Yams — Food supply in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Yams — Food supply was 83.38 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Yams — 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, yams — food supply in Papua New Guinea stood at 83.38 kcal/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food supply in Papua New Guinea peaked at 96.09 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 83.38 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Papua New Guinea ranks 6th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Yams — Food supply in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 96.09 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 95.63 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 95.32 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 94.99 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 95.61 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 95.93 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 95.59 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 94.54 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 88.75 kcal/cap/d | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 85.63 kcal/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 86.98 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 87.15 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 85.17 kcal/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 83.38 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 93.81 kcal/cap/d | 85.63 kcal/cap/d | 96.09 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.67 kcal/cap/d | 83.38 kcal/cap/d | 87.15 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 3 Gabon 157.79 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Solomon Islands 132.34 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Polynesia 12.02 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Jamaica 122.5 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.01 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Comoros 71.24 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.38 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Tonga 66.43 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 0.29 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Guinea 43.09 kcal/cap/d 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 yams — food supply in Papua New Guinea?
- Yams — food supply in Papua New Guinea was 83.38 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 96.09 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.38 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for yams — food supply?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 6th out of 96 countries with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food supply rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.