Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 161.29 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Papua New Guinea, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — food supply in Papua New Guinea is 161.29 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Papua New Guinea peaked at 188.85 kcal/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 161.29 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Papua New Guinea ranks 3rd of 156 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 184.48 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 183.8 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 183.55 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 183.18 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 185.59 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 187.03 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 186.44 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 183.76 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 188.85 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 175.37 kcal/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 169.5 kcal/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 165.23 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 164.71 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 161.29 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 161.29 kcal/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.53 kcal/cap/d, 35.6× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 161.29 kcal/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.04 kcal/cap/d, 32.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 184.2 kcal/cap/d | 175.37 kcal/cap/d | 188.85 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 165.18 kcal/cap/d | 161.29 kcal/cap/d | 169.5 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 1 Solomon Islands 369.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Melanesia 160.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Micronesia (Federated States of) 68.04 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Rwanda 215.38 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 60.25 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Angola 111.25 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Vanuatu 99.08 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 34.94 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Malawi 97.52 kcal/cap/d 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 sweet potatoes — food supply in Papua New Guinea?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Papua New Guinea was 161.29 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 188.85 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 161.29 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 3rd out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.