Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value was 424 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Papua New Guinea, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 424 kcal/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Papua New Guinea peaked at 504 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 424 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Papua New Guinea ranks 18th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 504 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 500 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 492 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 490 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 493 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 488 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 485 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 485 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 472 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 454 kcal/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 455 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 441 kcal/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 432 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 424 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 424 kcal/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 148 kcal/cap/d, 2.9× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 424 kcal/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 103 kcal/cap/d, 4.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 486.3 kcal/cap/d | 454 kcal/cap/d | 504 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 438 kcal/cap/d | 424 kcal/cap/d | 455 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
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, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Papua New Guinea?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Papua New Guinea was 424 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 504 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 424 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 18th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. 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 Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.