Rice — Yield in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Rice — Yield was 2,159 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Yield in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Papua New Guinea is 2,159 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Papua New Guinea peaked at 3,556 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,714 kg/ha, in 1997.
That places Papua New Guinea 98th out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,088 kg/ha | 2,892 kg/ha | 3,556 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,892 kg/ha | 2,834 kg/ha | 2,933 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,214 kg/ha | 1,818 kg/ha | 2,844 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,790 kg/ha | 1,714 kg/ha | 1,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,950 kg/ha | 1,892 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,061 kg/ha | 2,006 kg/ha | 2,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,143 kg/ha | 2,126 kg/ha | 2,159 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 95 Burkina Faso 2,230 kg/ha compare
- 96 Timor-Leste 2,170 kg/ha compare
- 97 Cameroon 2,160 kg/ha compare
- 99 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,073 kg/ha compare
- 100 Cuba 2,063 kg/ha compare
- 101 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 101 Somalia 2,000 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 rice — yield in Papua New Guinea?
- Rice — yield in Papua New Guinea was 2,159 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 3,556 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,714 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for rice — yield?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 98th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. 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 Rice — 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.