Yams — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Yams — Area harvested was 21,947 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Papua New Guinea is 21,947 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Papua New Guinea peaked at 22,172 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7,240 ha, in 1961.
Papua New Guinea ranks 16th of 61 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,240 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 7,800 ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 8,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 8,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 8,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 8,700 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 9,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 9,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 9,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 9,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 9,600 ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 9,700 ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 9,800 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 9,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 10,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 10,300 ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 10,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 10,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 10,900 ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 11,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 11,100 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 11,200 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 11,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 11,400 ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 11,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 11,800 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 12,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 12,100 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 12,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 12,300 ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 12,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 12,300 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 12,173 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 12,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 12,566 ha | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 13,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 13,132 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 14,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 16,624 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 17,500 ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 18,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 18,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 19,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 19,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 19,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 19,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 20,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 20,252 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 20,730 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 21,037 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 21,291 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 21,571 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 21,865 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 22,172 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 21,869 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 21,969 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 22,003 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 21,947 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,249 ha | 7,240 ha | 9,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,950 ha | 9,400 ha | 10,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,430 ha | 10,900 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,427 ha | 12,000 ha | 13,132 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,112 ha | 14,000 ha | 19,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,525 ha | 19,000 ha | 21,865 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,992 ha | 21,869 ha | 22,172 ha | 5 |
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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 yams — area harvested in Papua New Guinea?
- Yams — area harvested in Papua New Guinea was 21,947 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 22,172 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,240 ha in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for yams — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 16th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. 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 Yams — 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.