Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 12,226 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Papua New Guinea stood at 12,226 ha.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 12,910 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 195 ha, in 1961.
That places Papua New Guinea 90th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 195 ha | — |
| 1962 | 195 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 205 ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 205 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 210 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 215 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 220 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 225 ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 225 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 230 ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 235 ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 240 ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 245 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 250 ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 255 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 2,600 ha | +919.6% |
| 1982 | 4,100 ha | +57.7% |
| 1983 | 4,576 ha | +11.6% |
| 1984 | 4,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 4,100 ha | -10.9% |
| 1986 | 2,530 ha | -38.3% |
| 1987 | 3,500 ha | +38.3% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1989 | 4,400 ha | -12.0% |
| 1990 | 4,200 ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 5,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1992 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1996 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1998 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2001 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 7,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 2006 | 8,500 ha | +21.4% |
| 2007 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9,841 ha | +15.8% |
| 2011 | 10,312 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 10,569 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 9,099 ha | -13.9% |
| 2014 | 10,416 ha | +14.5% |
| 2015 | 10,804 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 11,302 ha | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 11,570 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 11,876 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 12,250 ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 12,717 ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 12,910 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 12,009 ha | -7.0% |
| 2023 | 11,624 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 12,226 ha | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 201.11 ha | 195 ha | 210 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 232.5 ha | 215 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,566 ha | 255 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,620 ha | 4,200 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,804 ha | 9,099 ha | 12,250 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,297 ha | 11,624 ha | 12,910 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 17.02 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 17.02 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 12,226 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 12,910 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 195 ha in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 90th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Crops Primary — 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.