Papua New Guinea - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Papua New Guinea was 260,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 300,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 75,000 in 1961.

Definition: 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 75,000
1962 75,000
1963 75,000
1964 75,000
1965 75,000
1966 80,000
1967 85,000
1968 85,000
1969 91,000
1970 102,000
1971 108,000
1972 114,000
1973 120,000
1974 126,000
1975 132,000
1976 138,000
1977 144,000
1978 160,000
1979 165,000
1980 167,000
1981 172,000
1982 175,000
1983 179,000
1984 180,000
1985 183,000
1986 185,000
1987 186,000
1988 188,000
1989 190,000
1990 192,000
1991 192,000
1992 192,000
1993 193,000
1994 193,000
1995 194,000
1996 195,000
1997 197,000
1998 199,000
1999 203,000
2000 205,000
2001 210,000
2002 220,000
2003 225,000
2004 230,000
2005 240,000
2006 250,000
2007 250,000
2008 300,000
2009 260,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Papua New Guinea was 0.04 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.05 in 1979 and a minimum value of 0.03 in 1965.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.04
1962 0.04
1963 0.04
1964 0.04
1965 0.03
1966 0.04
1967 0.04
1968 0.04
1969 0.04
1970 0.04
1971 0.04
1972 0.04
1973 0.05
1974 0.05
1975 0.05
1976 0.05
1977 0.05
1978 0.05
1979 0.05
1980 0.05
1981 0.05
1982 0.05
1983 0.05
1984 0.05
1985 0.05
1986 0.05
1987 0.05
1988 0.05
1989 0.05
1990 0.05
1991 0.05
1992 0.04
1993 0.04
1994 0.04
1995 0.04
1996 0.04
1997 0.04
1998 0.04
1999 0.04
2000 0.04
2001 0.04
2002 0.04
2003 0.04
2004 0.04
2005 0.04
2006 0.04
2007 0.04
2008 0.05
2009 0.04

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Papua New Guinea was 0.57 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 0.66 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.17 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.17
1962 0.17
1963 0.17
1964 0.17
1965 0.17
1966 0.18
1967 0.19
1968 0.19
1969 0.20
1970 0.23
1971 0.24
1972 0.25
1973 0.26
1974 0.28
1975 0.29
1976 0.30
1977 0.32
1978 0.35
1979 0.36
1980 0.37
1981 0.38
1982 0.39
1983 0.40
1984 0.40
1985 0.40
1986 0.41
1987 0.41
1988 0.42
1989 0.42
1990 0.42
1991 0.42
1992 0.42
1993 0.43
1994 0.43
1995 0.43
1996 0.43
1997 0.44
1998 0.44
1999 0.45
2000 0.45
2001 0.46
2002 0.49
2003 0.50
2004 0.51
2005 0.53
2006 0.55
2007 0.55
2008 0.66
2009 0.57

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use