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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has teamed up with the PNG Fresh Produce Development Agency and the PNG National Research Institute to collect, organize, analyze and distill fresh food price data across 5 markets within Papua New Guinea. The food price monitoring tool (below) allows users to explore and compare different prices of different food items across different markets over time. Download recent Food Price Bulletins from the publications tab (below).  You can also analyze food price trends on your own by downloading the food price database by year, crop, and market here.

Papua New Guinea Fresh Food Price Monitoring Tool

The below line graph allows a comparison of:

  1. Prices of different food items within a single market over time.
  2. Prices of one food item across multiple markets over time.
  3. Comparison of different food items across multiple markets over time.

To create your graph of interest:

  1. Select one or more food crops
  2. Select one or more market
  3. Select the time period

*The graph displays the average monthly prices of the item.

Project duration: 2020 – ongoing

Contact

Emily Schmidt

Funders

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Partners

PNG Fresh Produce Development Agency

PNG National Research Institute

Markets for Village Farmers Project

Publications

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Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: October 2025

2025International Food Policy Research Institute; Hayoge, Glen; Kedir Jemal, Mekamu
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Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: October 2025

This report provides analysis of food price trends for the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, from July to September. The Fresh Produce Development Agency (FPDA) continues to collect prices from major markets despite recurrent logistical challenges to maintain consistent data for capturing, analyzing and informing relevant stakeholders. Due to insufficient data being collected from April to June (collected only for May across all markets and for April in Banz and Kokopo), no second quarter bulletin was published. This report compares prices in Q3 2025 with Q1, Q2 (with the available limited data) of 2025, and Q3 2024 to identify quarterly and year-on-year trends of prices. Prices are reported in PGK per kilogram and represent real prices adjusted for inflation using FAO Consumer Food Price Index (PCI) and price gaps (April to September 2025) filled using a growth rate calculated from the PNG National Statistical Office (NSO) – June quarterly PCI data. This bulletin focuses on selected important staples (sweet potato, taro, cassava, cooking banana and rice), vegetables (aibika, English cabbage, capsicum, carrot, and choko-tips) and fruits (lemon, orange, pawpaw and pineapple). For longer time series data and interactive tools, visit the IFPRI website and download food price data here.

Year published

2025

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute; Hayoge, Glen; Kedir Jemal, Mekamu

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute. 2025. Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: October 2025. Papua New Guinea Food Price Bulletin October 2025. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178716

Country/Region

Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Oceania; Food Prices; Legumes; Markets; Staple Foods; Rice; Fruits; Food Security; Nutrition

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open Access

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Declining purchasing power of minimum wages in Papua New Guinea: Analysis of economic access to healthy diets

2025Mahrt, Kristi; Schmidt, Emily; Hayoge, Glen
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Declining purchasing power of minimum wages in Papua New Guinea: Analysis of economic access to healthy diets

Key Messages To address rising living costs which reduce the purchasing power of the minimum wage, the Government of PNG recently launched a review of the country’s minimum wage. The minimum wage has been PGK 3.50 per hour or PGK 28 per 8-hour day since July 2016. At the beginning of 2025, the minimum wage could purchase about three-quarters as much food and other goods and services compared to July 2016. The cost of a healthy diet per adult per day in urban areas increased by 35 percent from PGK 7.70 in 2021 to PGK 10.37 in 2025. The cost of the healthy diet was the most expensive in Port Moresby—PGK 11.15 per adult per day in 2025 and increased the most in Kokopo (54 percent) from PGK 5.81 to PGK 8.92 between 2021 and 2025. One and a half full-time urban minimum wage earners earn just enough to feed a healthy diet to a family of five in 2025, with no money remaining for essential non-food expenses such as clothing, shelter, transportation, health, and education. The government recently published a public notice of Goods and Services Tax (GST) zero-rating of essential goods effective 1st June 2025 to 30th June 2026. We re-evaluate the purchasing power of a minimum wage by decreasing the price of tinned tuna and rice by 10% (reflective of the GST zero-rating) on Q1 2025 recorded prices. Assuming prices remain constant (with no shifts in demand due to decreased tax), the cost of the average urban healthy diet in the first quarter of 2025 is 4.7 percent lower without the GST (PGK 9.87) compared to the cost of a healthy diet with the GST (PGK 10.35) — slightly improving the purchasing power of minimum wage earners.

Year published

2025

Authors

Mahrt, Kristi; Schmidt, Emily; Hayoge, Glen

Citation

Mahrt, Kristi; Schmidt, Emily; and Hayoge, Glen. 2025. Declining purchasing power of minimum wages in Papua New Guinea: Analysis of economic access to healthy diets. Papua New Guinea Project Note 20. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175410

Country/Region

Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Oceania; Economics; Purchasing; Healthy Diets; Consumer Behaviour; Food Security; Nutrition

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: April 2025

2025International Food Policy Research Institute; Hayoge, Glen; Kedir Jemal, Mekamu
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Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: April 2025

Download time series food price data, and build graphs and tables for over 20 different food crops at our food price database webpage: https://www.ifpri.org/project/fresh-food-price-analysis-papua-new-guinea Compared to Q4 2024, average prices of staples across the PNG markets decreased by 15 percent from January to March 2025 The price of a 1-kilogram bag of imported rice remained relatively stable between January and February 2025. Compared to Q4 2024, the average 1-kg bag of rice price increased by 6 percent in the first quarter of 2025. Compared to Q4 2024, Q1 2025 price trends of fresh vegetables were mixed across commodities. In Port Moresby, prices of English cabbage, carrot and choko-tips were 12 percent lower, while aibika and capsicum were 24 percent higher than January and February 2024. Compared to Q4 2024, prices of lemon, orange, pawpaw and pineapple in Goroka and Kokopo decreased on average by 15 percent in Q1 2025.

Year published

2025

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute; Hayoge, Glen; Kedir Jemal, Mekamu

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2025. Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: April 2025. Papua New Guinea Food Price Bulletin April 2025. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174555

Country/Region

Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Melanesia; Legumes; Markets; Food Prices; Staple Foods; Rice; Fruits; Food Security; Nutrition

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open Access

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Photo essay: Data collection in a diverse and complex food system
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Photo essay: Data collection in a diverse and complex food system

By Gracie Rosenbach and Emily Schmidt

A research journey through Papua New Guinea.

Funders

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

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Emily Schmidt

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Emily Schmidt

Emily Schmidt

Senior Research Fellow, Development
Strategies and Governance

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Iga Anamo

Senior Market Information Officer, Fresh Produce Development Agency, Papua New Guinea

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Glen G Hayoge

Manager, Information Management & Communication Program, Fresh Produce Development Agency, Papua New Guinea

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