Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 2,391 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested in Papua New Guinea is 2,391 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 2,414 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 51 ha, in 1968.
Papua New Guinea ranks 139th of 182 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83.56 ha | 51 ha | 130 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 305.1 ha | 66 ha | 1,195 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 739.1 ha | 464 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,199 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,604 ha | 1,300 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,254 ha | 2,100 ha | 2,370 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,391 ha | 2,368 ha | 2,414 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture share gdp 17.02 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 17.02 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
- Rural population 84.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 9.06 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.24 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 1.27 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 2,391 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2,414 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 51 ha in 1968.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 139th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — 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 volatile.
- 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 Maize (corn) — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.