Sorghum — Yield in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Sorghum — Yield was 4,429 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Papua New Guinea stood at 4,429 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Papua New Guinea peaked at 4,538 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 591.2 kg/ha, in 1969.
That places Papua New Guinea 14th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,658 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 984.5 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 1963 | 1,107 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 678.3 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 1965 | 1,561 kg/ha | +130.1% |
| 1966 | 838.6 kg/ha | -46.3% |
| 1967 | 921.1 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1968 | 1,000 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 591.2 kg/ha | -40.9% |
| 1970 | 1,551 kg/ha | +162.4% |
| 1971 | 2,240 kg/ha | +44.4% |
| 1972 | 1,776 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1973 | 2,662 kg/ha | +49.9% |
| 1974 | 1,957 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1975 | 1,487 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1976 | 658.6 kg/ha | -55.7% |
| 1977 | 966.4 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 1978 | 1,667 kg/ha | +72.5% |
| 1979 | 1,778 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 2,187 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1981 | 1,921 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1982 | 1,112 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 1983 | 2,321 kg/ha | +108.7% |
| 1984 | 2,268 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 1,993 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1986 | 1,833 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 1,827 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 2,222 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1989 | 2,250 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 4,115 kg/ha | +82.9% |
| 1991 | 2,619 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 1992 | 2,600 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 2,333 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1994 | 2,429 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 2,500 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 2,778 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 3,000 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 2,963 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 3,091 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 2,988 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 2,917 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 2,984 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 3,054 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 3,120 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 3,206 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 3,304 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 3,417 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 3,500 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 3,818 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 3,884 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 3,832 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 3,910 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 3,994 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 4,076 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 4,147 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 4,223 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 4,301 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 4,381 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 4,462 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 4,538 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 4,438 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 4,448 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 4,448 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 4,429 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 4,429 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 4.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 4,429 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,151 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Papua New Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +162.4% | 591.2 kg/ha | 1,551 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +130.1% | 678.3 kg/ha | 1,561 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +108.7% | 1,112 kg/ha | 2,321 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +82.9% | 2,250 kg/ha | 4,115 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +72.5% | 966.4 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha |
| 1976 | -55.7% | 1,487 kg/ha | 658.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,038 kg/ha | 591.2 kg/ha | 1,658 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,674 kg/ha | 658.6 kg/ha | 2,662 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,994 kg/ha | 1,112 kg/ha | 2,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,843 kg/ha | 2,333 kg/ha | 4,115 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,231 kg/ha | 2,917 kg/ha | 3,818 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,121 kg/ha | 3,832 kg/ha | 4,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,460 kg/ha | 4,429 kg/ha | 4,538 kg/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 sorghum — yield in Papua New Guinea?
- Sorghum — yield in Papua New Guinea was 4,429 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 4,538 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 591.2 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for sorghum — yield?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 14th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. 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 — 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.