Maize (corn) — Yield in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Maize (corn) — Yield was 5,405 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — 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 maize (corn) — yield in Papua New Guinea is 5,405 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Papua New Guinea peaked at 6,000 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 428.6 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Papua New Guinea 61st out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 915.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,657 kg/ha | +81.0% |
| 1963 | 1,196 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1964 | 1,086 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1965 | 1,280 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1966 | 1,323 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 1,375 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 1,372 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 971.8 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1970 | 903.2 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 819.7 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1972 | 882.4 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 428.6 kg/ha | -51.4% |
| 1974 | 1,454 kg/ha | +239.4% |
| 1975 | 1,151 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1976 | 1,392 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1977 | 1,037 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1978 | 967.4 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1979 | 2,209 kg/ha | +128.4% |
| 1980 | 2,426 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1981 | 1,438 kg/ha | -40.7% |
| 1982 | 1,326 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1983 | 1,595 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1984 | 1,441 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1985 | 2,200 kg/ha | +52.7% |
| 1986 | 2,261 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 1,300 kg/ha | -42.5% |
| 1988 | 1,667 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1989 | 2,222 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 2,500 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,941 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1993 | 3,077 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 3,390 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1995 | 3,571 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 4,367 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1997 | 6,000 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1998 | 5,392 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1999 | 5,417 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 5,538 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 5,929 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 5,288 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2003 | 4,615 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 4,615 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4,667 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 4,500 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 4,706 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 4,546 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 4,794 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 5,000 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 5,778 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2012 | 4,762 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2013 | 5,454 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2014 | 5,546 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 5,524 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 5,301 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 5,622 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 5,495 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 5,562 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 5,332 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 5,367 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 5,482 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 5,426 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 5,405 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 5,405 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 5,405 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,033 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +239.4% | 428.6 kg/ha | 1,454 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +128.4% | 967.4 kg/ha | 2,209 kg/ha |
| 1962 | +81.0% | 915.4 kg/ha | 1,657 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,242 kg/ha | 915.4 kg/ha | 1,657 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,124 kg/ha | 428.6 kg/ha | 2,209 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,788 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 2,426 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,915 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,920 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 5,929 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,404 kg/ha | 4,762 kg/ha | 5,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,402 kg/ha | 5,332 kg/ha | 5,482 kg/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 maize (corn) — yield in Papua New Guinea?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Papua New Guinea was 5,405 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 6,000 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 428.6 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 61st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. 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) — 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.