Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 46,299 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Papua New Guinea stood at 46,299 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 46,299 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12,437 ha, in 1961.
That places Papua New Guinea 90th out of 189 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,909 ha | 12,437 ha | 16,449 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,234 ha | 17,255 ha | 21,811 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,798 ha | 22,977 ha | 28,420 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,210 ha | 29,028 ha | 37,206 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,654 ha | 36,719 ha | 42,250 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,424 ha | 41,255 ha | 45,517 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,087 ha | 45,912 ha | 46,299 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 87 Portugal 50,380 ha compare
- 88 Madagascar, Republic of 48,340 ha compare
- 89 Belgium-Luxembourg 48,171 ha compare
- 91 Libya 44,155 ha compare
- 92 Yemen, Republic of 42,858 ha compare
- 93 North Macedonia 39,739 ha 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)
- 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 46,299 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 46,299 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,437 ha in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 90th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.