Tea leaves — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 3,543 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Papua New Guinea is 3,543 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 4,100 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 20 ha, in 1961.
That places Papua New Guinea 22nd out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | +400.0% |
| 1968 | 200 ha | +100.0% |
| 1969 | 826 ha | +313.0% |
| 1970 | 1,342 ha | +62.5% |
| 1971 | 2,100 ha | +56.5% |
| 1972 | 2,171 ha | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 2,969 ha | +36.8% |
| 1974 | 3,118 ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 3,500 ha | +12.3% |
| 1976 | 3,746 ha | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 3,800 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,661 ha | -30.0% |
| 1982 | 2,614 ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 3,096 ha | +18.4% |
| 1984 | 3,085 ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 3,600 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 3,900 ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,100 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 2,831 ha | -31.0% |
| 1992 | 2,958 ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 2,987 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 2,759 ha | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 2,854 ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 4,000 ha | +40.2% |
| 1997 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1998 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1999 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 3,700 ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 3,844 ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 3,565 ha | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 3,806 ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 3,725 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 3,797 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 3,707 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 3,691 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 3,675 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 3,693 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 3,673 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 3,598 ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 3,542 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 3,492 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 3,392 ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 3,242 ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 3,392 ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 3,501 ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 3,543 ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 138.44 ha | 20 ha | 826 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,035 ha | 1,342 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,446 ha | 2,614 ha | 3,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,349 ha | 2,759 ha | 4,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,792 ha | 3,565 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,659 ha | 3,492 ha | 3,797 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,414 ha | 3,242 ha | 3,543 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 3,543 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 4,100 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 ha in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 22nd out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.