Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0033 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 0.0033 ha per square kilometre for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.0069 ha per square kilometre in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0.0018 ha per square kilometre, in 1990.
That places Papua New Guinea 81st out of 103 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0059 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0065 ha per square kilometre | +10.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0069 ha per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | -18.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | -19.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0051 ha per square kilometre | +12.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0053 ha per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 0.0052 ha per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +10.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0044 ha per square kilometre | -28.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0044 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | -50.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | -18.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +22.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | -13.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | +16.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | -20.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.003 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.003 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0031 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0031 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0032 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0032 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 0.0033 ha per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2429 ha per square kilometre, 1% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 0.0033 ha per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0567 ha per square kilometre, 6% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | -50.0% | 0.0044 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre |
| 1973 | -28.6% | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | 0.0044 ha per square kilometre |
| 2005 | +25.0% | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | 0.0069 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0031 ha per square kilometre | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea was 0.0033 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0069 ha per square kilometre in 1964.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0018 ha per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 81st out of 103 countries with data for 2023.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.