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 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,437 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,625 ha | +9.6% |
| 1963 | 14,286 ha | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 14,671 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 15,058 ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 15,472 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 15,850 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 16,449 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 16,335 ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 17,255 ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 17,446 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 17,845 ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 18,264 ha | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 18,887 ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 19,412 ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 19,780 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 20,488 ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 21,150 ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 21,811 ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 22,977 ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 23,566 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 24,161 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 24,869 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 25,670 ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 26,163 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 26,862 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 27,479 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 27,810 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 28,420 ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 29,028 ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 29,527 ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 30,050 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 30,564 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 31,275 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 32,081 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 32,803 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 34,175 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 35,387 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 37,206 ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 38,206 ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 39,226 ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 36,719 ha | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 39,220 ha | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 39,933 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 40,236 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 39,747 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 39,758 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 41,250 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 42,250 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 41,255 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 41,259 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 42,270 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 42,788 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 43,122 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 43,870 ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 44,354 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 44,701 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 45,107 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 45,517 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 45,912 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 45,941 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 46,063 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 46,219 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 46,299 ha | +0.2% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 46,299 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,228 ha, 78% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 46,299 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 20,233 ha, 2.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
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 48,340 ha compare
- 89 Belgium-Luxembourg 48,171 ha compare
- 91 Libya 44,155 ha compare
- 92 Yemen 42,858 ha compare
- 93 North Macedonia 39,739 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1129 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1305 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
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 191 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.