New Caledonia vs Papua New Guinea: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
New Caledonia
1.18
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
1.15
in 2023
New Caledonia rank
16th
Papua New Guinea rank
17th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- New Caledonia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
New Caledonia currently reports 1.18 against 1.15 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.03.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
New Caledonia ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 17th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, New Caledonia averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Caledonia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9839 | 0.9219 | 0.062 | New Caledonia |
| 1970s | 1.18 | 1.12 | 0.0681 | New Caledonia |
| 1980s | 1.56 | 1.24 | 0.3186 | New Caledonia |
| 1990s | 2.04 | 1.11 | 0.9275 | New Caledonia |
| 2000s | 1.77 | 1.12 | 0.6427 | New Caledonia |
| 2010s | 1.34 | 1.18 | 0.1648 | New Caledonia |
| 2020s | 1.14 | 1.18 | 0.039 | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops, New Caledonia or Papua New Guinea?
- New Caledonia, at 1.18 against 1.15 in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.03, with New Caledonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- New Caledonia ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 17th of 163 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).