Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity was 9.61 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity in Papua New Guinea, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity in Papua New Guinea is 9.61 kg/cap, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 15.1% on the previous year and down 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity in Papua New Guinea peaked at 20.55 kg/cap in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9.61 kg/cap, in 2023.
Papua New Guinea ranks 154th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9.84 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 15.37 kg/cap | +56.2% |
| 2012 | 15.13 kg/cap | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 14.28 kg/cap | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 14.64 kg/cap | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 20.55 kg/cap | +40.4% |
| 2016 | 20 kg/cap | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 16.92 kg/cap | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 11.58 kg/cap | -31.6% |
| 2019 | 11.82 kg/cap | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 12.85 kg/cap | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 10.82 kg/cap | -15.8% |
| 2022 | 11.32 kg/cap | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 9.61 kg/cap | -15.1% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 9.61 kg/cap is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21.28 kg/cap, 45% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 9.61 kg/cap is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 42.4 kg/cap, 23% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15.01 kg/cap | 9.84 kg/cap | 20.55 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.15 kg/cap | 9.61 kg/cap | 12.85 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 151 Malawi 10.22 kg/cap compare
- 152 Bangladesh 9.95 kg/cap compare
- 153 China 9.81 kg/cap compare
- 155 China, mainland 9.2 kg/cap compare
- 156 Ethiopia 9 kg/cap compare
- 157 Burkina Faso 8.69 kg/cap 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 sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity in Papua New Guinea?
- Sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity in Papua New Guinea was 9.61 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 20.55 kg/cap in 2015.
- What is the lowest sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.61 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 154th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.7%. 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 Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.