Tomatoes — Yield in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Tomatoes — Yield was 4,098 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Yield in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — yield in Papua New Guinea stood at 4,098 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Papua New Guinea peaked at 9,192 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Papua New Guinea 166th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Yield in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,442 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1963 | 2,731 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 1964 | 4,176 kg/ha | +52.9% |
| 1965 | 5,000 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1966 | 3,706 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1967 | 4,125 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1968 | 4,400 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 3,462 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1970 | 3,783 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1971 | 2,176 kg/ha | -42.5% |
| 1972 | 3,786 kg/ha | +73.9% |
| 1973 | 2,368 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 1974 | 1,917 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1975 | 3,767 kg/ha | +96.5% |
| 1976 | 2,340 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 1977 | 3,633 kg/ha | +55.3% |
| 1978 | 2,091 kg/ha | -42.5% |
| 1979 | 2,371 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | -57.8% |
| 1981 | 6,059 kg/ha | +505.9% |
| 1982 | 9,192 kg/ha | +51.7% |
| 1983 | 4,833 kg/ha | -47.4% |
| 1984 | 3,778 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1985 | 2,688 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1986 | 1,500 kg/ha | -44.2% |
| 1987 | 5,000 kg/ha | +233.3% |
| 1988 | 5,091 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 5,000 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 4,846 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 4,571 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 4,674 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 4,711 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 5,000 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 4,750 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 4,562 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 4,154 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 4,286 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 4,571 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 4,750 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 4,526 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 4,444 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 4,535 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 4,632 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 4,500 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 4,546 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 4,435 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 4,500 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 4,522 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 4,576 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 4,583 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 3,571 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2013 | 3,959 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 4,162 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 4,175 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 4,099 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 4,072 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 4,058 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 4,037 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 4,010 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 4,117 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 4,062 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 4,069 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 4,098 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 4,098 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17,073 kg/ha, 24% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 4,098 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 19,540 kg/ha, 21% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Yield in Papua New Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +505.9% | 1,000 kg/ha | 6,059 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +233.3% | 1,500 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
| 1975 | +96.5% | 1,917 kg/ha | 3,767 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +73.9% | 2,176 kg/ha | 3,786 kg/ha |
| 1980 | -57.8% | 2,371 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +55.3% | 2,340 kg/ha | 3,633 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,449 kg/ha | 1,442 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,823 kg/ha | 1,917 kg/ha | 3,786 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,414 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 9,192 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,613 kg/ha | 4,154 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,539 kg/ha | 4,435 kg/ha | 4,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,129 kg/ha | 3,571 kg/ha | 4,583 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,071 kg/ha | 4,010 kg/ha | 4,117 kg/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)
- 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 tomatoes — yield in Papua New Guinea?
- Tomatoes — yield in Papua New Guinea was 4,098 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 9,192 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 166th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. 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 Tomatoes — Yield. 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.