12.3.1a Food loss percentage: total — Value in Melanesia
Melanesia: 12.3.1a Food loss percentage: total — Value was 15.2 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
12.3.1a Food loss percentage: total — Value in Melanesia, 2015–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, 12.3.1a food loss percentage: total — value in Melanesia stood at 15.2 %. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 12.3.1a food loss percentage: total — value in Melanesia peaked at 15.2 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 13.7 %, in 2017.
12.3.1a Food loss percentage: total — Value in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14.1 % | — |
| 2016 | 13.9 % | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 13.7 % | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 14.6 % | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 15.1 % | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 15.2 % | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 15.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15.2 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14.28 % | 13.7 % | 15.1 % | 5 |
| 2020s | 15.2 % | 15.2 % | 15.2 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 1 Australia and New Zealand 13.8 % compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 2.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 2.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1988 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.3012 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1818 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.37 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 12.3.1a food loss percentage: total — value in Melanesia?
- 12.3.1a food loss percentage: total — value in Melanesia was 15.2 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest 12.3.1a food loss percentage: total — value recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 15.2 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest 12.3.1a food loss percentage: total — value recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.7 % in 2017.
- How does Melanesia rank for 12.3.1a food loss percentage: total — value?
- Melanesia ranks 4th out of 7 groups with data for 2023.
- Is 12.3.1a food loss percentage: total — value rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of 12.3.1a Food loss percentage: total — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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