Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was 9.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Papua New Guinea, 1971–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Papua New Guinea stood at 9.3%. That is the lowest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is down 42.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Papua New Guinea peaked at 36.2% in 1976 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 2021.
Papua New Guinea ranks 23rd of 225 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 53 years of available data.
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 27.8% | — |
| 1972 | 27.3% | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 29.9% | +9.8% |
| 1974 | 28.0% | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 32.0% | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 36.2% | +13.1% |
| 1977 | 33.5% | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 33.4% | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 30.6% | -8.2% |
| 1980 | 27.7% | -9.5% |
| 1981 | 23.9% | -13.7% |
| 1982 | 20.8% | -13.0% |
| 1983 | 17.0% | -18.4% |
| 1984 | 14.6% | -13.9% |
| 1985 | 14.0% | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 14.9% | +6.0% |
| 1987 | 13.7% | -7.9% |
| 1988 | 13.3% | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 14.2% | +7.3% |
| 1990 | 16.4% | +15.3% |
| 1991 | 16.2% | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 18.5% | +14.2% |
| 1993 | 22.6% | +22.2% |
| 1994 | 21.2% | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 20.0% | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 18.7% | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 18.7% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 20.0% | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 19.3% | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 17.2% | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 17.1% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 17.1% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 14.1% | -17.4% |
| 2004 | 14.8% | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 14.0% | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 13.3% | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 18.5% | +39.0% |
| 2008 | 17.0% | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 17.2% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 16.5% | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 17.7% | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 16.6% | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 16.1% | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 16.2% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 16.7% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 15.4% | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 15.9% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 12.9% | -19.3% |
| 2019 | 10.9% | -15.2% |
| 2020 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | -15.0% |
| 2022 | 9.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 9.3% | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 9.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.1%, 8.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +39.0% | 13.3% | 18.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 31.0% | 27.3% | 36.2% | 9 |
| 1980s | 17.4% | 13.3% | 27.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.2% | 16.2% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.0% | 13.3% | 18.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.5% | 10.9% | 17.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.7% | 9.3% | 10.9% | 4 |
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 is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Papua New Guinea?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Papua New Guinea was 9.3% in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 36.2% in 1976.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 2021.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 23rd out of 225 countries with data for 2023.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage change in surface area devoted to agriculture with respect to 10 years before. Negative values imply that surface area has decreased with respect to the previous decade. This data is used to assess which countries may have already peaked in their agricultural land use.