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 14,714 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
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 kg/ha.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 14,714 kg/ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.2% 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 16,818 kg/ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 14,286 kg/ha, in 2006.
Papua New Guinea ranks 18th of 74 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling 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 | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,075 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 16,038 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 16,818 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 16,106 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1966 | 16,379 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 16,000 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 15,726 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 15,391 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 15,385 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 15,303 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 15,298 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 15,441 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 15,286 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 15,352 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 15,241 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 15,135 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 15,067 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 15,099 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 15,132 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 15,130 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 15,128 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 15,063 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 15,000 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 14,969 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 15,031 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 15,000 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 14,970 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 14,941 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 14,912 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 14,780 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 14,799 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 14,756 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 14,689 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 14,712 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 14,722 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 14,703 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 14,703 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 14,737 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 14,718 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 14,750 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 14,634 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 14,647 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 14,571 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 14,581 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 14,286 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 14,571 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 14,546 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 14,522 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 15,000 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 14,565 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 14,605 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 14,468 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 14,534 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 14,567 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 14,548 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 14,538 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 14,521 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 14,509 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 14,504 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 14,858 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 14,624 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 14,661 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 14,714 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 14,714 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,619 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 14,714 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,054 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,059 kg/ha | 15,391 kg/ha | 16,818 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,261 kg/ha | 15,067 kg/ha | 15,441 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,036 kg/ha | 14,941 kg/ha | 15,132 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,751 kg/ha | 14,689 kg/ha | 14,912 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,583 kg/ha | 14,286 kg/ha | 14,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,586 kg/ha | 14,468 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,672 kg/ha | 14,504 kg/ha | 14,858 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 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 14,714 kg/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 16,818 kg/ha in 1964.
- 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 14,286 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 18th 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 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.