Sorghum — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Sorghum — Area harvested was 1,129 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Papua New Guinea stood at 1,129 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 1,846 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 79 ha, in 1961.
That places Papua New Guinea 88th out of 120 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.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 79 ha | — |
| 1962 | 129 ha | +63.3% |
| 1963 | 140 ha | +8.5% |
| 1964 | 258 ha | +84.3% |
| 1965 | 180 ha | -30.2% |
| 1966 | 316 ha | +75.6% |
| 1967 | 380 ha | +20.3% |
| 1968 | 436 ha | +14.7% |
| 1969 | 658 ha | +50.9% |
| 1970 | 740 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 899 ha | +21.5% |
| 1972 | 856 ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 606 ha | -29.2% |
| 1974 | 631 ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 1,321 ha | +109.4% |
| 1976 | 914 ha | -30.8% |
| 1977 | 1,846 ha | +102.0% |
| 1978 | 1,650 ha | -10.6% |
| 1979 | 821 ha | -50.2% |
| 1980 | 710 ha | -13.5% |
| 1981 | 1,387 ha | +95.4% |
| 1982 | 1,521 ha | +9.7% |
| 1983 | 856 ha | -43.7% |
| 1984 | 466 ha | -45.6% |
| 1985 | 302 ha | -35.2% |
| 1986 | 300 ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 301 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 360 ha | +19.6% |
| 1989 | 400 ha | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 243 ha | -39.2% |
| 1991 | 420 ha | +72.8% |
| 1992 | 500 ha | +19.0% |
| 1993 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1996 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 1,080 ha | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 1,100 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 1,138 ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 1,200 ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 1,173 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 1,146 ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 1,180 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 1,208 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 1,286 ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 1,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 1,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 2009 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 1,055 ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 1,144 ha | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 1,136 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,135 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,125 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,128 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,126 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,121 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,118 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,117 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,114 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,122 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,125 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,127 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,129 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 286.22 ha | 79 ha | 658 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,028 ha | 606 ha | 1,846 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 660.3 ha | 300 ha | 1,521 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 734.3 ha | 243 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,173 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,120 ha | 1,055 ha | 1,144 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,123 ha | 1,114 ha | 1,129 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 1,129 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,846 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 79 ha in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 88th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 Sorghum — 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.