Cassava, fresh — Yield in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 9,815 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cassava, fresh — 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Papua New Guinea is 9,815 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Papua New Guinea peaked at 10,909 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 9,713 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Papua New Guinea 57th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,962 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,145 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 10,000 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 10,274 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 10,267 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 10,526 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 10,513 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 10,500 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 10,488 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 10,588 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 10,215 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 10,316 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 10,312 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,204 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 10,300 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 10,294 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 10,288 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 10,381 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 10,283 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 10,476 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 10,377 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 10,524 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 10,557 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 10,566 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 10,660 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 10,667 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 10,857 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 10,667 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 10,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 10,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 10,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 10,909 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 10,909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 10,417 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 10,417 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9,968 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 9,928 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 9,905 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 9,880 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 9,867 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 9,878 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 9,848 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 9,818 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 9,782 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 9,744 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 9,713 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 9,723 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 9,848 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 9,875 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 9,815 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 9,815 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,977 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 9,815 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16,191 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,012 kg/ha | 9,962 kg/ha | 10,145 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,369 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,588 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,344 kg/ha | 10,204 kg/ha | 10,524 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,688 kg/ha | 10,557 kg/ha | 10,909 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,174 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,909 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,862 kg/ha | 9,744 kg/ha | 9,968 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,795 kg/ha | 9,713 kg/ha | 9,875 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Papua New Guinea?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Papua New Guinea was 9,815 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 10,909 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,713 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 57th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.