Wheat and products — Food supply in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Wheat and products — Food supply was 252 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat and products — Food supply in Papua New Guinea, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat and products — food supply in Papua New Guinea is 252 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food supply in Papua New Guinea peaked at 263.86 kcal/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 190.04 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Papua New Guinea 133rd 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.
Wheat and products — Food supply in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 190.04 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 195.45 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 190.6 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 194.59 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 248.03 kcal/cap/d | +27.5% |
| 2015 | 229.05 kcal/cap/d | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 237.4 kcal/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 242.26 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 261.37 kcal/cap/d | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 254.31 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 263.86 kcal/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 240.89 kcal/cap/d | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 244.47 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 252 kcal/cap/d | +3.1% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 252 kcal/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 295.13 kcal/cap/d, 85% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 252 kcal/cap/d is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 494.55 kcal/cap/d, 51% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat and products — Food supply 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +27.5% | 194.59 kcal/cap/d | 248.03 kcal/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 224.31 kcal/cap/d | 190.04 kcal/cap/d | 261.37 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 250.31 kcal/cap/d | 240.89 kcal/cap/d | 263.86 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 wheat and products — food supply in Papua New Guinea?
- Wheat and products — food supply in Papua New Guinea was 252 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 263.86 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 190.04 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for wheat and products — food supply?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 133rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food supply rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.5%. 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 Wheat and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.