Yams — Production in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Yams — Production was 385,041 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Production in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — production in Papua New Guinea is 385,041 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Papua New Guinea peaked at 389,273 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 120,000 t, in 1961.
Papua New Guinea ranks 8th of 60 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 134,444 t | 120,000 t | 150,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 163,600 t | 152,000 t | 178,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 197,400 t | 182,000 t | 210,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 218,054 t | 210,000 t | 230,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 288,800 t | 245,000 t | 322,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 359,593 t | 325,000 t | 389,273 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 384,592 t | 382,797 t | 385,678 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- 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)
- Rural population 84.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 9.06 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.24 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 1.27 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in Papua New Guinea?
- Yams — production in Papua New Guinea was 385,041 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 389,273 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 120,000 t in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for yams — production?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 8th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production 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 — Production. 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.