Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 457,024 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Papua New Guinea is 457,024 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 513,208 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 233,000 ha, in 1980.
That places Papua New Guinea 57th out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 247,612 ha | — |
| 1962 | 252,651 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 252,933 ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 253,115 ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 252,537 ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 252,052 ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 255,300 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 251,153 ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 253,412 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 248,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 250,100 ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 245,300 ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 253,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 255,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 257,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 265,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 264,500 ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 270,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 277,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 233,000 ha | -15.9% |
| 1981 | 238,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 252,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 260,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 280,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 280,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 283,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 283,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 295,500 ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 302,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 306,318 ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 306,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 311,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 315,984 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 320,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 323,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 323,099 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 293,950 ha | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 325,000 ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 329,053 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 333,038 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 271,032 ha | -18.6% |
| 2002 | 277,032 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 282,200 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 265,960 ha | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 284,200 ha | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 291,207 ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 357,250 ha | +22.7% |
| 2008 | 339,300 ha | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 341,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 357,305 ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 365,316 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 368,356 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 372,379 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 383,270 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 392,555 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 398,166 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 498,821 ha | +25.3% |
| 2018 | 500,848 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 513,208 ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 420,530 ha | -18.1% |
| 2021 | 425,895 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 442,617 ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 454,839 ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 457,024 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 252,307 ha | 247,612 ha | 255,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 258,700 ha | 245,300 ha | 277,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 270,800 ha | 233,000 ha | 302,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 315,340 ha | 293,950 ha | 329,053 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 304,252 ha | 265,960 ha | 357,250 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 415,022 ha | 357,305 ha | 513,208 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 440,181 ha | 420,530 ha | 457,024 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 457,024 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 513,208 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 233,000 ha in 1980.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 57th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.