Papua New Guinea vs Uruguay: Breakdown of habitable land area

Papua New Guinea

395,430 hectares

in 2019

Uruguay

383,330 hectares

in 2019

Papua New Guinea rank

46th

Uruguay rank

48th

Breakdown of habitable land area over time

Papua New Guinea currently reports 395,430 hectares against 383,330 hectares in Uruguay, a difference of 12,100 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Uruguay ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 46th and Uruguay ranks 48th of 235 countries.

Indicator: Breakdown of habitable land area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 1,175 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Habitable land is defined as ice- and barren-free land. Agricultural land is the sum of croplands and pasture for grazing.