OECD America vs Papua New Guinea: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time
- OECD America
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
OECD America currently reports 94,062 Square kilometres against 10,273 Square kilometres in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 83,789 Square kilometres.
That makes OECD America's figure about 9.2 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, OECD America has been ahead every year.
OECD America ranks 22nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 21st of 753 regions.
OECD America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | OECD America | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32,485 Square kilometres | 4,209 Square kilometres | 28,276 Square kilometres | OECD America |
| 2010s | 65,002 Square kilometres | 8,664 Square kilometres | 56,338 Square kilometres | OECD America |
| 2020s | 90,573 Square kilometres | 10,153 Square kilometres | 80,420 Square kilometres | OECD America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland, OECD America or Papua New Guinea?
- OECD America, at 94,062 Square kilometres against 10,273 Square kilometres in Papua New Guinea as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between OECD America and Papua New Guinea?
- 83,789 Square kilometres, with OECD America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for OECD America and Papua New Guinea?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do OECD America and Papua New Guinea rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- OECD America ranks 22nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 21st of 753 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The land cover dataset provides a global assessment of land cover and land cover change to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. By using geospatial data with high spatio-temporal resolution, it develops a set of internationally comparable indicators with a long time series and a five-year interval from 2000 to 2022 for the Climate Change Initiative Land Cover dataset, and from 1975 to 2030 for the Global Human Settlement Layer dataset. Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset has a global coverage on the national level, while on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The following country aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas, the LAC region and the World. Data source(s): Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer built-up area data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation