Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 241,835 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Papua New Guinea stood at 241,835 ha.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 244,250 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 114,813 ha, in 1961.
Papua New Guinea ranks 37th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 114,813 ha | — |
| 1962 | 116,315 ha | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 117,321 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 119,914 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 121,609 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 122,609 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 125,030 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 128,005 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 131,202 ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 134,306 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 136,008 ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 139,523 ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 141,915 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 148,630 ha | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 152,627 ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 154,105 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 156,610 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 156,810 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 156,829 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 158,259 ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 160,946 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 161,761 ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 165,235 ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 166,049 ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 166,733 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 168,098 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 168,617 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 171,365 ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 171,965 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 181,096 ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 172,011 ha | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 171,560 ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 172,663 ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 170,580 ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 168,683 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 167,413 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 171,666 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 174,423 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 179,272 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 181,650 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 185,152 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 189,661 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 191,385 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 193,096 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 199,077 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 203,765 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 208,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 213,820 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 217,210 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 215,490 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 221,563 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 217,720 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 222,894 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 226,304 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 230,545 ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 233,742 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 236,538 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 239,098 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 241,740 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 244,250 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 241,954 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 242,208 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 242,410 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 241,835 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 121,869 ha | 114,813 ha | 131,202 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 147,736 ha | 134,306 ha | 156,829 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 165,903 ha | 158,259 ha | 171,965 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 172,937 ha | 167,413 ha | 181,096 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 198,302 ha | 181,650 ha | 217,210 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 228,563 ha | 215,490 ha | 241,740 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 242,531 ha | 241,835 ha | 244,250 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)
- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 241,835 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 244,250 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 114,813 ha in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 37th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.