Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 17.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 17.0% for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Papua New Guinea peaked at 49.0% in 1961 and was at its lowest, 16.9%, in 2022.
That places Papua New Guinea 44th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49.0% | — |
| 1962 | 47.4% | -3.4% |
| 1963 | 44.0% | -7.1% |
| 1964 | 42.6% | -3.4% |
| 1965 | 41.6% | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 41.3% | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 42.0% | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 42.9% | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 41.8% | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 37.2% | -11.1% |
| 1971 | 34.5% | -7.2% |
| 1972 | 32.4% | -6.1% |
| 1973 | 28.2% | -12.9% |
| 1974 | 28.0% | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 29.7% | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 31.7% | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 33.0% | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 36.0% | +9.2% |
| 1979 | 33.9% | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 33.1% | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 33.4% | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 32.4% | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 32.7% | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 37.4% | +14.4% |
| 1985 | 33.8% | -9.6% |
| 1986 | 32.2% | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 29.9% | -7.2% |
| 1988 | 29.1% | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 28.1% | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 29.0% | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 26.0% | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 24.5% | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 27.6% | +12.6% |
| 1994 | 32.4% | +17.4% |
| 1995 | 33.8% | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 31.6% | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 35.0% | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 33.7% | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 34.3% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 34.0% | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 34.4% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 38.0% | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 38.3% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 36.0% | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 20.4% | -43.3% |
| 2007 | 19.6% | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 20.2% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 21.6% | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 19.6% | -9.4% |
| 2011 | 19.2% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 19.3% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 19.3% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 17.7% | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 17.5% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 17.9% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 17.6% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 17.0% | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 17.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 18.8% | +10.5% |
| 2021 | 19.0% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 16.9% | -11.0% |
| 2023 | 17.0% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 17.0% | +0.4% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 17.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16.6%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 17.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9.1%, 1.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Papua New Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | -43.3% | 36.0% | 20.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43.6% | 41.3% | 49.0% | 9 |
| 1970s | 32.5% | 28.0% | 37.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 32.2% | 28.1% | 37.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.8% | 24.5% | 35.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 29.2% | 19.6% | 38.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 18.2% | 17.0% | 19.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.7% | 16.9% | 19.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Papua New Guinea?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Papua New Guinea was 17.0% in 2024, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 49.0% in 1961.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.9% in 2022.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 44th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.