Vegetal Products — Food supply in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Vegetal Products — Food supply was 1,889 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetal Products — Food supply in Papua New Guinea, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, vegetal products — food supply in Papua New Guinea stood at 1,889 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetal products — food supply in Papua New Guinea peaked at 1,917 kcal/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,771 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Papua New Guinea 157th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetal Products — Food supply in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,771 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,800 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 1,835 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 1,859 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1,885 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 1,845 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 1,862 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,877 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1,865 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 1,867 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,917 kcal/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 1,888 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 1,910 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 1,889 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 1,889 kcal/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,346 kcal/cap/d, 81% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 1,889 kcal/cap/d is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,412 kcal/cap/d, 78% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,847 kcal/cap/d | 1,771 kcal/cap/d | 1,885 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,901 kcal/cap/d | 1,888 kcal/cap/d | 1,917 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
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 vegetal products — food supply in Papua New Guinea?
- Vegetal products — food supply in Papua New Guinea was 1,889 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetal products — food supply recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,917 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest vegetal products — food supply recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,771 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for vegetal products — food supply?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 157th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetal products — food supply rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Vegetal Products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.