What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between Haiti and Papua New Guinea?

69,500 hectares, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti 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 extent over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Haiti vs Papua New Guinea: Cropland extent over the long-term

Haiti

1.15 million hectares

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

1.22 million hectares

in 2025

Haiti rank

108th

Papua New Guinea rank

107th

Cropland extent over the long-term over time

Haiti
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.22 million hectares against 1.15 million hectares in Haiti, a difference of 69,500 hectares.

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

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

Haiti ranks 108th and Papua New Guinea ranks 107th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 15 and Papua New Guinea in 25.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Haiti	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 hectares	771,652 hectares	771,652 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1100s	0 hectares	779,768 hectares	779,768 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1200s	0 hectares	784,528 hectares	784,528 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1300s	0 hectares	784,915 hectares	784,915 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1400s	0 hectares	779,520 hectares	779,520 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1500s	138,718 hectares	766,287 hectares	627,569 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1600s	25,594 hectares	742,079 hectares	716,485 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1700s	29,072 hectares	701,141 hectares	672,069 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1710s	35,932 hectares	694,865 hectares	658,933 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1720s	44,394 hectares	688,319 hectares	643,925 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1730s	54,825 hectares	681,486 hectares	626,661 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1740s	67,676 hectares	674,348 hectares	606,672 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1750s	83,498 hectares	666,882 hectares	583,384 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1760s	102,965 hectares	659,065 hectares	556,100 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1770s	126,897 hectares	650,872 hectares	523,975 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1780s	156,294 hectares	642,273 hectares	485,979 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1790s	192,369 hectares	633,232 hectares	440,863 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1800s	236,592 hectares	623,714 hectares	387,122 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1810s	290,739 hectares	613,671 hectares	322,932 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1820s	356,951 hectares	603,053 hectares	246,102 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1830s	395,819 hectares	591,800 hectares	195,981 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1840s	415,634 hectares	579,839 hectares	164,205 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1850s	435,875 hectares	567,084 hectares	131,209 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1860s	474,141 hectares	553,432 hectares	79,291 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1870s	509,586 hectares	538,032 hectares	28,446 hectares	Papua New Guinea
1880s	528,845 hectares	521,485 hectares	7,360 hectares	Haiti
1890s	579,665 hectares	503,588 hectares	76,077 hectares	Haiti
1900s	633,630 hectares	484,071 hectares	149,559 hectares	Haiti
1910s	709,545 hectares	462,563 hectares	246,982 hectares	Haiti
1920s	801,214 hectares	465,012 hectares	336,202 hectares	Haiti
1930s	874,118 hectares	462,335 hectares	411,783 hectares	Haiti
1940s	943,513 hectares	452,105 hectares	491,408 hectares	Haiti
1950s	1.09 million hectares	434,642 hectares	656,850 hectares	Haiti
1960s	1.18 million hectares	473,400 hectares	704,600 hectares	Haiti
1970s	1.11 million hectares	609,200 hectares	501,600 hectares	Haiti
1980s	1.10 million hectares	722,900 hectares	377,100 hectares	Haiti
1990s	1.13 million hectares	834,500 hectares	291,500 hectares	Haiti
2000s	1.24 million hectares	966,300 hectares	270,333 hectares	Haiti
2010s	1.52 million hectares	1.14 million hectares	378,900 hectares	Haiti
2020s	1.24 million hectares	1.22 million hectares	29,167 hectares	Haiti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland extent over the long-term, Haiti or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 1.22 million hectares against 1.15 million hectares in Haiti as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between Haiti and Papua New Guinea?: 69,500 hectares, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Papua New Guinea?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Haiti and Papua New Guinea rank globally for cropland extent over the long-term?: Haiti ranks 108th and Papua New Guinea ranks 107th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland extent 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 extent over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Total cropland area for each separate country over time.