Sweet potatoes — Production in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Production was 732,422 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Papua New Guinea stood at 732,422 t.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Papua New Guinea peaked at 740,645 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 295,000 t, in 1961.
That places Papua New Guinea 15th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 295,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 296,000 t | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 296,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 298,000 t | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 300,000 t | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 315,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 320,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 320,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 330,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 348,000 t | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 360,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 380,000 t | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 388,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 415,000 t | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 420,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 422,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 425,000 t | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 420,000 t | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 414,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 420,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 430,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 430,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 460,000 t | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 464,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 469,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 470,000 t | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 471,000 t | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 510,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 460,000 t | -9.8% |
| 1990 | 460,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 470,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 475,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 480,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 450,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 460,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 450,000 t | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 460,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 460,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 480,000 t | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 480,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 490,000 t | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 490,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 500,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 520,000 t | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 540,120 t | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 560,000 t | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 580,000 t | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 590,000 t | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 595,000 t | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 603,197 t | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 626,393 t | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 642,374 t | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 656,656 t | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 668,642 t | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 684,830 t | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 696,236 t | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 707,384 t | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 718,196 t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 729,684 t | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 740,645 t | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 729,509 t | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 733,280 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 734,478 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 732,422 t | -0.3% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 732,422 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 106,808 t, 6.9× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 732,422 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 55,628 t, 13.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 307,778 t | 295,000 t | 330,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 399,200 t | 348,000 t | 425,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 458,400 t | 420,000 t | 510,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 464,500 t | 450,000 t | 480,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 534,512 t | 480,000 t | 595,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 673,359 t | 603,197 t | 729,684 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 734,067 t | 729,509 t | 740,645 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 12 Brazil 970,050 t compare
- 12 Polynesia 7,334 t compare
- 13 Burundi 944,229 t compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 4,825 t compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,635 t compare
- 14 Kenya 862,724 t compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3,120 t compare
- 15 Micronesia 3,120 t compare
- 16 Japan 717,000 t compare
- 17 Cameroon 633,125 t compare
- 17 Caribbean 498,450 t compare
- 18 Mali 614,079 t 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 — production in Papua New Guinea?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Papua New Guinea was 732,422 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 740,645 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 295,000 t in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 15th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. 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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.