Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Coconuts, in shell — Yield was 7,202 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coconuts, in shell — 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 coconuts, in shell — yield in Papua New Guinea is 7,202 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — yield in Papua New Guinea peaked at 8,759 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,377 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Papua New Guinea 25th out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,490 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,480 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 2,636 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1964 | 2,632 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 2,764 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 2,840 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 2,601 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1968 | 2,826 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1969 | 2,880 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 2,866 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 2,887 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 3,025 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 2,907 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 2,816 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 2,884 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 2,859 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 3,189 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1978 | 3,427 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1979 | 3,057 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1980 | 3,996 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1981 | 3,653 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1982 | 3,593 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 3,562 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 4,195 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1985 | 4,556 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1986 | 4,195 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1987 | 4,208 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 3,531 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1989 | 2,815 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1990 | 2,477 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1991 | 2,377 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 3,054 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1993 | 3,296 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 2,615 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1995 | 2,708 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 3,692 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 1997 | 3,939 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 3,300 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1999 | 3,923 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2000 | 3,969 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 2,836 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2002 | 3,452 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2003 | 3,187 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2004 | 3,617 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2005 | 3,338 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 3,288 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 5,477 kg/ha | +66.6% |
| 2008 | 5,475 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 5,475 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5,475 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5,475 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5,473 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 5,464 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 8,286 kg/ha | +51.7% |
| 2015 | 8,535 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 8,759 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 5,916 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 2018 | 6,001 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 6,064 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 6,492 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 6,863 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 6,929 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 7,065 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 7,202 kg/ha | +1.9% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 7,202 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,442 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 7,202 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6,226 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Papua New Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +66.6% | 3,288 kg/ha | 5,477 kg/ha |
| 2014 | +51.7% | 5,464 kg/ha | 8,286 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,683 kg/ha | 2,480 kg/ha | 2,880 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,992 kg/ha | 2,816 kg/ha | 3,427 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,830 kg/ha | 2,815 kg/ha | 4,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,138 kg/ha | 2,377 kg/ha | 3,939 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,011 kg/ha | 2,836 kg/ha | 5,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,545 kg/ha | 5,464 kg/ha | 8,759 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,910 kg/ha | 6,492 kg/ha | 7,202 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 coconuts, in shell — yield in Papua New Guinea?
- Coconuts, in shell — yield in Papua New Guinea was 7,202 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 8,759 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,377 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for coconuts, in shell — yield?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 25th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. 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 Coconuts, in shell — 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.