Biogases — Energy production in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Biogases — Energy production was 285 TJ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Biogases — Energy production in Papua New Guinea, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for biogases — energy production in Papua New Guinea is 285 TJ, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, biogases — energy production in Papua New Guinea peaked at 300 TJ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 118 TJ, in 2012.
Papua New Guinea ranks 56th of 78 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Biogases — Energy production in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 118 TJ | — |
| 2013 | 245 TJ | +107.6% |
| 2014 | 250 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 265 TJ | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 280 TJ | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 290 TJ | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 300 TJ | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 270 TJ | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 275 TJ | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 285 TJ | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 285 TJ | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 285 TJ | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 285 TJ | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 285 TJ is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.6 TJ, 19.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 285 TJ is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 913.86 TJ, 31% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Biogases — Energy production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +107.6% | 118 TJ | 245 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 252.25 TJ | 118 TJ | 300 TJ | 8 |
| 2020s | 283 TJ | 275 TJ | 285 TJ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 53 Indonesia 542 TJ compare
- 54 Cyprus 513.91 TJ compare
- 55 Guatemala 357.13 TJ compare
- 57 United Arab Emirates 197.64 TJ compare
- 58 Puerto Rico 185.8 TJ compare
- 59 Dominican Republic 160 TJ compare
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9266 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.6032 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is biogases — energy production in Papua New Guinea?
- Biogases — energy production in Papua New Guinea was 285 TJ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest biogases — energy production recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 300 TJ in 2018.
- What is the lowest biogases — energy production recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 118 TJ in 2012.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for biogases — energy production?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 56th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is biogases — energy production rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. 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 Biogases — Energy production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT domain Bioenergy contains data on bioenergy use and bioenergy production, covering the following items: i) animal waste, ii) bagasse, iii) bio jet kerosene, iv) biodiesel, v) biogases, vi) biogasoline, vii) black liquor, viii) charcoal, ix) fuelwood, x) other liquid biofuels, xi) other vegetal material and residues.