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.
Melanesia ranks 22nd of 30 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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
- 19 Sierra Leone 262,326 ha compare
- 20 Malawi 246,235 ha compare
- 21 Philippines 236,084 ha compare
- 22 Central African Republic 179,794 ha compare
- 23 India 176,627 ha compare
- 24 Paraguay 165,150 ha compare
- 25 Congo, Republic of 162,292 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 2.34 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 1.31 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 41 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 89,605 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.18 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 374.22 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 8,430 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 4,250 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 79,382 ha (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 22nd out of 30 regions 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.