Bananas — Yield in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Bananas — Yield was 16,656 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Papua New Guinea is 16,656 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Papua New Guinea peaked at 17,422 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 12,059 kg/ha, in 1975.
Papua New Guinea ranks 60th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,551 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,598 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 12,548 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 12,546 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 12,500 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 13,225 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 12,500 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 12,667 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 12,500 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 12,419 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 12,167 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 13,609 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1975 | 12,059 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1976 | 13,006 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1977 | 12,500 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1978 | 12,791 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 12,573 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 13,237 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 12,663 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 12,653 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 12,640 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 12,778 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 12,703 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 12,228 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 13,298 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1988 | 14,031 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 14,024 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 14,286 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 14,186 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 14,202 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 14,192 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 14,196 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 14,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 14,192 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 14,112 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 14,101 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 14,107 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 14,087 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 14,102 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 14,098 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 14,032 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 14,080 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 14,062 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 14,603 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 14,462 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 14,265 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 14,000 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 15,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 15,714 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 16,389 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 16,932 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 17,422 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 16,430 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 16,334 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 16,832 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 16,215 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 16,133 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 16,217 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 16,498 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 16,547 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 16,601 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 16,656 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 16,656 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 16,656 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,498 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,626 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 13,225 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,612 kg/ha | 12,059 kg/ha | 13,609 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,026 kg/ha | 12,228 kg/ha | 14,031 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,177 kg/ha | 14,101 kg/ha | 14,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,179 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha | 14,603 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,340 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 17,422 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,504 kg/ha | 16,217 kg/ha | 16,656 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 bananas — yield in Papua New Guinea?
- Bananas — yield in Papua New Guinea was 16,656 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 17,422 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,059 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for bananas — yield?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 60th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.