El Salvador vs Papua New Guinea: Agricultural land use per person
El Salvador
0.1479 hectares per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.158 hectares per person
in 2025
El Salvador rank
145th
Papua New Guinea rank
143rd
Agricultural land use per person over time
- El Salvador
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.158 hectares per person against 0.1479 hectares per person in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0101 hectares per person.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 145th and Papua New Guinea ranks 143rd of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 27 and Papua New Guinea in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.868 hectares per person | 0.8669 hectares per person | 0.0012 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1100s | 0.8374 hectares per person | 0.8362 hectares per person | 0.0012 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1200s | 0.8044 hectares per person | 0.803 hectares per person | 0.0014 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1300s | 0.7684 hectares per person | 0.7669 hectares per person | 0.0015 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1400s | 0.7287 hectares per person | 0.727 hectares per person | 0.0017 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1500s | 0.6841 hectares per person | 0.6822 hectares per person | 0.0019 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1600s | 0.7923 hectares per person | 0.6306 hectares per person | 0.1617 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1700s | 0.7824 hectares per person | 0.5687 hectares per person | 0.2137 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1710s | 0.7807 hectares per person | 0.5618 hectares per person | 0.2189 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1720s | 0.7788 hectares per person | 0.5546 hectares per person | 0.2242 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1730s | 0.7767 hectares per person | 0.5473 hectares per person | 0.2294 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1740s | 0.7744 hectares per person | 0.5397 hectares per person | 0.2346 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1750s | 0.7719 hectares per person | 0.532 hectares per person | 0.2399 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1760s | 0.7691 hectares per person | 0.524 hectares per person | 0.2451 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1770s | 0.7661 hectares per person | 0.5158 hectares per person | 0.2504 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1780s | 0.7629 hectares per person | 0.5072 hectares per person | 0.2556 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1790s | 0.7594 hectares per person | 0.4984 hectares per person | 0.2609 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1800s | 0.7555 hectares per person | 0.4893 hectares per person | 0.2662 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1810s | 0.7543 hectares per person | 0.4798 hectares per person | 0.2745 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1820s | 0.7527 hectares per person | 0.47 hectares per person | 0.2828 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1830s | 0.7507 hectares per person | 0.4596 hectares per person | 0.2911 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1840s | 0.7482 hectares per person | 0.4489 hectares per person | 0.2994 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1850s | 0.7453 hectares per person | 0.4375 hectares per person | 0.3077 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 0.7144 hectares per person | 0.4256 hectares per person | 0.2888 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 0.6829 hectares per person | 0.4129 hectares per person | 0.27 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 0.6506 hectares per person | 0.3994 hectares per person | 0.2512 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 0.6174 hectares per person | 0.3849 hectares per person | 0.2325 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0.5831 hectares per person | 2.08 hectares per person | 1.5 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1910s | 0.5474 hectares per person | 1.96 hectares per person | 1.42 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1920s | 0.5101 hectares per person | 1.83 hectares per person | 1.32 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1930s | 0.5006 hectares per person | 1.67 hectares per person | 1.17 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1940s | 0.3891 hectares per person | 1.47 hectares per person | 1.08 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1950s | 0.2993 hectares per person | 0.982 hectares per person | 0.6827 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1960s | 0.2381 hectares per person | 0.2459 hectares per person | 0.0078 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.1936 hectares per person | 0.2534 hectares per person | 0.0599 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.1745 hectares per person | 0.2298 hectares per person | 0.0553 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.1653 hectares per person | 0.2125 hectares per person | 0.0473 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.1548 hectares per person | 0.1913 hectares per person | 0.0365 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.1486 hectares per person | 0.1779 hectares per person | 0.0293 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.148 hectares per person | 0.1641 hectares per person | 0.0162 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, El Salvador or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.158 hectares per person against 0.1479 hectares per person in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between El Salvador and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0101 hectares per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Papua New Guinea?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Papua New Guinea rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- El Salvador ranks 145th and Papua New Guinea ranks 143rd of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.