Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland was 10,273 Square kilometres in 2022. ▲ Rising
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Papua New Guinea, 2005–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
In 2022, land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Papua New Guinea stood at 10,273 Square kilometres. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Papua New Guinea peaked at 10,273 Square kilometres in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4,209 Square kilometres, in 2005.
Papua New Guinea ranks 21st of 169 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4,209 Square kilometres | — |
| 2010 | 7,974 Square kilometres | +89.5% |
| 2015 | 9,353 Square kilometres | +17.3% |
| 2020 | 10,033 Square kilometres | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 10,273 Square kilometres | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,209 Square kilometres | 4,209 Square kilometres | 4,209 Square kilometres | 1 |
| 2010s | 8,664 Square kilometres | 7,974 Square kilometres | 9,353 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2020s | 10,153 Square kilometres | 10,033 Square kilometres | 10,273 Square kilometres | 2 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per capita 0.0001 1000 ha per person (2024)
- Arable land — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arable land — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Papua New Guinea?
- Land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Papua New Guinea was 10,273 Square kilometres in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 10,273 Square kilometres in 2022.
- What is the lowest land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,209 Square kilometres in 2005.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 21st out of 169 countries with data for 2022.
- Is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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