Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 142,854 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Papua New Guinea is 142,854 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 144,255 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 73,710 ha, in 1961.
Papua New Guinea ranks 9th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 73,710 ha | — |
| 1962 | 74,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 74,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 75,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 76,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 78,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 80,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 82,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 83,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 85,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 87,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 90,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 93,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 93,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 94,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 93,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 92,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 93,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 95,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 98,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 98,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 98,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 99,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 99,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 101,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 101,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 109,226 ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 100,000 ha | -8.4% |
| 1992 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 102,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 102,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 102,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 103,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 103,139 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 104,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 108,988 ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 112,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 115,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 118,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 120,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 120,779 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 124,284 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 126,980 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 129,307 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 131,676 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 134,444 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 136,569 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 138,577 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 140,428 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 142,389 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 144,255 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 142,357 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 143,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 143,204 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 142,854 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,634 ha | 73,710 ha | 80,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 89,200 ha | 82,000 ha | 94,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 97,700 ha | 93,000 ha | 101,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 101,123 ha | 100,000 ha | 109,226 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 108,813 ha | 102,000 ha | 120,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 132,543 ha | 120,779 ha | 142,389 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 143,134 ha | 142,357 ha | 144,255 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)
- 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 142,854 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 144,255 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 73,710 ha in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 9th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.