Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 611,652 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Papua New Guinea, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 611,652 million Kcal for sweet potatoes — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Papua New Guinea peaked at 647,572 million Kcal in 2018 and was at its lowest, 513,991 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Papua New Guinea 12th out of 156 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 513,991 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 527,259 million Kcal | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 541,418 million Kcal | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 555,132 million Kcal | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 577,380 million Kcal | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 596,863 million Kcal | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 609,861 million Kcal | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 615,639 million Kcal | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 647,572 million Kcal | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 615,063 million Kcal | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 607,273 million Kcal | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 603,871 million Kcal | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 613,420 million Kcal | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 611,652 million Kcal | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 580,018 million Kcal | 513,991 million Kcal | 647,572 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 609,054 million Kcal | 603,871 million Kcal | 613,420 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 330,694 million Kcal compare
- 9 Madagascar 1.02 million million Kcal compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 71,868 million Kcal compare
- 10 India 1.01 million million Kcal compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20,427 million Kcal compare
- 11 Malawi 751,188 million Kcal compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,277 million Kcal compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 4,100 million Kcal compare
- 13 Kenya 527,330 million Kcal compare
- 14 Polynesia 2,824 million Kcal compare
- 14 Philippines 485,320 million Kcal compare
- 15 Micronesia 2,816 million Kcal compare
- 15 Cameroon 459,862 million Kcal 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 611,652 million Kcal 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 647,572 million Kcal in 2018.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 513,991 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 12th 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 up 10.2%. 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 — Food supply (kcal). 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.