Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 22 kcal/cap/d in 2024. ▼ Falling
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Papua New Guinea, 2005–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2024, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Papua New Guinea stood at 22 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.8% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Papua New Guinea peaked at 28 kcal/cap/d in 2015 and was at its lowest, 10 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
Papua New Guinea ranks 100th of 147 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 22 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2006 | 22 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 25 kcal/cap/d | +13.6% |
| 2008 | 20 kcal/cap/d | -20.0% |
| 2009 | 18 kcal/cap/d | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 18 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 23 kcal/cap/d | +27.8% |
| 2012 | 16 kcal/cap/d | -30.4% |
| 2013 | 19 kcal/cap/d | +18.8% |
| 2014 | 22 kcal/cap/d | +15.8% |
| 2015 | 28 kcal/cap/d | +27.3% |
| 2016 | 21 kcal/cap/d | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 18 kcal/cap/d | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 19 kcal/cap/d | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 21 kcal/cap/d | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 10 kcal/cap/d | -52.4% |
| 2021 | 15 kcal/cap/d | +50.0% |
| 2022 | 16 kcal/cap/d | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 19 kcal/cap/d | +18.8% |
| 2024 | 22 kcal/cap/d | +15.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.4 kcal/cap/d | 18 kcal/cap/d | 25 kcal/cap/d | 5 |
| 2010s | 20.5 kcal/cap/d | 16 kcal/cap/d | 28 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.4 kcal/cap/d | 10 kcal/cap/d | 22 kcal/cap/d | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 100 Burkina Faso 22 kcal/cap/d compare
- 100 Czechia 22 kcal/cap/d compare
- 100 Guatemala 22 kcal/cap/d compare
- 100 New Zealand 22 kcal/cap/d compare
- 100 Poland 22 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 per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Papua New Guinea?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Papua New Guinea was 22 kcal/cap/d in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 28 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 100th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — 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.