Papua New Guinea vs Sri Lanka: FAO projections of arable land, per capita

Papua New Guinea
0.1169 hectares per person
in 2023
Sri Lanka
0.1165 hectares per person
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
126th
Sri Lanka rank
128th

FAO projections of arable land, per capita over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Sri Lanka
00.050.10.150.20.25196119922023

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.1169 hectares per person against 0.1165 hectares per person in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0004 hectares per person.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Papua New Guinea ranks 126th and Sri Lanka ranks 128th of 208 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 0.2131 hectares per person 0.1647 hectares per person 0.0484 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.2185 hectares per person 0.1444 hectares per person 0.0741 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.2098 hectares per person 0.1214 hectares per person 0.0884 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.1832 hectares per person 0.1083 hectares per person 0.0748 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.1504 hectares per person 0.0986 hectares per person 0.0518 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.1324 hectares per person 0.1089 hectares per person 0.0234 hectares per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.1203 hectares per person 0.1097 hectares per person 0.0106 hectares per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fao projections of arable land, per capita, Papua New Guinea or Sri Lanka?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.1169 hectares per person against 0.1165 hectares per person in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
What is the difference in fao projections of arable land, per capita between Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka?
0.0004 hectares per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka rank globally for fao projections of arable land, per capita?
Papua New Guinea ranks 126th and Sri Lanka ranks 128th of 208 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as FAO projections of arable land, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
FAO projections of arable land, per capita
Unit
hectares per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
208 places, 11,968 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

FAO projections of arable land divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.