Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — Value in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — Value was 3.2 million No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — Value in Papua New Guinea, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 3.2 million No for number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value in Papua New Guinea peaked at 3.2 million No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.5 million No, in 2000.
That places Papua New Guinea 30th out of 98 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — Value in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.5 million No | — |
| 2001 | 1.6 million No | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 1.7 million No | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 1.8 million No | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 1.8 million No | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.9 million No | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 1.9 million No | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2 million No | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 2.1 million No | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 2.3 million No | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 2.4 million No | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 2.3 million No | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 2.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2.4 million No | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 2.5 million No | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 2.6 million No | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 2.7 million No | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 2.7 million No | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2.8 million No | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 2.8 million No | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3 million No | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 3.1 million No | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 3.2 million No | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.86 million No | 1.5 million No | 2.3 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.5 million No | 2.3 million No | 2.8 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.02 million No | 2.8 million No | 3.2 million No | 4 |
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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 number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value in Papua New Guinea?
- Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value in Papua New Guinea was 3.2 million No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 3.2 million No in 2023.
- What is the lowest number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5 million No in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 30th out of 98 countries with data for 2023.
- Is number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.1%. 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 Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — 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.