Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Melanesia

Melanesia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 11,188 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
11,188 ha
Change on year
up 17.5%
Rank
35th
of 38 regions
All-time high
18,443 ha
in 1982
All-time low
9,237 ha
in 2012
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024

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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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 32 Burkina Faso 4.35 million ha compare
  2. 33 Yugoslav SFR 4.14 million ha compare
  3. 34 Cambodia 4.12 million ha compare
  4. 35 Guinea 3.99 million ha compare
  5. 36 Mozambique 3.42 million ha compare
  6. 37 South Africa 3.36 million ha compare
  7. 38 Chad 3.28 million ha compare

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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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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
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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.