Palm Oil — Food supply in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Palm Oil — Food supply was 187.85 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm Oil — Food supply in Papua New Guinea, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for palm oil — food supply in Papua New Guinea is 187.85 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.5% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — food supply in Papua New Guinea peaked at 200.82 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 131.43 kcal/cap/d, in 2018.
Papua New Guinea ranks 15th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Palm Oil — Food supply in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 146.16 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 168.36 kcal/cap/d | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 166.72 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 183.36 kcal/cap/d | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 168.4 kcal/cap/d | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 148.63 kcal/cap/d | -11.7% |
| 2016 | 134.98 kcal/cap/d | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 132.78 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 131.43 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 132.35 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 177.65 kcal/cap/d | +34.2% |
| 2021 | 195.42 kcal/cap/d | +10.0% |
| 2022 | 200.82 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 187.85 kcal/cap/d | -6.5% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 187.85 kcal/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 58.28 kcal/cap/d, 3.2× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 187.85 kcal/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 62.08 kcal/cap/d, 3.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 151.32 kcal/cap/d | 131.43 kcal/cap/d | 183.36 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 190.44 kcal/cap/d | 177.65 kcal/cap/d | 200.82 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 12 Liberia 230.63 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Polynesia 46.51 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Micronesia 40.12 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Colombia 229 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 29.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Congo 214.98 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Viet Nam 21.04 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Mauritania 171.45 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17.01 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.32 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 South Africa 165.72 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Rwanda 163.96 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 3.73 kcal/cap/d compare
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 palm oil — food supply in Papua New Guinea?
- Palm oil — food supply in Papua New Guinea was 187.85 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — food supply recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 200.82 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest palm oil — food supply recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 131.43 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for palm oil — food supply?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 15th out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — food supply rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 Palm Oil — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.