Commodity Origins

What does Papua New Guinea produce and export?

Papua New Guinea ranks in the top ten producers of 6 commodities: vanilla (#4, 6.9% of world output in 2024), coconut oil (#7, 1.4% of world output in 2023), palm kernel oil (#7, 0.9% of world output in 2023), palm oil (#7, 1% of world output in 2023), cobalt (#8, 0.9% of world output in 2025), yams (#9, 0.4% of world output in 2024). It is a top-ten exporter of palm kernel oil (#3, 8.2% of world export value in 2024), logs (#4, 4% of world export value in 2024), palm oil (#5, 1.6% of world export value in 2024), coconut oil (#6, 1.7% of world export value in 2024), chromium (#8, 0.7% of world export value in 2024) and more.

Where papua new guinea is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of papua new guinea production in 2024. Darkest: Papua New Guinea 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: 100% (1)Indonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Papua New Guinea produce?

Commodities where Papua New Guinea is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Vanilla Softs46.9%493 t2024FAOSTAT
Coconut oil Oilseeds & vegetable oils71.4%43,900 t2023FAOSTAT
Palm kernel oil Oilseeds & vegetable oils70.9%74,000 t2023FAOSTAT
Palm oil Oilseeds & vegetable oils71%770,000 t2023FAOSTAT
Cobalt Metals80.9%2,800 t2025USGS MCS
Yams Fruit & vegetables90.4%385,041 t2024FAOSTAT

What does Papua New Guinea export?

Top 7 Papua New Guinea commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 7 Papua New Guinea commodity exports in 2024: Palm oil 1.6%, Logs 4%, Cocoa 1.9%, Coconut oil 1.7%, Palm kernel oil 8.2%, Chromium 0.7%, Vanilla 1.6%; rest of world 80%.Palm oilPalm oil: 1.6%, $684 million1.6%LogsLogs: 4%, $513.4 million4%CocoaCocoa: 1.9%, $353.9 million1.9%Coconut oilCoconut oil: 1.7%, $137.1 million1.7%Palm kernel oilPalm kernel oil: 8.2%, $88.7 million8.2%ChromiumChromium: 0.7%, $55.3 million0.7%VanillaVanilla: 1.6%, $7.2 million1.6%Rest of worldRest of world: 80%, $080%
Papua New Guinea's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Papua New Guinea's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Papua New Guinea dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 7 Papua New Guinea commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Palm oil$684 million1.6%
2Logs$513.4 million4%
3Cocoa$353.9 million1.9%
4Coconut oil$137.1 million1.7%
5Palm kernel oil$88.7 million8.2%
6Chromium$55.3 million0.7%
7Vanilla$7.2 million1.6%
Rest of world$080%

Papua New Guinea's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Papua New Guinea's own $8.7 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Natural gas alone is 62% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Papua New Guinea compares with other countries.

Papua New Guinea's tracked export mix by commodityNatural gas: 61.5%; Copper: 14.5%; Palm oil: 7.8%; Other tracked commodities: 6.2%; Logs: 5.9%; Cocoa: 4.1%.Natural gas: 61.5%Natural gas61.5%Copper: 14.5%Copper14.5%Palm oil: 7.8%Palm oil7.8%Other tracked commodities: 6.2%Other tracked co…6.2%Logs: 5.9%Logs5.9%Cocoa: 4.1%Cocoa4.1%
Commodities where Papua New Guinea is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Palm kernel oil38.2%$88.7 million2024
Logs44%$513.4 million2024
Palm oil51.6%$684 million2024
Coconut oil61.7%$137.1 million2024
Chromium80.7%$55.3 million2024
Vanilla91.6%$7.2 million2024
Cocoa101.9%$353.9 million2024

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Papua New Guinea commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Papua New Guinea is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Papua New Guinea in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Papua New Guinea, computed from the same data as this page.

What Papua New Guinea uses

Papua New Guinea had about 10 million people and a food supply of 2,177 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Papua New Guinea, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Bananas1.3 million tonnes0.9%107 (#1 of 140)100%<0.1%
Rice624 thousand tonnes0.1%60 (#40 of 141)0.2%100%
Yams384 thousand tonnes0.5%34 (#6 of 81)100%<0.1%
Wheat343 thousand tonnes<0.1%32 (#114 of 143)<0.1%101%
Cassava164 thousand tonnes<0.1%14 (#32 of 112)98%2.4%
Sugar90 thousand tonnes0.1%8.7 (#126 of 143)36%64%
Pork90 thousand tonnes0.1%8.7 (#65 of 141)92%7.8%
Milk86 thousand tonnes<0.1%6.3 (#138 of 142)<0.1%100%

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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