What is the difference in grazing land use over the long-term between Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea?

14,800 hectares, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Grazing land use over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guinea-Bissau vs Papua New Guinea: Grazing land use over the long-term

Guinea-Bissau

175,200 hectares

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

190,000 hectares

in 2025

Guinea-Bissau rank

142nd

Papua New Guinea rank

140th

Grazing land use over the long-term over time

Guinea-Bissau
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 190,000 hectares against 175,200 hectares in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 14,800 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 142nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 140th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 33 and Papua New Guinea in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea-Bissau	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1000s	20,876 hectares	0 hectares	20,876 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1100s	23,302 hectares	0 hectares	23,302 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1200s	25,964 hectares	0 hectares	25,964 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1300s	28,870 hectares	0 hectares	28,870 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1400s	32,021 hectares	0 hectares	32,021 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1500s	35,412 hectares	0 hectares	35,412 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1600s	39,021 hectares	0 hectares	39,021 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1700s	42,806 hectares	0 hectares	42,806 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1710s	43,276 hectares	0 hectares	43,276 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1720s	43,778 hectares	0 hectares	43,778 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1730s	44,313 hectares	0 hectares	44,313 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1740s	44,886 hectares	0 hectares	44,886 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1750s	45,502 hectares	0 hectares	45,502 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1760s	46,166 hectares	0 hectares	46,166 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1770s	46,884 hectares	0 hectares	46,884 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1780s	47,664 hectares	0 hectares	47,664 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1790s	48,516 hectares	0 hectares	48,516 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1800s	49,449 hectares	0 hectares	49,449 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1810s	50,479 hectares	0 hectares	50,479 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1820s	51,622 hectares	0 hectares	51,622 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1830s	52,900 hectares	0 hectares	52,900 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1840s	54,341 hectares	0 hectares	54,341 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1850s	81,850 hectares	0 hectares	81,850 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1860s	83,879 hectares	0 hectares	83,879 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1870s	86,812 hectares	0 hectares	86,812 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1880s	92,559 hectares	0 hectares	92,559 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1890s	98,677 hectares	0 hectares	98,677 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1900s	105,188 hectares	2.24 million hectares	2.14 million hectares	Papua New Guinea
1910s	112,118 hectares	2.12 million hectares	2.00 million hectares	Papua New Guinea
1920s	118,310 hectares	2.09 million hectares	1.97 million hectares	Papua New Guinea
1930s	136,459 hectares	2.01 million hectares	1.88 million hectares	Papua New Guinea
1940s	155,829 hectares	1.87 million hectares	1.71 million hectares	Papua New Guinea
1950s	197,088 hectares	1.33 million hectares	1.13 million hectares	Papua New Guinea
1960s	211,670 hectares	72,700 hectares	138,970 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1970s	211,670 hectares	102,400 hectares	109,270 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1980s	211,670 hectares	110,400 hectares	101,270 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1990s	202,240 hectares	158,500 hectares	43,740 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	168,622 hectares	186,000 hectares	17,378 hectares	Papua New Guinea
2010s	220,308 hectares	190,000 hectares	30,308 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
2020s	190,700 hectares	190,000 hectares	700 hectares	Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher grazing land use over the long-term, Guinea-Bissau or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 190,000 hectares against 175,200 hectares in Guinea-Bissau as of 2025.
What is the difference in grazing land use over the long-term between Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea?: 14,800 hectares, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea rank globally for grazing land use over the long-term?: Guinea-Bissau ranks 142nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 140th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Grazing land use over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Grazing land use over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Total grazingland area for each separate country over time.