Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 11,188 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — area harvested in Melanesia is 11,188 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 17.5% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 18,443 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 9,237 ha, in 2012.
Melanesia ranks 35th of 38 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,486 ha | 10,684 ha | 15,584 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,262 ha | 11,365 ha | 16,809 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,450 ha | 16,105 ha | 18,443 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,199 ha | 12,025 ha | 17,202 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,594 ha | 11,206 ha | 13,973 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,427 ha | 9,237 ha | 11,523 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,691 ha | 9,518 ha | 11,188 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 32 Burkina Faso 4.35 million ha compare
- 33 Yugoslav SFR 4.14 million ha compare
- 34 Cambodia 4.12 million ha compare
- 35 Guinea 3.99 million ha compare
- 36 Mozambique 3.42 million ha compare
- 37 South Africa 3.36 million ha compare
- 38 Chad 3.28 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Fat of pigs — Production 6,015 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 89,605 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 — Producing 2.18 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 4,250 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 374.22 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2.18 million An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.18 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 504 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Melanesia was 11,188 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 18,443 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,237 ha in 2012.
- How does Melanesia rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 35th out of 38 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.