Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production was 4.79 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
4.79 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
52nd
of 186 countries
All-time high
4.89 tonnes per hectare
in 2019
All-time low
1.27 tonnes per hectare
in 1977
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in Papua New Guinea is 4.79 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in Papua New Guinea peaked at 4.89 tonnes per hectare in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.27 tonnes per hectare, in 1977.
Papua New Guinea ranks 52nd of 186 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.
Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.81 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 2.6 tonnes per hectare | -7.5% |
| 1963 | 2.54 tonnes per hectare | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | -18.3% |
| 1965 | 2.48 tonnes per hectare | +19.3% |
| 1966 | 2.1 tonnes per hectare | -15.0% |
| 1967 | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 2 tonnes per hectare | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 2.01 tonnes per hectare | +20.4% |
| 1971 | 2.43 tonnes per hectare | +21.1% |
| 1972 | 2.15 tonnes per hectare | -11.6% |
| 1973 | 2.56 tonnes per hectare | +19.1% |
| 1974 | 2.26 tonnes per hectare | -11.9% |
| 1975 | 1.89 tonnes per hectare | -16.4% |
| 1976 | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | -14.9% |
| 1977 | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | -21.0% |
| 1978 | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | +21.0% |
| 1979 | 2.1 tonnes per hectare | +36.8% |
| 1980 | 2.36 tonnes per hectare | +12.6% |
| 1981 | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | -24.0% |
| 1982 | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | -27.6% |
| 1983 | 2.02 tonnes per hectare | +55.4% |
| 1984 | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 2.09 tonnes per hectare | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 2.01 tonnes per hectare | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | -25.3% |
| 1988 | 1.82 tonnes per hectare | +21.4% |
| 1989 | 2.16 tonnes per hectare | +18.5% |
| 1990 | 2.6 tonnes per hectare | +20.5% |
| 1991 | 2.39 tonnes per hectare | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 2.66 tonnes per hectare | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 2.68 tonnes per hectare | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 2.86 tonnes per hectare | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 2.98 tonnes per hectare | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 3.43 tonnes per hectare | +14.9% |
| 1997 | 4.09 tonnes per hectare | +19.1% |
| 1998 | 3.89 tonnes per hectare | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 3.98 tonnes per hectare | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 4.02 tonnes per hectare | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 4.2 tonnes per hectare | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 4 tonnes per hectare | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 3.6 tonnes per hectare | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 3.62 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 3.74 tonnes per hectare | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 3.72 tonnes per hectare | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 3.89 tonnes per hectare | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 3.97 tonnes per hectare | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 4.19 tonnes per hectare | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 4.34 tonnes per hectare | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 4.79 tonnes per hectare | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 4.19 tonnes per hectare | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 4.64 tonnes per hectare | +10.7% |
| 2014 | 4.73 tonnes per hectare | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 4.75 tonnes per hectare | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 4.64 tonnes per hectare | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 4.85 tonnes per hectare | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 4.81 tonnes per hectare | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 4.89 tonnes per hectare | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 4.78 tonnes per hectare | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 4.76 tonnes per hectare | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 4.83 tonnes per hectare | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 4.8 tonnes per hectare | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 4.79 tonnes per hectare | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.26 tonnes per hectare | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | 2.81 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.98 tonnes per hectare | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 2.56 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.9 tonnes per hectare | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | 2.36 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.16 tonnes per hectare | 2.39 tonnes per hectare | 4.09 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.89 tonnes per hectare | 3.6 tonnes per hectare | 4.2 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.66 tonnes per hectare | 4.19 tonnes per hectare | 4.89 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.79 tonnes per hectare | 4.76 tonnes per hectare | 4.83 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in Papua New Guinea?
- Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production in Papua New Guinea was 4.79 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 4.89 tonnes per hectare in 2019.
- What is the lowest change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.27 tonnes per hectare in 1977.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 52nd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in tonnes per hectare.