Statizoid

Lesotho vs Papua New Guinea: Arable land

Lesotho
356,748 hectares
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
330,000 hectares
in 2023
Lesotho rank
133rd
Papua New Guinea rank
134th

Arable land over time

  • Lesotho
  • Papua New Guinea
100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k196119922023

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 356,748 hectares against 330,000 hectares in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 26,748 hectares.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.

Globally, Lesotho ranks 133rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 134th of 206 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arable land (hectares)
Unit
hectares
Source
FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 11,871 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.