Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Bananas — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0072 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested, per capita in Papua New Guinea is 0.0072 ha per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested, per capita in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.0125 ha per person in 1968 and was at its lowest, 0.0072 ha per person, in 2024.
That places Papua New Guinea 10th out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0121 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0121 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0123 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0124 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0116 ha per person | -6.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0119 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0118 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 0.0125 ha per person | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0123 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0125 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 0.012 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0119 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0111 ha per person | -6.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0119 ha per person | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0121 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.012 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0116 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0115 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0112 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 0.011 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0115 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0115 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0107 ha per person | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0106 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0106 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0104 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0104 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0106 ha per person | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0108 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0108 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0107 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0107 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0109 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0108 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0108 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0108 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0107 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0105 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0105 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0104 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0103 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0103 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0101 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0099 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0098 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0093 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0093 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0095 ha per person | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0095 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0092 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0089 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0089 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0089 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0089 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0087 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0085 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.008 ha per person | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 0.008 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0078 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0076 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0077 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0075 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0073 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0072 ha per person | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0121 ha per person | 0.0116 ha per person | 0.0125 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0118 ha per person | 0.0111 ha per person | 0.0125 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0108 ha per person | 0.0104 ha per person | 0.0115 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0107 ha per person | 0.0105 ha per person | 0.0109 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0098 ha per person | 0.0093 ha per person | 0.0104 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0086 ha per person | 0.0078 ha per person | 0.0092 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0075 ha per person | 0.0072 ha per person | 0.0077 ha per person | 5 |
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- 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 bananas — area harvested, per capita in Papua New Guinea?
- Bananas — area harvested, per capita in Papua New Guinea was 0.0072 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0125 ha per person in 1968.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0072 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for bananas — area harvested, per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 10th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Bananas — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Bananas — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Bananas — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.