What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands?

0.0008 hectares per person, with Solomon Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands?

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 Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Papua New Guinea vs Solomon Islands: Agricultural land use per person

Papua New Guinea

0.158 hectares per person

in 2025

Solomon Islands

0.1588 hectares per person

in 2025

Papua New Guinea rank

143rd

Solomon Islands rank

141st

Agricultural land use per person over time

Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands

How they compare

Solomon Islands currently reports 0.1588 hectares per person against 0.158 hectares per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0008 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Solomon Islands ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 143rd and Solomon Islands ranks 141st of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 8 and Solomon Islands in 32.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.8669 hectares per person	0.8931 hectares per person	0.0262 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1100s	0.8362 hectares per person	0.8645 hectares per person	0.0284 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1200s	0.803 hectares per person	0.8339 hectares per person	0.0309 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1300s	0.7669 hectares per person	0.8008 hectares per person	0.0339 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1400s	0.727 hectares per person	0.7648 hectares per person	0.0378 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1500s	0.6822 hectares per person	0.725 hectares per person	0.0428 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1600s	0.6306 hectares per person	0.6803 hectares per person	0.0497 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1700s	0.5687 hectares per person	0.6288 hectares per person	0.06 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1710s	0.5618 hectares per person	0.6231 hectares per person	0.0614 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1720s	0.5546 hectares per person	0.6174 hectares per person	0.0628 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1730s	0.5473 hectares per person	0.6116 hectares per person	0.0643 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1740s	0.5397 hectares per person	0.6056 hectares per person	0.0658 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1750s	0.532 hectares per person	0.5995 hectares per person	0.0675 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1760s	0.524 hectares per person	0.5933 hectares per person	0.0693 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1770s	0.5158 hectares per person	0.587 hectares per person	0.0712 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1780s	0.5072 hectares per person	0.5805 hectares per person	0.0732 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1790s	0.4984 hectares per person	0.5738 hectares per person	0.0754 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1800s	0.4893 hectares per person	0.5671 hectares per person	0.0777 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1810s	0.4798 hectares per person	0.5601 hectares per person	0.0803 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1820s	0.47 hectares per person	0.553 hectares per person	0.083 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1830s	0.4596 hectares per person	0.5457 hectares per person	0.086 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1840s	0.4489 hectares per person	0.5381 hectares per person	0.0893 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1850s	0.4375 hectares per person	0.5304 hectares per person	0.0929 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1860s	0.4256 hectares per person	0.5224 hectares per person	0.0969 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1870s	0.4129 hectares per person	0.5142 hectares per person	0.1013 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1880s	0.3994 hectares per person	0.5057 hectares per person	0.1063 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1890s	0.3849 hectares per person	0.4969 hectares per person	0.112 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1900s	2.08 hectares per person	0.4878 hectares per person	1.59 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1910s	1.96 hectares per person	0.4784 hectares per person	1.48 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1920s	1.83 hectares per person	0.4685 hectares per person	1.36 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1930s	1.67 hectares per person	0.4582 hectares per person	1.21 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1940s	1.47 hectares per person	0.4475 hectares per person	1.03 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1950s	0.982 hectares per person	0.4308 hectares per person	0.5512 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
1960s	0.2459 hectares per person	0.4093 hectares per person	0.1634 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1970s	0.2534 hectares per person	0.2954 hectares per person	0.0419 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1980s	0.2298 hectares per person	0.2408 hectares per person	0.011 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
1990s	0.2125 hectares per person	0.2049 hectares per person	0.0076 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
2000s	0.1913 hectares per person	0.1865 hectares per person	0.0048 hectares per person	Papua New Guinea
2010s	0.1779 hectares per person	0.1895 hectares per person	0.0116 hectares per person	Solomon Islands
2020s	0.1641 hectares per person	0.1657 hectares per person	0.0015 hectares per person	Solomon Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Papua New Guinea or Solomon Islands?: Solomon Islands, at 0.1588 hectares per person against 0.158 hectares per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands?: 0.0008 hectares per person, with Solomon Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands rank globally for agricultural land use per person?: Papua New Guinea ranks 143rd and Solomon Islands ranks 141st of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – 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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Indicator: Agricultural land use per person
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: 09 October 2026

Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.