Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 1,499 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Papua New Guinea stood at 1,499 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 3,115 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 818 ha, in 1990.
Papua New Guinea ranks 80th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,612 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,651 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 2,933 ha | +10.6% |
| 1964 | 3,115 ha | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 2,537 ha | -18.6% |
| 1966 | 2,052 ha | -19.1% |
| 1967 | 2,300 ha | +12.1% |
| 1968 | 2,390 ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 2,350 ha | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 2,600 ha | +10.6% |
| 1971 | 2,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1974 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1976 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 818 ha | -18.2% |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1992 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 984 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,099 ha | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 950 ha | -13.6% |
| 1998 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 1,053 ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 1,038 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 1,032 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 1,032 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,200 ha | +16.3% |
| 2004 | 960 ha | -20.0% |
| 2005 | 1,200 ha | +25.0% |
| 2006 | 1,207 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1,250 ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,305 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,316 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 1,356 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 1,379 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1,393 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 1,411 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 1,430 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,452 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1,473 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,497 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,512 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1,494 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 1,501 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,503 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,499 ha | -0.3% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 1,499 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 4% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 1,499 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,560 ha, 27% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested 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% | 2,000 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1973 | -28.6% | 2,800 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 2005 | +25.0% | 960 ha | 1,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,549 ha | 2,052 ha | 3,115 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,720 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 990.4 ha | 818 ha | 1,099 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,152 ha | 960 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,401 ha | 1,305 ha | 1,497 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,502 ha | 1,494 ha | 1,512 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 1,499 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 3,115 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 818 ha in 1990.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 80th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.