Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) was 4.52 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) in Papua New Guinea, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) in Papua New Guinea stood at 4.52 %.
That represents a change of down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) in Papua New Guinea peaked at 5.12 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3.01 %, in 2000.
Papua New Guinea ranks 10th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.01 % | — |
| 2001 | 3.01 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3.01 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3.01 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3.01 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3.01 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3.01 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3.01 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3.01 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3.01 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.12 % | +70.1% |
| 2011 | 5.04 % | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 4.99 % | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 4.96 % | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 5.01 % | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 4.99 % | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 4.97 % | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 4.94 % | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 4.93 % | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 4.73 % | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 4.65 % | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 4.58 % | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 4.51 % | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 4.52 % | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 4.52 % | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 4.52 % | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 4.52 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.05 %, 1.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 4.52 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.02 %, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +70.1% | 3.01 % | 5.12 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.01 % | 3.01 % | 3.01 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.97 % | 4.73 % | 5.12 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.55 % | 4.51 % | 4.65 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 7 Gabon 4.6 % compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 3.08 % compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.98 % compare
- 8 Malawi 4.56 % compare
- 9 Cambodia 4.55 % compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.84 % compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 2.71 % compare
- 11 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.55 % compare
- 11 South Sudan 4.33 % compare
- 12 Guyana 4.3 % compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.52 % compare
- 13 Dominica 4.27 % compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 2.47 % 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 incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) in Papua New Guinea?
- Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) in Papua New Guinea was 4.52 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 5.12 % in 2010.
- What is the lowest incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.01 % in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent)?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 10th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. 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 Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.