Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 7,437 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 7,437 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 8,000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,100 ha, in 1961.
That places Papua New Guinea 122nd out of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 3,600 ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 4,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 4,270 ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 4,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 4,537 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 4,600 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 4,626 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 4,700 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 4,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 5,400 ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 5,307 ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 5,315 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 5,500 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 5,600 ha | +12.0% |
| 2007 | 5,300 ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 4,800 ha | -9.4% |
| 2009 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 2013 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7,398 ha | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 6,860 ha | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 7,419 ha | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 7,551 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 7,277 ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 7,515 ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 7,448 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 7,413 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 7,459 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 7,440 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 7,437 ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,500 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,450 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,590 ha | 3,000 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,493 ha | 4,200 ha | 4,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,222 ha | 4,800 ha | 5,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,002 ha | 5,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,439 ha | 7,413 ha | 7,459 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 7,437 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 122nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.