Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita was 0.0692 t per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 0.0692 t per person for sweet potatoes — production, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.1508 t per person in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.0692 t per person, in 2024.
That places Papua New Guinea 4th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1442 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1414 t per person | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1382 t per person | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 0.1362 t per person | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 0.1342 t per person | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 0.1378 t per person | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 0.1369 t per person | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 0.1338 t per person | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 0.1349 t per person | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 0.1389 t per person | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 0.1403 t per person | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.1446 t per person | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 0.1442 t per person | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.1508 t per person | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 0.1492 t per person | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.1467 t per person | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1445 t per person | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.1398 t per person | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 0.135 t per person | -3.5% |
| 1980 | 0.1341 t per person | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.1345 t per person | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.1317 t per person | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 0.138 t per person | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 0.1363 t per person | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.1348 t per person | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.1322 t per person | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.1297 t per person | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 0.1374 t per person | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 0.1212 t per person | -11.8% |
| 1990 | 0.1181 t per person | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 0.1169 t per person | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.114 t per person | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 0.1111 t per person | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 0.1004 t per person | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 0.099 t per person | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0935 t per person | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0922 t per person | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.089 t per person | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0897 t per person | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0867 t per person | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0855 t per person | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0827 t per person | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0816 t per person | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0822 t per person | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0826 t per person | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.083 t per person | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0833 t per person | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0821 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0803 t per person | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.079 t per person | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0797 t per person | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0795 t per person | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0791 t per person | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0784 t per person | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0783 t per person | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0777 t per person | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0771 t per person | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0764 t per person | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0759 t per person | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0755 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0729 t per person | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0719 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0707 t per person | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0692 t per person | -2.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 0.0692 t per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0039 t per person, 17.9× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 0.0692 t per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0038 t per person, 18.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1375 t per person | 0.1338 t per person | 0.1442 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1434 t per person | 0.135 t per person | 0.1508 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.133 t per person | 0.1212 t per person | 0.138 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1024 t per person | 0.089 t per person | 0.1181 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.083 t per person | 0.0803 t per person | 0.0867 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0781 t per person | 0.0759 t per person | 0.0797 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.072 t per person | 0.0692 t per person | 0.0755 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
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 — production, per capita in Papua New Guinea?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Papua New Guinea was 0.0692 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1508 t per person in 1974.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0692 t per person in 2024.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for sweet potatoes — production, per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 4th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per capita rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.