Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 281,937 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Papua New Guinea stood at 281,937 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 68.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 285,414 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Papua New Guinea 8th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 300 ha | — |
| 1972 | 1,500 ha | +400.0% |
| 1973 | 3,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,500 ha | +116.7% |
| 1976 | 9,500 ha | +46.2% |
| 1977 | 9,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 9,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 11,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1980 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 15,500 ha | +40.9% |
| 1982 | 25,000 ha | +61.3% |
| 1983 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 38,000 ha | +46.2% |
| 1985 | 38,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 41,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 41,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 34,500 ha | -15.9% |
| 1989 | 41,500 ha | +20.3% |
| 1990 | 45,500 ha | +9.6% |
| 1991 | 45,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 50,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1993 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 59,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 62,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 62,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 63,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 64,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 68,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 72,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 75,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 79,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 83,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 85,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 88,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 92,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 96,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 117,000 ha | +21.9% |
| 2009 | 119,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 135,000 ha | +13.4% |
| 2011 | 143,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 146,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 150,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 167,016 ha | +11.3% |
| 2015 | 182,552 ha | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 193,482 ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 196,413 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 202,702 ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 218,123 ha | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 236,276 ha | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 251,535 ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 269,898 ha | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 285,414 ha | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 281,937 ha | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,380 ha | 0 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,200 ha | 11,000 ha | 41,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 57,350 ha | 45,000 ha | 68,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 90,600 ha | 72,000 ha | 119,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 173,429 ha | 135,000 ha | 218,123 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 265,012 ha | 236,276 ha | 285,414 ha | 5 |
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- 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 oil palm fruit — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 281,937 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 285,414 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 8th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.8%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.