Agriculture share of GDP in Papua New Guinea

Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 17.0% of GDP in Papua New Guinea in 2024.

Measure: Agriculture, forestry and fishing as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Papua New Guinea, 2024 17.0% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 17.0%
World, 2024 4.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 43rd of 187 See the full ranking

Agriculture share of GDP in Papua New Guinea over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agriculture, forestry and fishing as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Papua New GuineaWorld
2025 – 4.0%
2024 17.0% 4.1%
2023 17.0% 4.1%
2022 16.9% 4.3%
2021 19.0% 4.3%
2020 18.8% 4.4%
2019 17.0% 4.0%
2018 17.0% 3.9%
2017 17.6% 4.1%
2016 17.9% 4.1%
2015 17.5% 4.2%
2014 17.7% 4.2%
2013 19.3% 4.2%
2012 19.3% 4.0%
2011 19.2% 4.0%
2010 19.6% 3.8%
2009 21.6% 3.6%
2008 20.2% 3.5%
2007 19.6% 3.4%
2006 20.4% 3.2%
2005 – 3.2%
2004 36.0% 3.3%
2003 38.3% 3.3%
2002 38.0% 3.3%
2001 34.4% 3.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 17.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 17.7%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 187 countries with data for 2024, Papua New Guinea has the 43rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 4.1%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Papua New Guinea
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices