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.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,584 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,355 ha | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 14,725 ha | -4.1% |
| 1964 | 12,861 ha | -12.7% |
| 1965 | 10,684 ha | -16.9% |
| 1966 | 11,037 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 12,355 ha | +11.9% |
| 1968 | 14,195 ha | +14.9% |
| 1969 | 14,576 ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 15,126 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 13,683 ha | -9.5% |
| 1972 | 12,574 ha | -8.1% |
| 1973 | 11,365 ha | -9.6% |
| 1974 | 12,118 ha | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 14,509 ha | +19.7% |
| 1976 | 14,012 ha | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 15,808 ha | +12.8% |
| 1978 | 16,809 ha | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 16,621 ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 18,129 ha | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 17,660 ha | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 18,443 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 16,594 ha | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 17,342 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 17,675 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 17,721 ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 16,105 ha | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 17,509 ha | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 17,321 ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 17,202 ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 16,975 ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 15,166 ha | -10.7% |
| 1993 | 14,418 ha | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 13,156 ha | -8.8% |
| 1995 | 12,351 ha | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 14,255 ha | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 13,141 ha | -7.8% |
| 1998 | 13,304 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 12,025 ha | -9.6% |
| 2000 | 12,218 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 12,419 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 11,812 ha | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 13,452 ha | +13.9% |
| 2004 | 12,571 ha | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 13,973 ha | +11.2% |
| 2006 | 12,666 ha | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 12,923 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 12,702 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 11,206 ha | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 10,227 ha | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 10,128 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 9,237 ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 10,257 ha | +11.0% |
| 2014 | 9,393 ha | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 10,775 ha | +14.7% |
| 2016 | 11,470 ha | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 11,523 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 10,883 ha | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 10,378 ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 11,011 ha | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 10,816 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 10,923 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 9,518 ha | -12.9% |
| 2024 | 11,188 ha | +17.5% |
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
- 14 Indonesia 12.59 million ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 885,160 ha compare
- 15 Thailand 12.53 million ha compare
- 15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 808,105 ha compare
- 16 Bangladesh 12.27 million ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 62,493 ha compare
- 17 Ethiopia 12.07 million ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 169 ha compare
- 18 Sudan 11.59 million ha compare
- 18 Micronesia 169 ha compare
- 19 Ukraine 10.81 million ha compare
- 20 Niger 10.33 million ha compare
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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 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 17th out of 19 countries 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.