Cereals, primary — Yield in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,787 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 4,787 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Papua New Guinea peaked at 4,886 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,269 kg/ha, in 1977.
Papua New Guinea ranks 53rd of 193 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,259 kg/ha | 1,669 kg/ha | 2,807 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,981 kg/ha | 1,269 kg/ha | 2,562 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,900 kg/ha | 1,302 kg/ha | 2,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,156 kg/ha | 2,389 kg/ha | 4,085 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,895 kg/ha | 3,599 kg/ha | 4,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,663 kg/ha | 4,191 kg/ha | 4,886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,793 kg/ha | 4,765 kg/ha | 4,834 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 50 Argentina 4,854 kg/ha compare
- 51 Poland 4,851 kg/ha compare
- 52 Peru 4,851 kg/ha compare
- 54 Yugoslav SFR 4,652 kg/ha compare
- 55 Switzerland 4,584 kg/ha compare
- 56 Dominican Republic 4,455 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture share gdp 17.02 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 17.02 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
- Rural population 84.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 9.06 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.24 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 1.27 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Papua New Guinea?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Papua New Guinea was 4,787 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 4,886 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,269 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 53rd out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. 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 Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.