Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 7,967 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Papua New Guinea stood at 7,967 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Papua New Guinea peaked at 7,967 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,592 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Papua New Guinea 155th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,592 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,647 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 6,641 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 6,730 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 6,710 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 6,925 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 6,912 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 6,828 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 6,829 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,880 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 6,963 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 7,026 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 7,036 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 7,073 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 7,011 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 7,041 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 7,050 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 7,079 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 7,104 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 7,136 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 7,129 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 7,172 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 7,257 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 7,288 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 7,360 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 7,326 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 7,378 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 7,559 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 7,230 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 6,915 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 7,334 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 7,405 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 7,425 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 7,266 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 7,287 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 7,212 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 7,249 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 7,321 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 7,422 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 7,474 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 7,565 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 7,623 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 7,639 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 7,679 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 7,565 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 7,614 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 7,694 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 7,651 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 7,652 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 7,744 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 7,772 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 7,888 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 7,918 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 7,927 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 7,885 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 7,880 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 7,886 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 7,898 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 7,912 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 7,876 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 7,958 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 7,947 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 7,953 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 7,967 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,757 kg/ha | 6,592 kg/ha | 6,925 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,026 kg/ha | 6,880 kg/ha | 7,104 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,284 kg/ha | 7,129 kg/ha | 7,559 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,284 kg/ha | 6,915 kg/ha | 7,425 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,616 kg/ha | 7,474 kg/ha | 7,694 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,871 kg/ha | 7,744 kg/ha | 7,927 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,940 kg/ha | 7,876 kg/ha | 7,967 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 152 Dominican Republic 8,242 kg/ha compare
- 153 Honduras 8,233 kg/ha compare
- 154 Belize 8,067 kg/ha compare
- 156 Madagascar 7,878 kg/ha compare
- 157 Liberia 7,688 kg/ha compare
- 158 Sudan (former) 7,457 kg/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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Papua New Guinea?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Papua New Guinea was 7,967 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 7,967 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,592 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 155th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. 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.