Potatoes — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Potatoes — Area harvested was 218 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — 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 potatoes — area harvested in Papua New Guinea is 218 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 222 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2 ha, in 1969.
Papua New Guinea ranks 140th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15 ha | +15.4% |
| 1963 | 21 ha | +40.0% |
| 1964 | 14 ha | -33.3% |
| 1965 | 9 ha | -35.7% |
| 1966 | 9 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 30 ha | +233.3% |
| 1968 | 5 ha | -83.3% |
| 1969 | 2 ha | -60.0% |
| 1970 | 6 ha | +200.0% |
| 1971 | 8 ha | +33.3% |
| 1972 | 23 ha | +187.5% |
| 1973 | 15 ha | -34.8% |
| 1974 | 30 ha | +100.0% |
| 1975 | 27 ha | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 5 ha | -81.5% |
| 1977 | 10 ha | +100.0% |
| 1978 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 29 ha | +190.0% |
| 1980 | 59 ha | +103.4% |
| 1981 | 46 ha | -22.0% |
| 1982 | 61 ha | +32.6% |
| 1983 | 35 ha | -42.6% |
| 1984 | 49 ha | +40.0% |
| 1985 | 33 ha | -32.7% |
| 1986 | 98 ha | +197.0% |
| 1987 | 117 ha | +19.4% |
| 1988 | 65 ha | -44.4% |
| 1989 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 70 ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 69 ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 75 ha | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 85 ha | +13.3% |
| 1994 | 80 ha | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 85 ha | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 101 ha | +18.8% |
| 1997 | 100 ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 140 ha | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 152 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 161 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 180 ha | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 179 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 200 ha | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 192 ha | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 200 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 210 ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 209 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 207 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 190 ha | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 195 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 194 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 221 ha | +13.9% |
| 2016 | 203 ha | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 207 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 211 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 217 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 222 ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 217 ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 219 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 219 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 218 ha | -0.5% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 218 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 1% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 218 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,358 ha, 2% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +233.3% | 9 ha | 30 ha |
| 1970 | +200.0% | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 1986 | +197.0% | 33 ha | 98 ha |
| 1979 | +190.0% | 10 ha | 29 ha |
| 1972 | +187.5% | 8 ha | 23 ha |
| 1980 | +103.4% | 29 ha | 59 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.11 ha | 2 ha | 30 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.3 ha | 5 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 62.8 ha | 33 ha | 117 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 92.5 ha | 69 ha | 140 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 184.4 ha | 150 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 205.4 ha | 190 ha | 221 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 219 ha | 217 ha | 222 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 137 Mauritania 405 ha compare
- 138 New Caledonia 305 ha compare
- 139 Comoros 241 ha compare
- 141 El Salvador 187 ha compare
- 142 Belize 156 ha compare
- 143 Faroe Islands 100 ha 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 potatoes — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 218 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 222 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 ha in 1969.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 140th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. 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 Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.