How have things changed?, per capita in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: How have things changed?, per capita was 0.0327 metric tons per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
How have things changed?, per capita in Papua New Guinea, 1965–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per person.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 0.0327 metric tons per person for how have things changed?, per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of up 34.1% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how have things changed?, per capita in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.0466 metric tons per person in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.0062 metric tons per person, in 1970.
Papua New Guinea ranks 51st of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 60 years of available data.
How have things changed?, per capita in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | metric tons per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.0071 metric tons per person | — |
| 1966 | 0.0067 metric tons per person | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0066 metric tons per person | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0066 metric tons per person | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0067 metric tons per person | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0062 metric tons per person | -7.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0119 metric tons per person | +91.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0104 metric tons per person | -13.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0403 metric tons per person | +288.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0437 metric tons per person | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0211 metric tons per person | -51.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0279 metric tons per person | +32.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0207 metric tons per person | -26.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0301 metric tons per person | +45.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0253 metric tons per person | -15.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0249 metric tons per person | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0206 metric tons per person | -17.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0145 metric tons per person | -29.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0102 metric tons per person | -29.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0129 metric tons per person | +27.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0146 metric tons per person | +12.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0154 metric tons per person | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0165 metric tons per person | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0133 metric tons per person | -19.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0142 metric tons per person | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0159 metric tons per person | +11.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0146 metric tons per person | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0108 metric tons per person | -25.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0124 metric tons per person | +14.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0126 metric tons per person | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0155 metric tons per person | +22.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0131 metric tons per person | -15.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0176 metric tons per person | +35.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0205 metric tons per person | +16.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0151 metric tons per person | -26.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0243 metric tons per person | +60.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0274 metric tons per person | +12.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0287 metric tons per person | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0333 metric tons per person | +16.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0466 metric tons per person | +39.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0439 metric tons per person | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0428 metric tons per person | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0404 metric tons per person | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0361 metric tons per person | -10.7% |
| 2009 | 0.036 metric tons per person | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0348 metric tons per person | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0284 metric tons per person | -18.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0356 metric tons per person | +25.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0329 metric tons per person | -7.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0337 metric tons per person | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0321 metric tons per person | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0394 metric tons per person | +22.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0379 metric tons per person | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0378 metric tons per person | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0325 metric tons per person | -14.2% |
| 2020 | 0.027 metric tons per person | -16.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0235 metric tons per person | -13.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0247 metric tons per person | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0243 metric tons per person | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0327 metric tons per person | +34.1% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 0.0327 metric tons per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0091 metric tons per person, 3.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 0.0327 metric tons per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0382 metric tons per person, 85% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where How have things changed?, per capita in Papua New Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +288.6% | 0.0104 metric tons per person | 0.0403 metric tons per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0067 metric tons per person | 0.0066 metric tons per person | 0.0071 metric tons per person | 5 |
| 1970s | 0.0238 metric tons per person | 0.0062 metric tons per person | 0.0437 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0157 metric tons per person | 0.0102 metric tons per person | 0.0249 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0148 metric tons per person | 0.0108 metric tons per person | 0.0205 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0359 metric tons per person | 0.0243 metric tons per person | 0.0466 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0345 metric tons per person | 0.0284 metric tons per person | 0.0394 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0264 metric tons per person | 0.0235 metric tons per person | 0.0327 metric tons per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 48 North Korea 0.0337 metric tons per person compare
- 49 Philippines 0.0332 metric tons per person compare
- 50 American Samoa 0.0327 metric tons per person compare
- 52 Mauritius 0.032 metric tons per person compare
- 53 Latvia 0.0306 metric tons per person compare
- 54 Laos 0.0299 metric tons per person compare
More reference data data for Papua New Guinea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0498 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.3515 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0007 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.3515 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6846 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5295 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2811 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0038 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is how have things changed?, per capita in Papua New Guinea?
- How have things changed?, per capita in Papua New Guinea was 0.0327 metric tons per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest how have things changed?, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0466 metric tons per person in 2004.
- What is the lowest how have things changed?, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0062 metric tons per person in 1970.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for how have things changed?, per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 51st out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is how have things changed?, per capita rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of How have things changed?, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
How have things changed? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
How have things changed? ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- How have things changed? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
How have things changed? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.