Cassava, fresh — Yield in Melanesia
Melanesia: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 12,178 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — yield in Melanesia is 12,178 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Melanesia peaked at 12,317 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 9,021 kg/ha, in 1993.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,030 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,968 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 9,819 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 9,823 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 9,900 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 9,830 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 10,001 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 9,917 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 10,064 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 10,356 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 12,317 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1972 | 11,718 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 11,234 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 10,356 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 10,339 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 10,518 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 10,761 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 10,526 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 10,608 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 10,714 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 10,699 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 10,866 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 11,030 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 10,709 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 10,781 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 10,631 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 10,586 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 10,379 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 10,261 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 9,095 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1991 | 9,915 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1992 | 9,888 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 9,021 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1994 | 10,564 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1995 | 10,964 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 11,488 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 9,970 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1998 | 11,043 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1999 | 11,138 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 11,071 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 10,717 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 10,965 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 10,387 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 11,339 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 10,994 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 10,467 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 9,757 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 9,556 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 9,958 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 10,251 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 10,268 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 9,984 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 9,977 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 9,876 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 12,220 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2016 | 11,887 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 11,964 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 12,033 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 12,077 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 11,505 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 11,789 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 11,637 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 12,046 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 12,178 kg/ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,928 kg/ha | 9,819 kg/ha | 10,064 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,873 kg/ha | 10,339 kg/ha | 12,317 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,666 kg/ha | 10,261 kg/ha | 11,030 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,309 kg/ha | 9,021 kg/ha | 11,488 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,521 kg/ha | 9,556 kg/ha | 11,339 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,054 kg/ha | 9,876 kg/ha | 12,220 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,831 kg/ha | 11,505 kg/ha | 12,178 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29,333 kg/ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 20,387 kg/ha compare
- 4 Indonesia 28,230 kg/ha compare
- 4 Polynesia 15,986 kg/ha compare
- 5 Niger 26,681 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,026 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ghana 25,865 kg/ha compare
- 7 Malawi 25,500 kg/ha compare
- 7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 10,696 kg/ha compare
- 7 Micronesia 10,696 kg/ha compare
- 8 Bahamas 25,020 kg/ha compare
- 9 Cambodia 23,840 kg/ha compare
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- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -12.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Melanesia?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Melanesia was 12,178 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 12,317 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,021 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Melanesia rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 6th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.3%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.