Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 24,241 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 24,241 ha for cassava, fresh — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 24,241 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,023 ha, in 1973.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,783 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,136 ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 13,387 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 13,638 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 13,637 ha | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 14,040 ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 14,101 ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 14,594 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 14,313 ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 14,615 ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 11,314 ha | -22.6% |
| 1972 | 10,015 ha | -11.5% |
| 1973 | 9,023 ha | -9.9% |
| 1974 | 9,251 ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 9,486 ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 9,050 ha | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 9,482 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 10,266 ha | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 10,312 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 10,530 ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 10,901 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 11,324 ha | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 11,747 ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 14,936 ha | +27.1% |
| 1985 | 15,017 ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 14,113 ha | -6.0% |
| 1987 | 13,105 ha | -7.1% |
| 1988 | 12,864 ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 12,687 ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 15,258 ha | +20.3% |
| 1991 | 12,953 ha | -15.1% |
| 1992 | 12,678 ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 13,884 ha | +9.5% |
| 1994 | 12,649 ha | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 12,966 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 13,581 ha | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 14,779 ha | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 12,892 ha | -12.8% |
| 1999 | 13,418 ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 13,845 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 14,783 ha | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 15,502 ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 15,260 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 16,205 ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 17,091 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 17,969 ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 21,455 ha | +19.4% |
| 2008 | 21,523 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 18,771 ha | -12.8% |
| 2010 | 19,507 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 21,217 ha | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 18,638 ha | -12.2% |
| 2013 | 22,548 ha | +21.0% |
| 2014 | 23,266 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 18,783 ha | -19.3% |
| 2016 | 18,539 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 18,937 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 19,303 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 19,649 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 20,378 ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 21,260 ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 23,086 ha | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 23,469 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 24,241 ha | +3.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Area harvested 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +27.1% | 11,747 ha | 14,936 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,737 ha | 12,783 ha | 14,594 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,281 ha | 9,023 ha | 14,615 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,722 ha | 10,530 ha | 15,017 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,506 ha | 12,649 ha | 15,258 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,240 ha | 13,845 ha | 21,523 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,039 ha | 18,539 ha | 23,266 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,487 ha | 20,378 ha | 24,241 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 8 Cambodia 598,220 ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 295,000 ha compare
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- 10 Cameroon 466,886 ha compare
- 11 Burundi 341,757 ha compare
- 11 Côte d'Ivoire 1.39 million ha compare
- 12 Guinea 336,706 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 4,850 ha compare
- 12 Caribbean 324,084 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia (Federated States of) 810 ha compare
- 13 Togo 333,367 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 810 ha compare
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Melanesia was 24,241 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 24,241 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,023 ha in 1973.
- How does Melanesia rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 11th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.