Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 25,122 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Papua New Guinea is 25,122 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Papua New Guinea peaked at 25,351 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Papua New Guinea 6th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 10,600 ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 11,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 11,300 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 11,600 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 12,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 12,400 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 12,800 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 13,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 13,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 13,400 ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 13,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 14,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 14,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 14,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 14,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 15,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 15,100 ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 15,200 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 15,400 ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 15,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 15,800 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 16,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 16,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 16,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 16,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 16,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 16,900 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 17,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 17,200 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 17,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 17,600 ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 17,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 17,925 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 18,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 18,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 18,803 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 19,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 19,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 20,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 20,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 20,566 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 21,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 19,888 ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 21,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 22,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 22,800 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 23,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 23,680 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 23,801 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 24,135 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 24,432 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 24,729 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 25,043 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 25,351 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 25,041 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 25,145 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 25,179 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 25,122 ha | -0.2% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 25,122 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,327 ha, 10.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 25,122 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,350 ha, 10.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,433 ha | 10,500 ha | 12,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,080 ha | 13,000 ha | 15,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,070 ha | 15,200 ha | 16,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,923 ha | 17,100 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,845 ha | 19,500 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,712 ha | 22,000 ha | 25,043 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,168 ha | 25,041 ha | 25,351 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 3 Namibia 43,947 ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 140,130 ha compare
- 4 Peru 39,770 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 126,371 ha compare
- 5 Nepal 29,539 ha compare
- 7 Haiti 24,456 ha compare
- 7 Melanesia 26,472 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 16,541 ha compare
- 8 Thailand 17,040 ha compare
- 9 Eritrea 15,193 ha compare
- 9 Timor-Leste 8,269 ha compare
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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Papua New Guinea?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Papua New Guinea was 25,122 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 25,351 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 6th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Area harvested. 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.