Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 9,587 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 9,587 ha for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and down 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 14,000 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 5,500 ha, in 1991.
Papua New Guinea ranks 24th of 28 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,065 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 9,100 ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 9,783 ha | +7.5% |
| 1965 | 9,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 10,651 ha | +10.9% |
| 1967 | 10,613 ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 11,086 ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 10,833 ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 11,160 ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 11,314 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 11,767 ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 12,414 ha | +5.5% |
| 1974 | 12,154 ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 10,800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1976 | 7,108 ha | -34.2% |
| 1977 | 7,700 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | -22.1% |
| 1979 | 8,500 ha | +41.7% |
| 1980 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,700 ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 8,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 9,400 ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 8,000 ha | -14.9% |
| 1986 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 8,300 ha | -17.0% |
| 1988 | 9,000 ha | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 9,800 ha | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 6,400 ha | -34.7% |
| 1991 | 5,500 ha | -14.1% |
| 1992 | 7,700 ha | +40.0% |
| 1993 | 9,600 ha | +24.7% |
| 1994 | 10,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 13,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1996 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 8,669 ha | -38.1% |
| 1998 | 14,000 ha | +61.5% |
| 1999 | 8,800 ha | -37.1% |
| 2000 | 8,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8,200 ha | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 8,400 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 8,200 ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 9,200 ha | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 10,800 ha | +17.4% |
| 2006 | 11,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 13,500 ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 13,148 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 12,794 ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 12,848 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 13,023 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 13,205 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 11,580 ha | -12.3% |
| 2016 | 9,447 ha | -18.4% |
| 2017 | 9,941 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 9,906 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 9,866 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 9,514 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 9,479 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 9,473 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 9,444 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 9,587 ha | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,992 ha | 9,065 ha | 11,086 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,892 ha | 6,000 ha | 12,414 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,990 ha | 8,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,767 ha | 5,500 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,410 ha | 8,200 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,576 ha | 9,447 ha | 13,205 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,499 ha | 9,444 ha | 9,587 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 9,587 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 14,000 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,500 ha in 1991.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 24th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.4%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.