Mongolia vs Papua New Guinea: Land use

Mongolia
1.15 million hectares
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
1.22 million hectares
in 2023
Mongolia rank
110th
Papua New Guinea rank
109th

Land use over time

  • Mongolia
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.22 million hectares against 1.15 million hectares in Mongolia, a difference of 66,030 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mongolia ahead.

Mongolia ranks 110th and Papua New Guinea ranks 109th of 223 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land use
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
225 places, 13,015 data points, 1961–2023
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