Bees — Stocks in Melanesia

Melanesia: Bees — Stocks was 23,282 No in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
23,282 No
Change on year
up 3.3%
World rank
11th
of 15 countries
All-time high
25,493 No
in 2021
All-time low
400 No
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Bees — Stocks in Melanesia, 1961–2024

010.0k20.0k30.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.

Analysis

In 2024, bees — stocks in Melanesia stood at 23,282 No.

That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 73.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Melanesia peaked at 25,493 No in 2021 and was at its lowest, 400 No, in 1961.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Bees — Stocks in Melanesia, year by year

Annual values for Bees — Stocks in Melanesia, 1961 to 2024.
Year No Change
1961 400 No —
1962 400 No +0.0%
1963 400 No +0.0%
1964 500 No +25.0%
1965 500 No +0.0%
1966 600 No +20.0%
1967 600 No +0.0%
1968 700 No +16.7%
1969 700 No +0.0%
1970 700 No +0.0%
1971 800 No +14.3%
1972 800 No +0.0%
1973 900 No +12.5%
1974 900 No +0.0%
1975 1,000 No +11.1%
1976 1,000 No +0.0%
1977 1,100 No +10.0%
1978 1,100 No +0.0%
1979 1,200 No +9.1%
1980 1,200 No +0.0%
1981 1,300 No +8.3%
1982 1,300 No +0.0%
1983 1,400 No +7.7%
1984 1,400 No +0.0%
1985 1,500 No +7.1%
1986 1,500 No +0.0%
1987 1,500 No +0.0%
1988 1,410 No -6.0%
1989 1,698 No +20.4%
1990 3,650 No +115.0%
1991 4,140 No +13.4%
1992 4,607 No +11.3%
1993 4,119 No -10.6%
1994 4,400 No +6.8%
1995 4,599 No +4.5%
1996 5,045 No +9.7%
1997 5,200 No +3.1%
1998 5,000 No -3.8%
1999 5,900 No +18.0%
2000 6,640 No +12.5%
2001 7,480 No +12.7%
2002 6,900 No -7.8%
2003 6,700 No -2.9%
2004 8,540 No +27.5%
2005 6,700 No -21.5%
2006 6,700 No +0.0%
2007 12,900 No +92.5%
2008 17,841 No +38.3%
2009 14,101 No -21.0%
2010 17,252 No +22.3%
2011 17,064 No -1.1%
2012 16,823 No -1.4%
2013 17,220 No +2.4%
2014 13,414 No -22.1%
2015 9,027 No -32.7%
2016 15,864 No +75.7%
2017 18,520 No +16.7%
2018 21,355 No +15.3%
2019 22,151 No +3.7%
2020 24,122 No +8.9%
2021 25,493 No +5.7%
2022 22,249 No -12.7%
2023 22,544 No +1.3%
2024 23,282 No +3.3%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Bees — Stocks in Melanesia 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.

YearChange FromTo
1990 +115.0% 1,698 No 3,650 No
2007 +92.5% 6,700 No 12,900 No
2016 +75.7% 9,027 No 15,864 No

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 533.33 No 400 No 700 No 9
1970s 950 No 700 No 1,200 No 10
1980s 1,421 No 1,200 No 1,698 No 10
1990s 4,666 No 3,650 No 5,900 No 10
2000s 9,450 No 6,640 No 17,841 No 10
2010s 16,869 No 9,027 No 22,151 No 10
2020s 23,538 No 22,249 No 25,493 No 5

Countries ranked near Melanesia

  1. 8 Spain 2.80 million No compare
  2. 9 Russian Federation 2.67 million No compare
  3. 9 Viet Nam 272,500 No compare
  4. 10 Republic of Moldova 211,964 No compare
  5. 10 Romania 2.40 million No compare
  6. 11 Poland 2.35 million No compare
  7. 12 Mexico 2.14 million No compare
  8. 12 Timor-Leste 20,000 No compare
  9. 13 Republic of Korea 2.13 million No compare
  10. 13 Polynesia 14,535 No compare
  11. 14 Greece 2.02 million No compare
  12. 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10,415 No compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is bees — stocks in Melanesia?
Bees — stocks in Melanesia was 23,282 No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Melanesia?
The highest recorded value was 25,493 No in 2021.
What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Melanesia?
The lowest recorded value was 400 No in 1961.
How does Melanesia rank for bees — stocks?
Melanesia ranks 11th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Melanesia?
Over the last ten years it is up 73.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Melanesia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bees — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Bees — Stocks
Unit
No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
162 places, 8,968 data points, 1961–2024
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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.