Green corn (maize) — Yield in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 10,013 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Green corn (maize) — 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 green corn (maize) — yield in Papua New Guinea is 10,013 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Papua New Guinea peaked at 10,044 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 10,000 kg/ha, in 1962.
Papua New Guinea ranks 25th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,009 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 10,011 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 10,011 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 10,000 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10,044 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 10,027 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 10,014 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 10,015 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10,014 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 10,014 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 10,014 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10,014 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 10,014 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 10,013 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 10,013 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 10,013 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 10,013 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 10,013 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,972 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 10,013 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7,473 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,001 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,009 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,002 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,011 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,016 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,044 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,013 kg/ha | 10,013 kg/ha | 10,014 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 22 South Africa 10,734 kg/ha compare
- 23 Peru 10,331 kg/ha compare
- 24 North Macedonia 10,034 kg/ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 2,791 kg/ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 2,414 kg/ha compare
- 26 Japan 9,932 kg/ha compare
- 27 Thailand 9,654 kg/ha compare
- 28 China 9,565 kg/ha compare
- 28 China, mainland 9,565 kg/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 green corn (maize) — yield in Papua New Guinea?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Papua New Guinea was 10,013 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 10,044 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 25th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.