Potatoes — Yield in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Potatoes — Yield was 5,792 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Yield in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Papua New Guinea stood at 5,792 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Papua New Guinea peaked at 29,867 kg/ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1969.
That places Papua New Guinea 157th out of 166 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,417 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 6,769 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,123 kg/ha | 1,259 kg/ha | 29,867 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,300 kg/ha | 2,688 kg/ha | 7,370 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,346 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 4,706 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,549 kg/ha | 4,444 kg/ha | 4,754 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,692 kg/ha | 4,863 kg/ha | 6,193 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,770 kg/ha | 5,682 kg/ha | 5,813 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 154 Madagascar 6,038 kg/ha compare
- 155 Republic of Moldova 6,035 kg/ha compare
- 156 Mauritania 5,915 kg/ha compare
- 158 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,573 kg/ha compare
- 159 Botswana 3,852 kg/ha compare
- 160 Nigeria 3,755 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- 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)
- Rural population 84.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 9.06 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.24 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 1.27 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Papua New Guinea?
- Potatoes — yield in Papua New Guinea was 5,792 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 29,867 kg/ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for potatoes — yield?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 157th out of 166 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. 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 — Yield. 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.