Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Papua New Guinea

Arable land in Papua New Guinea in 2023 — 330,000 ha. Ranked 134 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 340%.

2023 330,000 ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 134of 206
Period maximum 330,000 ha2017
Period minimum 75,000 ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Papua New Guinea, 1961–20230100,000200,000300,000400,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 75,000 ha1963: 75,000 ha1965: 75,000 ha1967: 85,000 ha1969: 91,000 ha1971: 108,000 ha1973: 120,000 ha1975: 132,000 ha1977: 144,000 ha1979: 165,000 ha1981: 172,000 ha1983: 179,000 ha1985: 183,000 ha1987: 186,000 ha1989: 190,000 ha1991: 192,000 ha1993: 193,000 ha1995: 194,000 ha1997: 197,000 ha1999: 203,000 ha2001: 210,000 ha2003: 225,000 ha2005: 240,000 ha2007: 263,000 ha2009: 300,000 ha2011: 300,000 ha2013: 300,000 ha2015: 320,000 ha2017: 330,000 ha2019: 330,000 ha2021: 330,000 ha2023: 330,000 ha
Change over the period: +255,000 (+340%) Average annual rate: 2.42 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 330,000 ha
World computed 1.38B ha
East Asia & Pacific computed 213M ha
Melanesia computed 455,770 ha
Arable land — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 330,000 +0 +0%
2022 330,000 +0 +0%
2021 330,000 +0 +0%
2020 330,000 +0 +0%
2019 330,000 +0 +0%
2018 330,000 +0 +0%
2017 330,000 +4,000 +1.23%
2016 326,000 +6,000 +1.88%
2015 320,000 +5,000 +1.59%
2014 315,000 +15,000 +5%
2013 300,000 +0 +0%
2012 300,000 +0 +0%
2011 300,000 +0 +0%
2010 300,000 +0 +0%
2009 300,000 +5,000 +1.69%
2008 295,000 +32,000 +12.17%
2007 263,000 +5,000 +1.94%
2006 258,000 +18,000 +7.5%
2005 240,000 +10,000 +4.35%
2004 230,000 +5,000 +2.22%
2003 225,000 +5,000 +2.27%
2002 220,000 +10,000 +4.76%
2001 210,000 +5,000 +2.44%
2000 205,000 +2,000 +0.99%
1999 203,000 +4,000 +2.01%
1998 199,000 +2,000 +1.02%
1997 197,000 +2,000 +1.03%
1996 195,000 +1,000 +0.52%
1995 194,000 +1,000 +0.52%
1994 193,000 +0 +0%
1993 193,000 +1,000 +0.52%
1992 192,000 +0 +0%
1991 192,000 +0 +0%
1990 192,000 +2,000 +1.05%
1989 190,000 +2,000 +1.06%
1988 188,000 +2,000 +1.08%
1987 186,000 +1,000 +0.54%
1986 185,000 +2,000 +1.09%
1985 183,000 +3,000 +1.67%
1984 180,000 +1,000 +0.56%
1983 179,000 +4,000 +2.29%
1982 175,000 +3,000 +1.74%
1981 172,000 +5,000 +2.99%
1980 167,000 +2,000 +1.21%
1979 165,000 +5,000 +3.13%
1978 160,000 +16,000 +11.11%
1977 144,000 +6,000 +4.35%
1976 138,000 +6,000 +4.55%
1975 132,000 +6,000 +4.76%
1974 126,000 +6,000 +5%
1973 120,000 +6,000 +5.26%
1972 114,000 +6,000 +5.56%
1971 108,000 +6,000 +5.88%
1970 102,000 +11,000 +12.09%
1969 91,000 +6,000 +7.06%
1968 85,000 +0 +0%
1967 85,000 +5,000 +6.25%
1966 80,000 +5,000 +6.67%
1965 75,000 +0 +0%
1964 75,000 +0 +0%
1963 75,000 +0 +0%
1962 75,000 +0 +0%
1961 75,000

Melanesia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.