Wheat and products — Import quantity in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Wheat and products — Import quantity was 345 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat and products — Import quantity in Papua New Guinea, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 345 1000 t for wheat and products — import quantity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 71.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — import quantity in Papua New Guinea peaked at 345 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 190 1000 t, in 2011.
That places Papua New Guinea 116th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Wheat and products — Import quantity in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 199 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 190 1000 t | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 196 1000 t | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 201 1000 t | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 251 1000 t | +24.9% |
| 2015 | 255 1000 t | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 275 1000 t | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 280 1000 t | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 338 1000 t | +20.7% |
| 2019 | 301 1000 t | -10.9% |
| 2020 | 345 1000 t | +14.6% |
| 2021 | 309 1000 t | -10.4% |
| 2022 | 328 1000 t | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 345 1000 t | +5.2% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 345 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 432 1000 t, 80% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 345 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 158 1000 t, 2.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 248.6 1000 t | 190 1000 t | 338 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 331.75 1000 t | 309 1000 t | 345 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 113 Finland 359 1000 t compare
- 113 Mongolia 359 1000 t compare
- 115 Madagascar 346 1000 t compare
- 117 Costa Rica 336 1000 t compare
- 118 Libya 317 1000 t compare
- 119 Russian Federation 313 1000 t compare
- 119 Russia 313 1000 t 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)
- 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 — import quantity in Papua New Guinea?
- Wheat and products — import quantity in Papua New Guinea was 345 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — import quantity recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 345 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — import quantity recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 190 1000 t in 2011.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for wheat and products — import quantity?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 116th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — import quantity rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.6%. 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 Wheat and products — Import quantity. 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.