Bananas — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Bananas — Area harvested was 79,382 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Melanesia stood at 79,382 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 79,922 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 27,334 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,334 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,084 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 29,019 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 29,435 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 28,774 ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 29,433 ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 30,030 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 31,836 ha | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 32,061 ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 33,096 ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 32,617 ha | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 32,917 ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 31,737 ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 34,477 ha | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 35,807 ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 36,487 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 35,967 ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 36,447 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 36,337 ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 36,588 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 38,888 ha | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 39,638 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 37,856 ha | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 38,308 ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 39,345 ha | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 39,230 ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 39,955 ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 41,508 ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 43,262 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 44,220 ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 45,164 ha | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 46,567 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 49,059 ha | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 50,647 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 52,378 ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 54,293 ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 55,793 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 56,536 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 58,005 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 59,681 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 61,371 ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 63,322 ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 63,955 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 64,860 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 66,415 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 65,239 ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 67,290 ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 72,590 ha | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 72,713 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 72,792 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 72,659 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 74,022 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 76,529 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 78,564 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 79,005 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 79,028 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 75,575 ha | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 77,838 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 77,926 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 77,917 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 79,922 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 78,756 ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 79,076 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 79,382 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,556 ha | 27,334 ha | 32,061 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,589 ha | 31,737 ha | 36,487 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,458 ha | 36,588 ha | 43,262 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,266 ha | 44,220 ha | 58,005 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 65,744 ha | 59,681 ha | 72,713 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 76,394 ha | 72,659 ha | 79,028 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 79,011 ha | 77,917 ha | 79,922 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 5 China, mainland 310,093 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 215,911 ha compare
- 6 Rwanda 202,488 ha compare
- 7 Angola 190,740 ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 144,600 ha compare
- 8 Philippines 186,270 ha compare
- 9 Ecuador 181,088 ha compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 35,277 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 27,560 ha compare
- 10 Peru 175,712 ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 20,061 ha compare
- 11 Burundi 165,189 ha compare
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4201 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.2146 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.5429 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Bananas — area harvested in Melanesia was 79,382 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 79,922 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,334 ha in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 8th out of 18 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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 Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.