Pakistan vs Papua New Guinea: Agricultural land use per person
Pakistan
0.1576 hectares per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.158 hectares per person
in 2025
Pakistan rank
144th
Papua New Guinea rank
143rd
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.158 hectares per person against 0.1576 hectares per person in Pakistan, a difference of 0.0004 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Pakistan ahead.
Pakistan ranks 144th and Papua New Guinea ranks 143rd of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Pakistan averaged higher in 34 and Papua New Guinea in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Pakistan | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 1.47 hectares per person | 0.8669 hectares per person | 0.6062 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1100s | 1.44 hectares per person | 0.8362 hectares per person | 0.6041 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1200s | 1.4 hectares per person | 0.803 hectares per person | 0.6015 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1300s | 1.37 hectares per person | 0.7669 hectares per person | 0.5985 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1400s | 1.32 hectares per person | 0.727 hectares per person | 0.5947 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1500s | 1.27 hectares per person | 0.6822 hectares per person | 0.5901 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1600s | 1.21 hectares per person | 0.6306 hectares per person | 0.5843 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1700s | 1.15 hectares per person | 0.5687 hectares per person | 0.577 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1710s | 1.14 hectares per person | 0.5618 hectares per person | 0.5762 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1720s | 1.13 hectares per person | 0.5546 hectares per person | 0.5753 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1730s | 1.12 hectares per person | 0.5473 hectares per person | 0.5745 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1740s | 1.11 hectares per person | 0.5397 hectares per person | 0.5736 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1750s | 1.1 hectares per person | 0.532 hectares per person | 0.5727 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1760s | 1.1 hectares per person | 0.524 hectares per person | 0.5717 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1770s | 1.09 hectares per person | 0.5158 hectares per person | 0.5708 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1780s | 1.08 hectares per person | 0.5072 hectares per person | 0.5698 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1790s | 1.07 hectares per person | 0.4984 hectares per person | 0.5688 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1800s | 1.06 hectares per person | 0.4893 hectares per person | 0.5678 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1810s | 1.05 hectares per person | 0.4798 hectares per person | 0.5668 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1820s | 1.04 hectares per person | 0.47 hectares per person | 0.5657 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1830s | 1.02 hectares per person | 0.4596 hectares per person | 0.5647 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1840s | 1.01 hectares per person | 0.4489 hectares per person | 0.5637 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1850s | 1 hectares per person | 0.4375 hectares per person | 0.5627 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1860s | 0.9872 hectares per person | 0.4256 hectares per person | 0.5617 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1870s | 0.9736 hectares per person | 0.4129 hectares per person | 0.5608 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1880s | 0.9593 hectares per person | 0.3994 hectares per person | 0.5599 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1890s | 0.9441 hectares per person | 0.3849 hectares per person | 0.5592 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1900s | 0.928 hectares per person | 2.08 hectares per person | 1.15 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1910s | 0.9107 hectares per person | 1.96 hectares per person | 1.05 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1920s | 0.8865 hectares per person | 1.83 hectares per person | 0.9421 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1930s | 0.8569 hectares per person | 1.67 hectares per person | 0.8136 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1940s | 0.8253 hectares per person | 1.47 hectares per person | 0.6486 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1950s | 0.7913 hectares per person | 0.982 hectares per person | 0.1907 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1960s | 0.7249 hectares per person | 0.2459 hectares per person | 0.479 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1970s | 0.5348 hectares per person | 0.2534 hectares per person | 0.2814 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1980s | 0.3934 hectares per person | 0.2298 hectares per person | 0.1636 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 0.2865 hectares per person | 0.2125 hectares per person | 0.074 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 0.2309 hectares per person | 0.1913 hectares per person | 0.0396 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 0.1927 hectares per person | 0.1779 hectares per person | 0.0148 hectares per person | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 0.1665 hectares per person | 0.1641 hectares per person | 0.0024 hectares per person | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Pakistan or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.158 hectares per person against 0.1576 hectares per person in Pakistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Pakistan and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0004 hectares per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Pakistan and Papua New Guinea?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Pakistan and Papua New Guinea rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Pakistan ranks 144th 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.