780s	0.3716 hectares per person	0.5072 hectares per person	0.1357 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1790s	0.3683 hectares per person	0.4984 hectares per person	0.1302 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1800s	0.3649 hectares per person	0.4893 hectares per person	0.1244 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1810s	0.3613 hectares per person	0.4798 hectares per person	0.1185 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1820s	0.3572 hectares per person	0.47 hectares per person	0.1127 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1830s	0.3529 hectares per person	0.4596 hectares per person	0.1068 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1840s	0.3481 hectares per person	0.4489 hectares per person	0.1008 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1850s	0.3424 hectares per person	0.4375 hectares per person	0.0951 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1860s	0.3357 hectares per person	0.4256 hectares per person	0.0899 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1870s	0.3254 hectares per person	0.4129 hectares per person	0.0875 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1880s	0.311 hectares per person	0.3994 hectares per person	0.0884 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1890s	0.2956 hectares per person	0.3849 hectares per person	0.0893 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1900s	0.2769 hectares per person	0.3693 hectares per person	0.0924 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1910s	0.2691 hectares per person	0.3521 hectares per person	0.083 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1920s	0.2597 hectares per person	0.3332 hectares per person	0.0735 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1930s	0.2511 hectares per person	0.3118 hectares per person	0.0606 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1940s	0.2416 hectares per person	0.2869 hectares per person	0.0454 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1950s	0.2255 hectares per person	0.2402 hectares per person	0.0147 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1960s	0.2266 hectares per person	0.2131 hectares per person	0.0135 hectares per person	Norway
1970s	0.2014 hectares per person	0.2169 hectares per person	0.0155 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1980s	0.2058 hectares per person	0.1994 hectares per person	0.0064 hectares per person	Norway
1990s	0.2095 hectares per person	0.1787 hectares per person	0.0308 hectares per person	Norway
2000s	0.1874 hectares per person	0.1603 hectares per person	0.0271 hectares per person	Norway
2010s	0.1587 hectares per person	0.1524 hectares per person	0.0062 hectares per person	Norway
2020s	0.145 hectares per person	0.1419 hectares per person	0.0031 hectares per person	Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Norway or Papua New Guinea?: Norway, at 0.1414 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 Norway and Papua New Guinea?: 0.0047 hectares per person, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Papua New Guinea?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Norway and Papua New Guinea rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Norway ranks 108th 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.